Ojojigahara

Japanese: 王城寺原 - おうじょうじがはら

...Since around 1956, cultivation of rice fields has been progressing in the valley bottoms carving into the hills, and in recent years, in addition to rice cultivation, dairy farming, apple production, and flower cultivation have increased. Ojojihara in the northwest, which accounts for about 20% of the village's area, became an army training ground at the end of the Meiji era, and was requisitioned by the US military after World War II. It is now a training ground for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. National Route 4 runs through the village. ...

From Iroma Town

...Rice farming is the main focus, but apple and other fruit cultivation, dairy farming, and livestock farming are also popular, and in recent years the area has been diversifying. Ojojihara on the Hanakawa alluvial fan has been used as an army training ground since 1908, and is still the site of a training ground for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force today, but after World War II, some settlements were established and development progressed, focusing on dairy farming. The remains of tile kilns in the Hinodeyama area in the east are believed to have been used to fire tiles for Taga Castle and other places, and have been designated a historic site. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1956年ころから丘陵を刻む谷底などで開田が進み，近年は米作のほか，酪農やリンゴの生産，花卉栽培がふえている。村面積の約20％を占める北西部の王城寺原は明治末期に陸軍の演習場となり，第2次大戦後アメリカ軍が接収したが，現在は陸上自衛隊の演習場になっている。国道4号線が通る。…

【色麻[町]】より

…米作を中心にリンゴなどの果樹栽培，酪農，畜産などが盛んで，近年，経営の多角化が進められている。花川扇状地の王城寺原は1908年以来，陸軍の演習場として使われ，現在も陸上自衛隊の演習場があるが，第2次大戦後，一部で入植が行われ酪農を中心に開拓が進んだ。東部の日の出山一帯の瓦窯跡群は多賀城などの瓦を焼いたものと推定され，史跡に指定されている。…

※「王城寺原」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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