Okumusashi Plateau

Japanese: 奥武蔵高原 - おくむさしこうげん
Okumusashi Plateau

...The name Oku-Musashi Plateau is a general term for the mountainous area below 1000m above sea level that spans the southwestern part of Saitama Prefecture, Hanno City, Hidaka City, and Naguri Village, Iruma County. The name means the mountainous area at the back of the Musashino Plateau, and was first used by the Musashino Railway, the predecessor of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, to promote tourism before World War II. It became widely used after the prefectural Oku-Musashi Nature Park was established in 1951.

*Some of the terms mentioned in "Oku Musashi Plateau" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…埼玉県南西部,飯能市,日高市と入間郡名栗村にまたがる標高1000m以下の山地の総称で,奥武蔵高原ともいう。名称は武蔵野台地の奥の山地という意味で,第2次世界大戦前,西武池袋線の前身武蔵野鉄道が観光宣伝のため使いはじめたのが,1951年県立奥武蔵自然公園を設定してから,広く普及した。…

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