Kanokami - Kanokami

…It is located in the Chugoku Mountains, with the Nishiki River flowing south through the center. Shikanokami, the center of the Shikano Basin, is on the Yamashiro Highway leading to Hagi, and has developed as a market town since the Edo period. It is a forestry area where most of the town area is covered by forests, and the cultivation of shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, and wasabi is thriving, as well as pears and peaches. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中国山地にあり，中央を錦川が南流する。鹿野盆地にある中心地の鹿野上は，萩へ通じる山代街道が通じており，江戸時代以降市場町として発達した。山林が町域の大部分を占める林業地帯で，シイタケ，エノキタケ，ワサビの栽培が盛んであり，梨，桃の栽培も行われる。…

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