Imajuku (Saitama) - Imajuku

...Fuefuki Pass at the northern end is a key point on the medieval Kamakura Kaido road. Imajuku, located along the Kobe River, was a riverbank in the Edo period, and lumber, firewood, and charcoal produced in the surrounding area were sent to Edo. There are many valley fields, and it was traditionally a farming village where rice, wheat, and silkworm farming were the main industries, but a large housing complex was developed on the southern slope of Iwadono Hill, and the population doubled in the late 1970s, with many people commuting to neighboring cities. ...

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…北端の笛吹峠は中世鎌倉街道の要衝。越辺川沿いにある今宿は江戸時代は河岸がおかれ，周辺で産する材木や薪炭を江戸に送りだしていた。谷田が多く，従来は米麦作，養蚕を主とする農村であったが，岩殿丘陵南斜面に大規模な住宅団地が造成されて，1970年代後半に人口が倍増，近隣都市への通勤者が多い。…

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