Mogami River

The Mogami in Yamagata Prefecture

The Mogami (最 上 川Japanese, -gawa ) is a river in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.

Geography

It is 224 km long and has a catchment area of 7040 km ². Its average flow at the mouth is 437 m³ / s

He is considered together with the Fuji and the Kuma as one of the three rivers with the fastest flow in Japan.

The river rises in the southern Yamagata Prefecture and flows northward, at Shinjō he swings to the west and flows into the Sea of ​​Japan Sakata.

The river was once an important transport route for local products such as safflower and rice in the Kansai region.

Course

The Mogami flows through the following places:

  • Yamagata Prefecture: Yonezawa
  • Nan'yo
  • Nagai
  • Sagae
  • Tendo
  • Higashine
  • Murayama
  • Obanazawa
  • Shinjo
  • Sakata

Cultural reception

The famous Japanese poet Matsuo Basho traveled along the river and wrote a famous haiku:

Mogamigawa is also the name of the anthem of Yamagata Prefecture, which was written by Emperor Hirohito. The Imperial Japanese Navy had a cruiser named Mogami.

Sea of Japan Yonezawa, Yamagata Nagai, Yamagata Sagae, Yamagata Tendō, Yamagata Higashine, Yamagata Murayama, Yamagata Obanazawa, Yamagata Sakata, Yamagata Matsuo Bashō Hymn Japanese cruiser Mogami (1934)
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