Mikamo [village] - Mikamo

Japanese: 美甘[村] - みかも

A village in Maniwa County in northern Okayama Prefecture. Population 1,809 (1995). Located in the upper reaches of the Shinjo River, a tributary of the Asahi River, most of the village area is mountainous land in the backbone of the Chugoku Mountains. The central settlement, Mikawa, is located along the Shinjo River and developed as a post town on the Izumo Kaido (currently National Route 181), which connects San'in and San'yo. Settlements are scattered along the road that runs through the Shinjo River valley. In Kuroda and Kanayama in the north, tatara ironworks were once thriving. Currently, the mountainous areas devastated by iron mining are used for grassland and pasture, and dairy farming and beef cattle raising are carried out.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岡山県北部，真庭郡の村。人口1809(1995)。旭川の支流新庄川上流域に位置し，村域の大部分は中国山地の脊梁部の山地が占める。中心集落の美甘は新庄川沿いにあり，山陰と山陽を結ぶ出雲街道(現，国道181号線)の宿場町として発達した。新庄川の河谷を通る街道に沿って集落が散在する。北部の黒田，鉄山（かなやま）ではかつてたたら製鉄が盛んであった。現在，鉄採掘によって荒廃した山地は採草地，放牧地に利用され，酪農や肉牛飼育が行われる。

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