Iwami Region - Iwami Road

...Furthermore, with the sudden increase in demand for timber from the 1950s, private forests were over-cut, and with the subsequent depopulation, there was a shortage of reforestation labor, and the cultivation of beautiful forests has yet to be successful. The number of wasabi fields has increased in the mountainous areas of the Iwami region, but the name Shimane wasabi has not yet become established as a place of production. Shimane Prefecture has a long coastline and excellent fishing grounds such as the Oki Seamount, and its fishing industry is thriving, mainly through bottom trawl fishing and purse seine fishing, but much of the catch is brought in by ships from outside the prefecture and landed at fishing ports outside the prefecture. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Iwami region" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…さらに1950年代からの用材需要の急増の中で私有林では過伐が行われ，その後の過疎化の中で植林労働の不足に直面し，いまだに美林の育成には成功していない。石見地方の山間部ではワサビ田が多くなってきたが，島根ワサビとして産地名が定着するにはいたっていない。　海岸線が長く，隠岐堆などのすぐれた漁場をもつ島根県は，底引網漁業と巻網漁業を主とする水産業が盛んであるが，県外船入漁と県外の漁港への水揚げが多い。…

※「石見地方」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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