Abashiri region

...Kushiro City has been a ship's anchorage since the Edo period, and has grown into a port city since the Meiji period, establishing itself as a fishing base. It has also developed into a city with the largest population in eastern Hokkaido, with coal mines and paper mills established there. The Abashiri region is home to diversified field crops, and there are areas such as the Kitami Basin with a relatively high rate of rice paddies. It was once one of the world's leading producers of mint, but it has declined due to competition from synthetic mint. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Abashiri region" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…釧路市は江戸時代からの船泊りであり，明治以降港湾都市に成長し，漁業基地としての地歩を固め，さらに炭鉱，製紙工場が立地して道東最大の人口をもつ都市に発展した。　網走地方は，多角経営の畑作が行われ，北見盆地など水田率の比較的高い地域もある。かつては世界市場でも屈指のハッカの特産地であったが合成ハッカに押されて衰退した。…

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