Iwakawa

…The Shirasu Plateau, which slopes from the northwest to the southeast, has been dissected by the Maekawa, Hinogawa, and Ushirogawa rivers, tributaries of the Hishida River that flow into Shibushi Bay, forming an alluvial lowland at the bottom of the valley. The main settlement is Iwakawa, which is the administrative and economic center of the county. Before the war, the area was mainly involved in the cultivation of sweet potatoes and horse breeding on the plateau, but after the war it shifted to the production and fattening of Japanese beef, and became known as the birthplace of Sowa beef. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Iwakawa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…北西から南東に傾斜するシラス台地を，志布志湾に注ぐ菱田川支流の前川，日野川，後川などが開析し，谷底に沖積低地を形成している。中心集落は岩川で，郡の行政，経済の中心地。戦前は台地上に展開するカンショ栽培や馬産が中心であったが，戦後和牛の生産･肥育に転換，〈曾於和牛〉の産地として知られるようになった。…

※「岩川」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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