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Kiso Sansen Park (木曽三川公園 Kiso Three Rivers Park, Kiso Sansen Kōen) is Japan's largest national government park which straddles Aichi, Gifu and Mie Prefecture. [1] The center of the park is located in the city of Kaizu in Gifu Prefecture.
A measurable change in the quality of the water occurred. In addition, on February 13, 2007, Nagoya City announced the start of a new three-year experiment, transmitting the raw water from the Kiso River to the Horikawa River. This represented a major step in fulfilling the citizens' dreams. [1]
Japan Rhine seen from Sarubami Castle. The Kiso River (木曽川, Kiso-gawa) is a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly 229 km (142 mi) long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya. [1]
Japan sea map. The earliest known term used for maps in Japan is believed to be kata (形, roughly "form"), which was probably in use until roughly the 8th century.During the Nara period, the term zu (図) came into use, but the term most widely used and associated with maps in pre-modern Japan is ezu (絵図, roughly "picture diagram").
Japan is often divided into regions, each containing one or more of the country's 47 prefectures at large. Sometimes, they are referred to as "blocs" (ブロック, burokku), or "regional blocs" (地域ブロック, chiiki burokku) as opposed to more granular regional divisions. They are not official administrative units, though they have been ...
The Chūbu region (中部地方, Chūbu-chihō), Central region, or Central Japan (中部日本, Chūbu-nihon) is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures ( ken ): Aichi , Fukui , Gifu , Ishikawa , Nagano , Niigata , Shizuoka , Toyama , and Yamanashi .
Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River in Gifu. Cormorant fishing is an ancient tradition in which cormorants are used to catch various fish in lakes and rivers. Cormorant fishing takes place in two cities: Gifu, where it is called "Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River," [2] and Seki, where it is called "Oze Cormorant Fishing" (小瀬鵜飼 Oze Ukai).
The largest major city in the region is Nagoya and the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area (Nagoya Metropolitan Area) makes up a large portion of the region and has Japan's third strongest economy. The business influence of this urban area sometimes extends out into the outlying areas of the three prefectures centered on Nagoya which are Aichi, Gifu ...