The is a river in the
Chubu region of Japan roughly long, flowing through the
prefectures of
Nagano,
Gifu
is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku p ...
,
Aichi, and
Mie before emptying into
Ise Bay
is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso Three Rivers between Mie and Aichi Prefectures in Japan. Ise Bay has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . The mouth of the bay is and is connected to the smaller Mikawa Bay by two channels: ...
a short distance away from the city of
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
.
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. It is the main river of the
Kiso Three Rivers
The refers to the three major rivers that make up the alluvial plain area of the Nōbi Plain of Japan. The three rivers are the Kiso River, the Ibi River and the Nagara River. Given their location, they are sometimes referred to as the Nōbi Th ...
(along with
Ibi and
Nagara rivers) and forms a major part of the
Nōbi Plain. The valley around the upper portion of the river forms the
Kiso Valley.
Parts of the Kiso River are sometimes referred to as the
Japan Rhine because of its similarities to the
Rhine
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.
Kiso River embankment
The was built in the
Edo period
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and extends for a 47-kilometer length between the cities of
Inuyama and
Yatomi to protect against flooding. After a portion of this embankment was rebuilt after having collapsed due to record floods in May 1884, local volunteers brought in 1800 saplings of
sakura trees at the request of the governor of Aichi Prefecture, replacing
Japanese red pine
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''P. densiflora'' has a home range that includes Japan, the Korean Peninsul ...
trees which had formerly lined the embankment. These cherry blossoms included many unusual varieties including some wild cherry tree species, and specifically excluded the
''Somei Yoshino'' variety that had become extremely popular all over Japan. A seven-kilometer portion of this embankment between the cities of
Ichinomiya
is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14.
The term gave rise ...
and
Kōnan has been designated as both a
National Place of Scenic Beauty and
Natural Monument since 1927.
The number of cherry trees gradually decreased due to natural attrition to less than 400 by 2001, but the city of Ichinomiya undertook a large-scale replanting campaign to bring the embankment back to its former appearance.
Other portions of the Kiso River in Inuyama, and
Kakamigahara,
Kani
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History
KANI was first proposed, and a constru ...
, and
Sakahogi in
Gifu Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, ...
were designated collectively as a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1934.
See also
*
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
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External links
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Cultural Properties of Aichi Prefecture
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