Kamikawa: Ochi River - Ochi
Ochi has served as a riverside settlement in the historic Harima region since the early modern period. Now part of Kamikawa in central Hyōgo Prefecture, it follows the Ochi River, a tributary of the Ichikawa, whose waters continue south toward the Seto Inland Sea. The valley is shaped by wooded slopes and the close relationship between the watercourse, local roads and scattered homes. Low bridges and stone-reinforced banks are practical markers of life beside a mountain river. Ochi belongs to inland Harima, where small communities developed along valleys rather than on the broad coastal plain. It is a quiet counterpoint to Hyōgo's better-known port cities, defined by river geography and a compact rural settlement pattern.
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