Yokogawa

Japanese: 横川 - よこがわ

This is the former town area in the northwest of Kirishima City, in the northeastern part of Kagoshima Prefecture. It is located at the western foot of Mount Kirishima, on the Shirasu Plateau. It was incorporated as a town in 1940. In 2005, it merged with one city and five towns, Kokubu City, Mizobe Town, Makizono Town, Kirishima Town, Hayato Town, and Fukuyama Town, to form Kirishima City. The main industry is agriculture, with rice, sweet potatoes, tobacco, and other crops grown, and cattle breeding is also thriving. Chestnuts, shiitake mushrooms, timber, and bamboo are also produced. The Yamagano Gold Mine was mined for over 300 years, but closed in 1953. It is located near the Yokokawa Interchange on the Kyushu Expressway and Kagoshima Airport, and is attracting businesses.

Yokokawa

A village in the southwest of Annaka City, western Gunma Prefecture. The site of the Usui Barrier on the Nakasendo Road, the remains of which still remain today. Yokokawa Station on the JR Shinetsu Main Line was known as a locomotive switching station for the Abt system track that crossed the Usui Pass (the Abt system was abolished in 1963), but with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen in 1997, the Yokokawa-Karuizawa section was abandoned. The pass's kamameshi (rice cooked in a pot) remains a local specialty. The area is the junction of National Route 18 and the Usui Bypass, and Oneyama Forest Park is nearby.

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Japanese:

鹿児島県北東部，霧島市北西部の旧町域。霧島山の西麓に位置し，シラス台地にある。 1940年町制。 2005年国分市，溝辺町，牧園町，霧島町，隼人町，福山町の1市5町と合体して霧島市となった。主産業は農業で米，サツマイモ，タバコなどの栽培が行なわれ，ウシの飼育が盛ん。クリ，シイタケ，木材，竹材も産する。山ヶ野金山は 300年余にわたって採掘されていたが，1953年閉山。九州縦貫自動車道の横川インターチェンジがあり，鹿児島空港にも近く，企業誘致も進んでいる。

横川
よこかわ

群馬県西部，安中市南西部の集落。中山道の碓氷関所があったところで，現在もその跡が残る。 JR信越本線横川駅は碓氷峠を越えるアプト式軌道の機関車交換駅として知られ (1963年アプト式は廃止) たが，1997年北陸新幹線の開通に伴い，横川－軽井沢間は廃線となった。峠の釜飯は名物として存続している。国道 18号線と碓氷バイパスの分岐点で，近くに小根山森林公園がある。

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