Kasugahara

Japanese: 春日原 - かすがばる
Kasugahara

...The Mikasa River lowlands in the center have long been open farming areas, and today the Kagoshima Main Line, Nishitetsu Omuta Line, National Route 3, and Kyushu Expressway run parallel to it, making it a key transportation hub connecting the Fukuoka Plain and the Chikushi Plain. During World War II, large munitions factories were built from Shirakibaru to the neighboring Kasugabaru, and after the war, a US military base was established there. Around 1965, with the return of the base and the expansion of Fukuoka City, residential development has progressed rapidly from Nishitetsu Shirakibaru Station to the hills and foothills, forming a residential area that continues into the southern part of Fukuoka City. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中央の御笠川低地は古くから開けた農村であり,現在は鹿児島本線,西鉄大牟田線,国道3号線,九州自動車道が並走し,福岡平野と筑紫平野を結ぶ交通の要衝となっている。第2次世界大戦中,白木原(しらきばる)から隣接の春日原(かすがばる)にかけて大軍需工場ができ,戦後アメリカ軍基地がおかれた。1965年ころから基地の返還と福岡市の膨張に伴って西鉄白木原駅を中心に丘陵・山麓部まで住宅地化が急激に進み,福岡市南部の市街地に連続する住宅街を形成している。…

※「春日原」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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