Most if not all of the placenames associated with the ''magiri'' survived into the post-war period (mid-to-late 20th century), when villages began to be combined into new towns and cities with new names in a process called ''gappei''. | Most if not all of the placenames associated with the ''magiri'' survived into the post-war period (mid-to-late 20th century), when villages began to be combined into new towns and cities with new names in a process called ''gappei''. |