Fukuchi [village] - Fukuchi

Japanese: 福地[村] - ふくち

A village in Sannohe County in the southeastern part of Aomori Prefecture. Population 6,826 (1995). It occupies the middle reaches of the Mabechi River. It was developed by the Nanbu clan in the Middle Ages as a horse-breeding area. Currently, rice is grown in the Mabechi River alluvial plain, and tobacco and apples are cultivated on the hills. It is the area with the least snowfall in the prefecture, but is susceptible to cold damage from Yamase (an easterly wind) in the summer. In 1961, Tomabecchi Station was newly opened on the Tohoku Main Line, which runs along the Mabechi River, and in 1964 it was designated as a new industrial urban area in the Hachinohe District. The population is increasing as a commuter residential area for Hachinohe City.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青森県南東部，三戸（さんのへ）郡の村。人口6826(1995)。馬淵（まべち）川中流域を占める。中世に南部氏によって馬産地として開発された。現在は馬淵川沖積地で米作，丘陵地でタバコ，リンゴの栽培が行われる。県内では積雪の最も少ない地域であるが，夏季にはやませ(偏東風)による冷害を受けやすい。馬淵川沿いを通る東北本線に1961年苫米地（とまべち）駅が新設され，64年には八戸地区新産業都市地域に指定されて，八戸市の通勤住宅地として人口が増加している。

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