was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Nitta District,
Gunma Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
On March 27, 2006, Kasakake, along with the town of
Ōmama (from
Yamada District), and the village of
Azuma Azuma may refer to:
Places
* Azuma, historical name for eastern Japan, now called Kantō region, Kantō and Tōhoku region
* Azuma, Gunma (Agatsuma), former village in Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
* Azuma, Gunma (Sawa), former villag ...
(from
Seta District), was merged to create the city of
Midori
Midori (みどり, ミドリ, , , ) is the Japanese word for "green" and may refer to:
Places
* Midori, Gunma
* Midori-ku, Chiba
* Midori-ku, Nagoya
* Midori-ku, Sagamihara
* Midori-ku, Saitama
* Midori-ku, Yokohama
People Given name
* M ...
.
The
Iwajuku
The an archaeological site located in what is now the Kasuke neighborhood of the city of Midori, Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan with finds from the Japanese Paleolithic period. It received protection as a National H ...
archaeological site is in Kasakake.
Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture
Midori, Gunma
{{Gunma-geo-stub