Biratori, Hidaka region, Hokkaidō

荷菜

にな Nina

The terrace at Nina stands above the flood reach of the Saru River, and sites on it show settlement from the Jōmon period onward.

Ainu spellings: Ninar

Analyses

ニナラ

proposed

terrace

Proponent: zenibako_trek（小樽銭函地名歴史研究会） (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))

The received reading takes the name for the flatfish, which the author rejects.

proposed

Sole fish village

Proponent: John Batchelor