Naka

Naka lies in the mountain country of Awa along the river of the same name. The forests of Kitō supplied timber to the Kansai region as early as the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. Under the Tokushima domain, logs cut in the upper valley were floated down the Naka River, worked into boards near its mouth and shipped to Osaka merchants. Forestry became an important source of revenue alongside the domain's indigo trade.