Nakajima

Nakajima lies in the Nōbi plain of Owari, where the Kiso River's branches once wandered across low ground. The old provincial government stood at Inazawa, near the shrine known as Kōnomiya. Flooding remained a recurring danger: in 1608–1609 Tokugawa Yoshinao ordered the construction of a long embankment to protect the Owari plain. Channels taking water from the river also sustained fields across the district.