Yasuzuka [town] - Yasuzuka

Japanese: 安塚[町] - やすづか

A former town in Higashikubiki County in the southwest of Niigata Prefecture. It is located in the Higashikubiki Hills, with the Oguro River, a tributary of the Hokura River, flowing north. It is one of the snowiest areas in the prefecture, and rice is mainly grown on terraced fields on the slopes. It is a specialty of the town, with its Hyakusotan made from an extract of Phellodendron bark. There is a ski resort at the northern foot of Mt. Hishigatake in the south. In January 2005, it was incorporated into Joetsu City along with the villages of Urakawara, Oshima, and Maki in Higashikubiki County, the towns of Kakizaki, Ogata, Yoshikawa, Itakura, Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakago, and Miwa in Nakakubiki County, and the town of Nadachi in Nishikubiki County. Area: 70.23 ^km2 . Population: 3,674 (2003).

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Japanese:

新潟県南西部，東頸城(ひがしくびき)郡の旧町。東頸城丘陵にあり，保倉川の支流小黒川が北流。県下有数の豪雪地帯で，傾斜地の棚田による米作を主とする。黄柏(おうばく)エキスを原料とする百草丹を特産。南部の菱ヶ岳北麓にスキー場がある。2005年１月東頸城郡浦川原村，大島村，牧村，中頸城郡柿崎町，大潟町，吉川町，板倉町，清里村，頸城村，中郷村，三和村，西頸城郡名立町と上越市へ編入。70.23km²。3674人（2003）。

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