Kiso River

View of the River

The Kiso (Japanese木 曽 川, Kiso- gawa ) is a river on the main Japanese island of Honshu.

It is 229 km long and has a catchment area of ​​5275 km ², the entire river system but 9100 km ². He gave the Kisokaido its name, the western part of the old overland road Nakasendō. The 13 km rapids between Minokamo ( Gifu Prefecture) and Inuyama ( Aichi Prefecture) are called " Nihon Rhine " means. The trip down the river, " Rhein- Kudari " in long, two boatmen controlled wooden boats is a popular summer activity.

Course of the river

The Kiso passes through the following places:

  • Nagano Prefecture: Kiso -mura
  • Kiso -machi
  • Agematsu
  • Okuwa
  • Nagiso
  • Nakatsugawa
  • Ena
  • Mizunami
  • Yaotsu
  • Mitake
  • Kani
  • Minokamo
  • Sakahogi
  • Inuyama
  • Kasamatsu
  • Ginan
  • Hashima
  • Kaizu
  • Inuyama
  • Fuso
  • Kōnan
  • Ichinomiya
  • Inazawa
  • Aisai
  • Yatomi
  • Kuwana
  • Kisosaki

In Ibigawa and Gifu he is dammed in the Tokuyama Dam.

Ise Bay Kiso, Nagano (village) Kiso, Nagano (town) Agematsu (Nagano) Nagiso (Nagano) Nakatsugawa, Gifu Ena (Gifu) Mizunami, Gifu Kani (Gifu) Minokamo, Gifu Kakamigahara, Gifu Hashima, Gifu Kaizu, Gifu Ichinomiya (Aichi) Inazawa, Aichi Aisai, Aichi Yatomi, Aichi Kuwana, Mie Gifu, Gifu
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