Place names・Ibaraki Place-Name Challenge

Kinu

A neighborhood in Shimotsuma City, Ibaraki, read "Kinu," apparently named for the Kinu River. The river itself was called "Kenokai," then written with characters for cloth or silk, before "Kinugawa" became standard in the early Meiji era.

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