{{Infobox river | name = Aka River | native_name ={{native name|ja|赤川}} | name_other = Akagawa | name_etymology = Red River <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Akagawa Tsuruoka.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Aka River flowing through the city of Tsuruoka | map = {{Maplink|zoom=|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=250 |raw=[ { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoline", "properties": { "stroke": "#66F", "stroke-width": 2 }, "query": "SELECT ?id ?geo ?idLabel (?idLabel as ?title) WHERE { ?id wdt:P403 wd:{{wikidata|label|raw|page={{PAGENAME}}}} . SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language 'en'. } }" }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoline", "properties": { "stroke": "#555", "stroke-width": 2 }, "query": "SELECT ?id ?geo ?idLabel (?idLabel as ?title) WHERE { ?id wdt:P885 wd:{{wikidata|label|raw|page={{PAGENAME}}}} . SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language 'en'. } }" }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoline", "properties": { "title": "{{wikidata|label|page={{PAGENAME}}}}", "stroke": "#05F", "stroke-width": 4 }, "ids": "{{wikidata|label|raw|page={{PAGENAME}}}}" } ] }} | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Japan | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Honshu | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Yamagata | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> |length_km=70 | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = {{interlanguage link|Mount Itoh|ja|以東岳}} | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = {{convert|1,771|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Sea of Japan | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|38.8471|139.7841|type:river_region:JP|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = |basin_size_km2=857 | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} {{Nihongo|'''Aka River'''|赤川|Akagawa|extra=lit. 'red river'}} is a Class A river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It flows into the Sea of Japan.<ref name="mlit">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:日本の川 - 東北 - 赤川 - 国土交通省水管理・国土保全局 |work=mlit.go.jp |access-date=31 March 2021 |url= https://www.mlit.go.jp/river/toukei_chousa/kasen/jiten/nihon_kawa/0212_akagawa/0212_akagawa_00.html |language=ja }}</ref>

==Soccer fields on Akagawa riverbed == There are football fields on Akagawa riverbed in Tsuruoka, and they were NEC Yamagata SC's practice grounds.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=860021929578610688|user=kamikaze_monte|title=モンテディオ山形のもうひとつの聖地と言っても良い鶴岡市 赤川グランド(現在はあまり使われてないので荒れてます)このグランドを主に、モンテの前身であるNEC山形鶴岡工場のサッカー同好会が鶴岡市社会人リーグを戦っていたんだよね!<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=4 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.city.tsuruoka.lg.jp/smph/seibi/koen-ryokuti/koen/tosikeikaku201207.html|title=赤川河川緑地の紹介|website=www.city.tsuruoka.lg.jp|access-date=2021-04-29|archive-date=2021-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429142928/https://www.city.tsuruoka.lg.jp/smph/seibi/koen-ryokuti/koen/tosikeikaku201207.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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