Kashima (Shizuoka) - Kajima

...The lumber logs that were carried down the Tenryu River from the Ina Valley were unloaded here and then sent on rafts further downstream to Kakezuka to meet the demand in Sunpu and Edo. The main settlements are Futamata, a distribution center for Tenryu lumber and home to many lumber factories, and Kashima, which once prospered through shipping on the Tenryu River. Today, Nishikashima is home to factories that produce automobile parts and precision machinery. Tea and shiitake mushrooms are cultivated here, with Tenryu tea being particularly famous as a fine tea. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…伊那谷から天竜川をばらで川下げされた榑木はここで陸揚げされ，駿府や江戸の需要に応じてさらに下流の掛塚までいかだ流しされた。中心集落は天竜材の集散地で製材工場が集まる二俣と，かつて天竜川舟運で栄えた鹿島で，現在は西鹿島に自動車部品，精密機械などの工場が進出している。茶とシイタケが栽培されるが，とくに天竜茶は銘茶として有名。…

※「鹿島（静岡）」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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