Ueno [village] - Ueno

Japanese: 上野[村] - うえの

A village in Tano County in the southwest of Gunma Prefecture. Population 1,586 (1995). It occupies the upper reaches of the Kanna River and borders Nagano and Saitama prefectures. During the Edo period, a checkpoint was set up at Shiroi on the Tokkoku Toge Highway, which was used as a side road for the Nakasendo road, and rice imported from the Shinshu side was traded there. The town is surrounded by mountains over 1,000 meters above sea level, and 97% of the total area is forest, with a high proportion of people working in forestry. There are almost no rice paddies, and the town mainly produces konjac, as well as shiitake mushrooms and nameko mushrooms. Since the 1960s, there has been a large outflow of population, and depopulation is significant.

Ueno [village]

A village in Miyako County, Okinawa Prefecture, in the southern part of Miyako Island. Population 3,186 (1995). It was separated from the current Shimoji Town in 1948. It borders Shimoji Town to the west, Hirara City to the north, and Gusukube Town to the east, and overlooks the Pacific Ocean to the south. The geology is made of Ryukyu limestone, and the topography slopes gently southward from Nobaru-dake (109m) in the north. Nobaru-dake is home to the Miyakojima Sub-Base of the Air Self-Defense Force Naha Base, the only military facility in the Miyako Islands, and has been developed into a park due to its excellent views.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

群馬県南西部，多野郡の村。人口1586(1995)。神流（かんな）川最上流域を占め，長野県，埼玉県と接する。江戸時代に中山道の脇往還として用いられた十石峠街道の白井（しろい）に関所が設けられ，信州側から移入された米が取引された。周囲を標高1000m以上の山々で囲まれ，総面積の97％が山林で，林業従事者の占める割合は高い。水田はほとんどなく，コンニャクの生産を中心にシイタケ，ナメコ栽培が行われる。1960年以降，人口流出が激しく，過疎化が著しい。

うえの【上野[村]】

沖縄県宮古島南部にある宮古郡の村。人口3186(1995)。1948年に現在の下地（しもじ）町から分離した。西は下地町，北は平良（ひらら）市，東は城辺（ぐすくべ）町に隣接し，南は太平洋を望む。地質は琉球石灰岩からなり，地形は北の野原（のばる）岳(109m)を最高位に南になだらかに傾斜する。野原岳には，宮古列島唯一の軍事施設，航空自衛隊那覇基地の宮古島分屯基地があるほか，眺望がよいため公園として整備されている。

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