Minami Shinano [Village] - Minami Shinano

Japanese: 南信濃[村] - みなみしなの

A village in Shimoina County, southern Nagano Prefecture. Population 2,551 (1995). It lies in the Toyama River basin, a tributary of the Tenryu River, and borders Shizuoka Prefecture to the south. The Akaishi Mountains occupy the southeast and the Ina Mountains to the northwest, with the Toyama River running from northeast to southwest along the Median Tectonic Line that runs between them. The area along the river was long ago known as Toyama-go, and Wada, the central settlement on the Akiha Kaido (National Route 152), flourished during the Edo period as a post town for people making pilgrimages to Akiha Shrine in Totomi. The Akiha Kaido was a route for transporting salt from Mikawa to Shinano, and also for transporting timber.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長野県南部，下伊那郡の村。人口2551(1995)。天竜川の支流遠山川流域を占め，南は静岡県に接する。南東部は赤石山脈，北西部は伊那山地が占め，その間を走る中央構造線に沿って遠山川が北東から南西に貫流する。川沿いの一帯は古く遠山郷と呼ばれ，秋葉街道(国道152号線)が通じる中心集落の和田は江戸時代に遠江の秋葉神社へ参詣する人々の宿場として栄えた。秋葉街道は三河の塩を信濃に運び，また木材を搬出する通路でもあった。

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