Ikumo Village

...A town in Abu District, northern Yamaguchi Prefecture. It occupies the upper reaches of the Abu River, which flows into the Sea of ​​Japan, and is a mountainous rural area bordering Tsuwano Town, Shimane Prefecture. In 1955, the five villages of Kane, Tokusa, Jifuku, Shinobu, and Ikumo merged, renamed, and became a town. Population: 9,133 (1995). Tokusa, where the town office is located, developed as a market town along the Sekishu Highway in the early modern period, and is currently the center of eastern Abu District, with National Route 9 and the JR Yamaguchi Line passing through it. The Tokusa Basin, which was a lake basin created by the Nosaka volcanic group on the prefectural border, is the largest rice-growing region in the northern part of the prefecture, and in recent years has also become popular as a fruit growing and dairy farming area. The apples of Nabekura and the pears near Nagatokyo have been successful as tourist agriculture.

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…山口県北部，阿武郡の町。日本海に入る阿武川の上流部を占め，島根県津和野町に接する山間農村地域。1955年嘉年（かね），徳佐，地福，篠生（しのぶ），生雲（いくも）の5村が合体，改称，町制。人口9133(1995)。町役場所在地の徳佐は近世の石州街道に沿う市場町として発達した所で，現在国道9号，JR山口線が通り，阿武郡東部の中心をなす。県境の野坂火山群による堰塞（えんそく）湖盆だった徳佐盆地は県北部最大の稲作地域であり，近年は果樹栽培や酪農も盛んで，鍋倉のリンゴや長門峡付近のナシは観光農業としても成功している。…

※「生雲村」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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