Aka River
{{Infobox river
| name = Aka River
| native_name ={{native name|ja|赤川}}
| name_other = Akagawa
| name_etymology = Red River
| image = Akagawa Tsuruoka.jpg
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| image_caption = Aka River flowing through the city of Tsuruoka
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Japan
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Honshu
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = Yamagata
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|length_km=70
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| source1 = {{interlanguage link|Mount Itoh|ja|以東岳}}
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|1,771|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = Sea of Japan
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|basin_size_km2=857
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{{Nihongo|Aka River|赤川|Akagawa|extra=lit. 'red river'}} is a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It flows into the Sea of Japan.{{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 }}
Soccer fields on Akagawa riverbed
There are football fields on Akagawa riverbed in Tsuruoka, and they were NEC Yamagata SC's practice grounds.{{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! |date=4 May 2017}}{{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}}