Kijiyama

Japanese: 木地山 - きじやま
Kijiyama

...Today, the main industry is agriculture, with rice, tobacco, and livestock farming, but many people move away from the area to earn money, and depopulation is a serious problem. At Kijiyama, on the border with Yuzawa City, kokeshi dolls are produced, a tradition that dates back to the early modern period. The multipurpose Minase Dam was completed in 1963 in the middle reaches of the Minase River.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在も農業を主とし,米作,タバコ栽培,畜産などが行われるが,出稼ぎが多く過疎化も深刻である。湯沢市との境の木地山では近世以来の伝統をもつこけしの生産が行われている。皆瀬川の中流には1963年多目的の皆瀬ダムが完成した。…

※「木地山」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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