noun
ring-shaped community surrounded by flood-control embankments
Refers to a settlement enclosed by a circular levee system, historically common in low-lying areas of Japan such as the Kiso River basin.
輪中は、濃尾平野の低湿地に多く見られる集落形態です。
Wajū are a settlement pattern often seen in the low-lying wetlands of the Nōbi Plain.
この地域の輪中では、昔から水害に備えて高い堤防を築いてきた。
In the wajū of this region, high embankments have long been built to prepare for floods.