Misato [village] - Misato

Japanese: 美郷[村] - みさと

A village in Oe County in northern Tokushima Prefecture. Population 1,657 (1995). A typical mountain village surrounded by the mountains of the Shikoku Mountains, with settlements scattered in the valley bottom of the Kawata River and its tributary, the Higashiyamatani River, which flows through the center, and on the gentle slopes of the mountains. An old transportation route runs from the neighboring Koyadaira Village to the southwest to the neighboring Yamakawa Town to the north, and part of it is now National Route 193. The main industries are agriculture and forestry, such as cedar, cypress, and shiitake mushrooms, but most of the residents are small-scale part-time farmers. In 1982, a resort facility was opened in the Okumaru area, utilizing the mineral springs that bubble up from the site of the old Higashiyama Mine (iron sulfide ore).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

徳島県北部，麻植（おえ）郡の村。人口1657(1995)。周囲を四国山地の山に囲まれた典型的な山村で，中央部を流れる川田川とその支流東山谷川の谷底，および山地の緩傾斜地に集落が散在する。南西隣の木屋平（こやだいら）村から北隣の山川町への古い交通路が縦断し，現在，その一部が国道193号線となっている。杉，ヒノキ，シイタケなど農林業が主産業であるが，ほとんどが零細な兼業農家である。1982年奥丸地区に旧東山鉱山(硫化鉄鉱)跡からわき出る鉱泉を利用した保養施設が開設された。

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