The Arakawa River is a river that flows through Yamagata and Niigata prefectures in northern

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. Its source is O-Asahidake, within the

Bandai-Asahi National Park is a national park in the Tōhoku region, Honshū, Japan. The park site straddles over Fukushima Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, and Niigata Prefecture. The park was designated as a national park on September 5, 1950. The park encompasses ...

in Oguni Town, Yamagata. it flows in an approximately southwesterly direction for before discharging into the Sea of Japan at Momozakihama in the city of

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, Niigata. Its tributaries include the Yokogawa and Onagawa in Yamagata and Sekigawa in Niigata. It covers a total of 1,150km2 and has been classified as a "first-class river" by the Japanese

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as being important to commerce.

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Rivers of Niigata Prefecture Rivers of Yamagata Prefecture Rivers of Japan {{Yamagata-geo-stub