Yawahara [village] - Yawahara

Japanese: 谷和原[村] - やわはら

A village in Tsukuba County in the southwest of Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 14,230 (1995). It occupies lowlands along the Kokai River, with the Kinu River flowing on its western border. The Kanto Railway Jōsō Line and National Route 294 pass through the area, and it is also home to the Yawara Interchange on the Joban Expressway. The area was once a turbulent region of the Kinu River and Kokai River, but since the early Edo period, new rice fields have been developed through flood control projects under Ina Tadaharu, and it has become a vast rice paddy area. Rice is the main agricultural product, but greenhouse horticulture such as cucumbers is also on the rise. In recent years, factories selling agricultural machinery and housing materials have moved into the area.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

茨城県南西部，筑波郡の村。人口1万4230(1995)。小貝川沿岸の低地を占め，西境を鬼怒川が流れる。関東鉄道常総線，国道294号線が通じ，常磐自動車道の谷和原インターチェンジもある。鬼怒川，小貝川の乱流地帯であったが，江戸時代初期以降伊奈忠治の治水事業などによって新田開発が進み，広大な水田地帯となった。農業は米作が主体であるが，キュウリなどの施設園芸もふえている。近年は農業機械，住宅資材などの工場が進出している。

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