Yoshishirozuke - Kichomuzuke

...There are many rice paddies in the Kusu Basin, but the majority of the town area is covered by mountain forests, where cattle farming is popular, and lumber and shiitake mushrooms are also produced. Local industries include Kitsuchiyomu pickles (a pickled food made from cucumbers, eggplants, radishes, and wood ear mushrooms) and livestock processing, and electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing is also popular. The northern part of the town is part of the scenic Yabakei, with views of Tatehada and Tsurugahara. In the central part, there is Oiwaogiyama (Ten), famous for its mesa topography, and in the southern part, there is Mannenyama, with its double mesa and Miyamakirishi colony. The entire town is designated as the Yaba Hita Hikosan Quasi-National Park. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…玖珠盆地には水田が多いが，町域の大半を占める山林原野では牧牛が盛んで，木材やシイタケの生産も多い。地場産業に，吉四六（きつちよむ）漬(キュウリ，ナス，ダイコン，キクラゲなどのもろみ漬)や，畜産物の加工などがあり，電気機械器具製造などの工業も盛んである。北部は名勝耶馬渓に属し，立羽田の景や鶴ヶ原の景などがあり，中部にはメーサの地形で有名な大岩扇山(天)，南部には二重メーサとミヤマキリシマ群落の万年（はね）山があり，町内一円は耶馬日田英彦山（やばひたひこさん）国定公園に指定されている。…

※「吉四六漬」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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