MyÅkÅ, Niigata (village)
Myoko (Japanese妙 高 村, -mura ) was a Japanese village in Nakakubiki -gun in Niigata Prefecture. In 2005, the village went up in the new city Myoko, which is not named after the village, but after the eponymous mountain.
Geography
, Hiuchi (火 打 山, -yama; 2,462 m) and Madarao (尾 山, san斑; 1,382 m ), in the administrative area of the village, the mountains Myoko ( 2,454 m妙 高山, -san ) were located. According to the former, the village is named. Rivers are the Seki -gawa (关 川) and the Doro -gawa (土 路 川), and as a lake of Numa -no- ike (沼 池).
History
On March 31, 1955, the Mura Sekiyama (关 山村, -mura ), Oshika closed (大 鹿 村, -mura ), Toyoashi (豊 苇 村, -mura ) and Haradōri (原 通 村, -mura ), except for the parts of municipalities Ozawa - Shinden (大 沢 新 田), Ohara Shinden (小 原 新 田) and Shinden Ohara (大 原 新 田, except for the aza ( community member ) Sobutake (祖父 竹) ), the new village Myoko together.
On April 1, 2004, Myoko concluded by Shi Arai (新 井 市, -shi ) and the Machi Myokokogen (妙 高 高原 町, machi ) in Nakakubiki -gun on the new Shi Myoko together. The name of this city comes from the mountain of the same. The Nakakubiki -gun was thereupon be dissolved.
Traffic
Myoko is connected via the Sekiyama railway station on the JR East Shin'etsu main line to Takasaki or Niigata.
Through the village, the National road 18 to Takasaki or Joetsu, as well as the Iiyama Madarao - Arai range of prefectural road 97
Economy
Much of the agriculture is the cultivation of rice. Main exports make up tobacco leaves and tomatoes.
The main tourist attractions are the hot springs (onsen ) Seki Onsen (关 温泉), Tsubame Onsen (燕 温泉), among others, as well as the 1,000 m high Madarao Plateau (斑 尾 高原, Madarao - Kōgen ) with winter sports.
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Niigata Prefecture: Akai (now city Myoko )
- Itoigawa
- Nakago (now Joetsu )
- Myokokogen (now city Myoko )
- Nadachi (now Joetsu )
- Iiyama
- Shinano
- Place in Niigata Prefecture
- Former church in Japan