The is a river in Japan which flows through Gifu Prefecture. It is part of the Kiso River system.

Geography

The river originates from Mount Yaki on the border of

Nakatsugawa Magome-juku on the Nakasendō is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,930, and a population density of 120 persons per km2 in 30,788 households The total area of the city was . Geography Nakatsugawa is in ...

and

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and flows west. It flows through the Akigawa Dam and the

Ōi Dam The is a dam located between the cities of Ena and Nakatsugawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was built to produce electricity for the surrounding area. The Agi River flows through the dam. Built in 1924, the Ōi Dam was the first dam built any ...

before emptying into the Kiso River.

History

Ōi-juku, a

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on the historical

Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. There were 69 ...

, was on the banks of the Agi River.Nakasendō Ōi-juku
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River communities

The Agi river flows through the cities of

and

in Gifu Prefecture.

References

Rivers of Gifu Prefecture Rivers of Japan {{Japan-river-stub