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20386 ／なかがわむら

Nagano Prefecture 上伊那郡

Nakagawa Village

A parabolic arch spans the Tenryu River.

Sakado Bridge, 70 m span

Photo by Opqr (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Rihei Embankment

Part of a stone embankment built over three generationshas been moved beside it and restored.

This embankment stands at Tajima, where the Tenryu and Maezawa rivers meet. The Hachijuni Cultural Foundation records that three generations of the Matsumura family, Rihei Tadayoshi, Tsunemura and Tadayoshi, built it between 1750 and 1808. A stone embankment was found in 2010, and part of it was moved and restored. These roughly 40 m are a village-designated tangible cultural property.

Built 1750 to 1808
Restored section about 40 m
Village designation, 2011

02 ／ Okusa Castle Site

On a castle site that juts out from the terrace,several tiers of high ground stand in a row.

Okusa Castle Site in Nakagawa Village — Photo by 濃間 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Okusa Castle Site is a village-designated historic site and is now a park. A blog by the Kamiina regional office of Nagano Prefecture describes a castle that juts out onto the terrace on the east bank of the Tenryu River, and says several tiers of high ground may still recall the castle. The Okusa land survey register is also a village tangible cultural property.

Village historic site, designated 1977
On the terrace of the Tenryu's east bank
Okusa survey register, a village property

03 ／ Kaze-no-Saburo Shrine

The lion dance is said never to climbabove the slope called Miya-no-Iri.

Kaze-no-Saburo Shrine in Nakagawa Village — Photo by Hansaki460 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

At the end of the road climbing toward Mount Jinbagata stands a stone marker for the Kaze-no-Saburo Shrine. It enshrines Shinatsuhiko-no-Mikoto and Shinatobe-no-Kami. The prefecture's blog records that in this district it is said the god of wind dislikes lions, and that if a lion dance climbed above the slope called Miya-no-Iri, it would stir up a storm.

Enshrines Shinatsuhiko-no-Mikoto and Shinatobe-no-Kami
The lion dance does not climb above Miya-no-Iri
A small shrine up stone steps on the slope

Nakagawa Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot April 2016)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

The Tenryu River divides the village into east and west.

about 5,000 people
Rural district town

At the southern tip of Kamiina District, the village says the Tenryu River splits it into an east-bank district and a west-bank district. It was formed in 1958 by the merger of two villages, and its name was chosen from proposals by villagers. Its only station is Ina-Tajima on the Iida Line, its gateway.

People living here: 4,651people
Area: 77.05km²
Households: 1,614households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —2 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Nakagawa Village in Japan35.635°N 137.946°E

Territory of Nakagawa Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

9.8km

Matsukawa Town, Iijima Town, Oshika Village, Komagane City

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Nakagawa Village isthis kind of town.

01Sakado Bridge is a single-arch reinforced-concrete bridge over the Tenryu River, completed in 1932; the Agency for Cultural Affairs notes its parabolic arch and chamfered arch corners, and it became an Important Cultural Property in 2020
02Rihei Embankment is a stone embankment built over three generations of the Matsumura family; the roughly 40 m of the stone embankment that was found, moved and restored is a village tangible cultural property
03Okusa Castle Site is a castle site jutting out onto a terrace, and at Kaze-no-Saburo Shrine there is a saying that the lion dance does not climb above Miya-no-Iri

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Nakagawa Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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