Kashiwabara Plateau

...To the west of the crater plain is the central crater cone, Mount Ogurohime, which forms a dome. The foothills of the eastern and southern foothills, known as the Kashiwara Plateau, have been settled and developed since 1946, reaching an altitude of 800-900m. Buckwheat, soybeans, and other crops were cultivated here, but the cold damage of 1953 led to the area being transformed into an agricultural region, with dairy farming at the core.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kashiwara Plateau" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…火口原西方には円頂丘をなす中央火口丘の小黒姫山がある。東および南山麓の柏原高原とよばれるすそ野は1946年以降入植開拓され，標高800～900mにまで開拓がおよんだ。ソバ，大豆などが栽培されたが，53年の冷害を契機に酪農中心の農業地域へと変貌した。…

※「柏原高原」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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