Ohara (Gunma) - Oobara

Japanese: 大原(群馬) - おおばら
Ohara (Gunma) - Oobara

…The alluvial fan was called Kasakakeno, and in the early Edo period, the Okanobori irrigation canal was excavated and turned into rice fields. The central settlement, Oobara, was a new rice field settlement at that time, and was also a post town on the Copper Road, which transported copper from the Ashio mine to Edo. After World War II, the flatland forest was cleared, and it is now used as a vegetable field. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ohara (Gunma)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…扇状地は笠懸野(かさかけの)と呼ばれ,江戸時代初期に岡登(おかのぼり)用水が開削されて水田となった。中心集落の大原(おおばら)はこのときの新田集落で,足尾鉱山の銅を江戸へ運ぶ銅(あかがね)街道の宿場町でもあった。第2次大戦後,平地林の開墾が進み,現在は野菜畑として利用されている。…

※「大原(群馬)」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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