This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Aikawa, Niigata" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) .mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (February 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 3,786 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:相川町]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ((Translated|ja|相川町)) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. (Learn how and when to remove this template message)


Aikawa
相川町
Former municipality
Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine (Sado mine)
Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine (Sado mine)
Flag of Aikawa
Official seal of Aikawa
CountryJapan
RegionHokuriku
PrefectureNiigata Prefecture
DistrictSado District
MergedMarch 1, 2004
(now part of Sado)
Area
 • Total192.3 km2 (74.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total9,669
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
10 subdivisions (former municipalities) in the Sado City. Aikawa is located on the northwest of the island.

Aikawa (相川町, Aikawa-machi) was a town located in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.[1]

On March 1, 2004, Aikawa and the other 9 municipalities in the island were merged to create the city of Sado. Since then, Aikawa has been one of the 10 subdivisions of Sado City.

History

Main article: Sado mine

Transportation

Bus

Local attractions

See also

References

  1. ^ "相川町" (PDF). Niigata Prefectural Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2004.
  2. ^ "Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine". Niigata Prefectural Government.