Old Besshi - Kyubesshi

Japanese: 旧別子 - きゅうべっし
Old Besshi - Kyubesshi

…In the early Edo period, when the Besshi copper mine was opened by Izumiya (Sumitomo family), it developed as a mining town, and in the latter half of the Meiji period, the population reached over 12,400. In the Taisho period, the center of the copper mine moved west to the current Niihama city area, and the area that had been the center until then came to be called Kyu-Besshi. The area over the copper mine that connects Kyu-Besshi with Niihama city is called Dozanmine and is a hiking trail. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kyu-Besshi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸前期,泉屋(住友家)によって別子銅山が開かれると鉱山町として発展,明治期後半には人口1万2400余に及んだ。大正期には銅山の中心が西の現新居浜市域に移り,それまで中心であった地域は旧別子と呼ばれるようになった。旧別子と新居浜市側を結ぶ銅山越え一帯は銅山峰と称され,ハイキングコースとなっている。…

※「旧別子」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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