Akita

This town was located in Houtaku-gun in the mid-western part of Kumamoto Prefecture. It is now an area that occupies the southwestern part of Kumamoto City. The former Houtaku-cho was incorporated as a town in 1971 (Showa 46) and was incorporated into Kumamoto City in 1991 (Heisei 3). The name comes from the former Houtaku-gun. The area is made up of the Shirakawa flood plain, where the natural levees of the former town intersect, and old and new reclaimed land from different eras. Because it is a low-lying marshland, paddy fields (rice, rushes, wheat) and lotus fields were prominent, but with the implementation of flood prevention projects from the end of the 1960s, vegetable cultivation, which had previously been a secondary crop, has solidified its foundation as greenhouse farming (eggplant, cucumber, etc.) in the suburbs of the city. In addition, many farmers in the area along the Ariake Sea also cultivate seaweed and clams.

[Yamaguchi Morito]

"The History of Akita Town, edited by Oki Hanaoka (1972, Akita Town)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

熊本県中西部、飽託郡(ほうたくぐん)にあった町。現在は熊本市の南西部を占める地域。旧飽田町は1971年（昭和46）町制施行、1991年（平成3）熊本市に編入。地名は旧飽田郡に由来。旧町域自然堤防の交錯する白川氾濫(はんらん)原と、時代を異にした新旧の干拓地とからなる。低湿地帯であるため、水田（水稲、イグサ、麦）、ハス田が目だったが、1960年代末からの冠水防除事業の施行とともに、これまで裏作的地位にあった野菜栽培が、都市近郊の施設園芸農業（ナス、キュウリなど）としてその基盤を固めるに至った。また、有明(ありあけ)海沿いの地帯では、ノリ、アサリの養殖を兼業としている農家も多い。

［山口守人］

『花岡興輝編『飽田町誌』（1972・飽田町）』

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