Inokuchi Shrine

...Although it is widely known for Awara Onsen, it is a quiet farming village where rice is cultivated on the alluvial plain and field crops and dairy farming are the main industries on the plateau. Honjo, which occupies the natural levee of the Takeda River, is the center of Kofuku-ji's manor of Kawaguchi-sho Jugo, which flourished from the end of the Heian period to the Middle Ages. Kasuga Shrine here is said to be the main shrine of the manor in the former Jugo, and is located at the outlet of the Takeda River at the end of the Jugo irrigation canal, which was the basis for the development of the manor. The plateau produces tea and pears, as well as vegetables and watermelons in recent years, and part of the plateau on the shores of Lake Kitagata has been opened up for farming through pumped irrigation. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Inoguchi Shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…芦原温泉で広く知られるが，沖積地は米作，台地は畑作，酪農を主とする静かな農村である。竹田川の自然堤防を占める本荘は平安末期から中世に栄えた興福寺の荘園河口荘十郷の中心で，ここの春日社は旧十郷にある同荘の総社，式内井ノ口神社と伝え，同荘開拓の基となった十郷用水末端の竹田川落ち口に鎮座する。台地は茶，梨のほか近年は野菜，スイカを産し，北潟湖畔では揚水灌漑によって台地の一部を開田した。…

※「井ノ口神社」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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