Kii Station

...It has long been a strategic military and transportation point, and on the summit of Mount Kiyama in the north lies Kii Castle, a Korean-style mountain castle built in the 7th century as a defense for the south of Dazaifu, which has been designated a special historic site. In ancient times, Kii Station and the Kii Corps were located here, and during the Edo period, medicine manufacturing and peddling were thriving in the Tsushima domain. The main industry was agriculture, centered on rice cultivation, fruit cultivation, and fattening cattle, but in recent years, industry has flourished, especially in the industrial complex in the south, and the amount of manufactured goods shipped has become one of the largest in the prefecture. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古くからの軍事･交通の要衝で，北部にある基山の山頂には，7世紀に大宰府の南の防備として築かれた朝鮮式山城の基肄（きい）城があり，特別史跡に指定されている。古代には基肄駅，基肄軍団が置かれ，江戸時代は対馬藩領で薬の製造と行商が盛んであった。米作を中心とし果樹栽培，肥育牛などを行う農業が主産業であったが，近年，南部の工業団地を中心に工業が盛んになり，製造品出荷額も県内有数の地位を占めるようになった。…

※「基肄駅」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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