Place names・Nagoya

Irinakairinaka

Also known as: 杁中・Irinaka Station

A place name and subway station in Shōwa Ward, Nagoya. The first character, 杁, is a rare Japan-only kanji (kokuji) representing an irrigation sluice gate used to channel water into rice paddies — a character virtually unused outside the Tokai region.

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