Kamodani

Japanese: 加茂谷 - かもだに

...Forestry is the main industry, and cedar lumber is produced in abundance. A main forest road runs through the national forest area on the border with Tottori prefecture. The Kamo Valley from Kamo-cho to Honmura was an agriculturally depressed area, and in the late modern period, peasant uprisings occurred frequently, leading to the area being called "Kyoso-dani" (Strong Sou Valley). The surrounding mountainous area belongs to the Hiyo-no-sen Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park, and Mt. Oga is suitable for a campsite and ski resort. ...

From Kamo Town

...The area developed around Konakahara, a Taniguchi settlement at the confluence of the Kamo River and the Kurami River, but after the opening of the Inbi Line of the National Railways in the early Showa period, the center shifted to Kuwahara in front of the station. The Kamodani area upstream of the Kamo River was an agriculturally depressed area, and in the late modern period, peasant uprisings occurred frequently, leading to the area being called "Kyoso-dani" (strong complaint valley). In the past, iron sand mining was popular, and many abandoned graves of iron sand miners remain in the graveyards at the back of Kurami. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kamodani" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…林業を基幹産業とし，杉材の産が多く，鳥取との県境の国有林地帯に基幹林道が通ずる。加茂町から本村にかけての加茂谷は農耕不振の地で，近世末期には百姓一揆が頻発し，〈強訴谷〉とも呼ばれた。周囲の山地一帯は氷ノ山（ひようのせん）後山那岐山国定公園に属し，大ヶ山はキャンプ場，スキー場に適する。…

【加茂[町]】より

…加茂川と倉見川の合流点にある谷口集落の小中原を中心として発展してきたが，昭和初期の国鉄因美線開通後は駅前の桑原に中心が移った。加茂川上流の加茂谷は農業不振の地で近世末期には百姓一揆が頻発し，〈強訴谷〉ともいわれた。かつては砂鉄採取が盛んで，倉見の奥の墓坪（はかなる）には砂鉄採取者の無縁墓地が多く残る。…

※「加茂谷」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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