Aki River

35°43′00″N 139°19′21″E / 35.716737°N 139.322396°E / 35.716737; 139.322396

Aki River
Akigawa Gorge, in the autumn. Near, but west of Tokyo.
Native name秋川 (Japanese)

The Aki River (also, the Akigawa River) is a river in Japan. The Aki River flows west of Tokyo Metropolitan Area. It is a major tributary of the Tama River, The Japanese name, 秋川, means "Autumn River."

The name Akigawa River may seem strange for some people as kawa/gawa 川 in Japanese means river so people may think the name should be Aki river, but that is wrong, because the names of lakes in Japanese usually have kawa/gawa at the end of the name.

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