Kawaminami, Japan

History

The area of Kawaminami was part of ancient Hyūga Province. The area was under the control of the Shimazu clan from the Nanboku-chō period, and was a contested borderland fought over many times during the Sengoku period. During the Edo period, During the Meiji period, the ex-samurai of Takanabe Domain built irrigation canals to develop new rice fields, and large-scale farm development was carried out by gathering farmers from inside and outside the prefecture, but most of the area remained undeveloped, and there were constant conflicts over water. Before World War II, much of the hilly land was acquired to provide fodder and grazing land for warhorses. In the fall 1941, the training range for the Imperial Japanese Army Airborne Regiment was moved from Manchukuo to Kawaminami, which became the site for parachute training. Post-war, despite the difficult conditions for agriculture, settlers came from all prefectures, so the town came to be nicknamed the "Kawaminami United States". The village of Kawaminami within Koyu District, Miyazaki, was established on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to town status on February 11, 1953.

From the History section of Kawaminami, Miyazaki on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.