Okitama region

...In addition to fruit trees, the Yamagata Basin is also home to the largest production and cultivation area of ​​hops in the country, as well as cash crops such as tobacco, which has been cultivated since the early modern period. The second largest fruit-producing area after the Yamagata Basin is the Okitama region, whose core areas include the Akayu district of Nanyo City, which was one of the earliest areas to develop a major grape-producing area with the introduction of the Delaware variety, and the Yashiro district of Takabatake Town, which is a major producer of Western pears. In recent years, the cultivation area of ​​Shonai persimmons (also known as Hiratanenashi) has increased in the hills at the foot of Mt. Gassan, and they are mainly shipped to Hokkaido and other areas.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Okitama region" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…山形盆地では果樹のほか，全国一の生産と栽培面積をもつホップ栽培や，近世から栽培されているタバコなどの換金作物の生産も盛んである。山形盆地に次ぐ果樹生産地は置賜（おきたま）地方で，その核心地はデラウェア種の導入で最も早くブドウの主産地を形成した南陽市赤湯地区や，西洋ナシの主産地高畠町屋代地区などである。また近年月山山麓の丘陵地などで栽培面積の増加した庄内柿(平核無（ひらたねなし）と呼ばれる)は主として北海道などに出荷される。…

※「置賜地方」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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