Kibi Plateau City

...Fruit cultivation is thriving in the hilly areas close to the lowlands along the Seto Inland Sea coast. The prefecture built Kibi Plateau City in the southern part of the plateau, from Kayo Town in Kamiboso County to Kamogawa Town in Mitsu County. The aim of this was to create a small base city that would become the core of the Kibi Plateau, which was becoming increasingly depopulated. Initially, the prefecture worked to attract nature education facilities and welfare facilities, and a national youth nature center, a welfare factory that employed the disabled, a rehabilitation center, and a boarding school were established. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…瀬戸内海沿岸低地に近い丘陵地では果樹栽培が盛んである。　高原南部の上房郡賀陽（かよう）町から御津（みつ）郡加茂川町にかけて，県が吉備高原都市を建設した。これは過疎の進む吉備高原の中核となる小規模な拠点都市づくりを目ざしたもので，当初，自然教育施設や福祉施設の誘致につとめ，国立少年自然の家，身障者を雇用する福祉工場，リハビリセンター，全寮制高校などができた。…

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