The Mogami River (最上川 Mogamigawa) is a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It is 224 km long and has a watershed of 7,040 km². It is regarded as one of the three most rapid rivers of Japan (along with the Fuji River and the Kuma River). Yamagata Prefecture (山形県; Yamagata-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... The Fuji River (富士川, Fujikawa or Fujigawa) is a river which flows from Yamanashi Prefecture to Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. ... Kuma River (球磨川 Kumagawa) is a river in Kyushu, Japan. ...

The river rises from southern Yamagata Prefecture and flows to the north, and turns into the west at Shinjō and falls into the Sea of Japan at Sakata. Water transportation once flourished on the river and carried local products such as safflowers and rice to the Kansai region. Shinjō (新庄市; -shi) is a city located in Yamagata, Japan. ... The Sea of Japan (East Sea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ... Sakata (酒田市; -shi) is a city located in Yamagata, Japan. ... Binomial name Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual, usually with many long sharp spines on the leaves. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. ... The Kansai (Japanese: 関西) region of Japan, also known as the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō), lies in the middle of Japans main island, Honshu. ...

The noted Japanese poet Matsuo Basho travelled along the river and wrote a famous haiku: A statue of Bashō in Ogaki, Gifu. ... Haiku （俳句）is a mode of Japanese poetry, a late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku (発句), the opening verse of a linked verse form, haikai no renga . ...

五月雨をあつめて早し最上川

Samidare o atsumete hayashi Mogamigawa

The Mogami River, gathering rain of May and even more rapid

Mogamigawa is also the name of the anthem of Yamagata Prefecture written by Emperor Hirohito. The Japanese Navy had a cruiser named Mogami. Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) Hirohito (裕仁) (April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 to 1989. ... Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ...