Oga Region - Ogachiho

Japanese: 男鹿地方 - おがちほう
Oga Region - Ogachiho

...Lake Hachirogata, once the second largest lake after Lake Biwa, was reclaimed by national reclamation efforts in 1957, and Ogata Village was established in 1964, where large-scale mechanized agriculture is practiced. The Oga region, centered on the Oga Peninsula jutting out into the Sea of ​​Japan, has developed ports such as Toga, Funakawa, and Kitaura, but agriculture is stagnant in the volcanic mountainous areas of Motoyama and Kanpuzan. Before World War II, coastal fishing villages, where sandfish fishing is the main industry, were home to many migrant workers working in the North Pacific fishing industry. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…かつて琵琶湖に次ぐ大湖であった八郎潟は,1957年以降の国営干拓によって干拓され,64年には大潟村が誕生し,大規模機械化農業が行われている。日本海に突出する男鹿半島を中心とする男鹿地方には戸賀,船川,北浦などの港が発達したが,本山および寒風山の火山性山岳地帯が大部分で農業は不振である。ハタハタ漁が主要産業である沿岸漁村は第2次世界大戦前は,北洋漁業出稼ぎの多かったところである。…

※「男鹿地方」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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