Kiyone [village] - Kiyone

Japanese: 清音[村] - きよね

A village in Tsukubo County in southern Okayama Prefecture. Population 5,484 (1995). Located on the east bank of the downstream Takahashi River, it borders Soja City to the north and Kurashiki City to the south. The northwest is flat, floodplain land of the Takahashi River, while the southeast is mountainous. Karube, where the town office is located, was once an island in the Takahashi River. The JR Hakubi Line runs along the Takahashi River, and Kiyone Station, which is the junction of the JR Bus Yakage Line, is one of the busiest stations on the Hakubi Line. It used to be a purely agricultural village, mainly focused on rice paddy cultivation, but with the development of the Mizushima coastal industrial area, part-time work has been increasing, and it is changing into suburban agriculture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岡山県南部，都窪（つくぼ）郡の村。人口5484(1995)。高梁（たかはし）川下流東岸に位置し，北は総社市，南は倉敷市に接する。北西部には高梁川のはんらん原の平たん地が開け，南東部は山地が占める。役場のある軽部はかつて高梁川の中州であった。高梁川に沿ってJR伯備線が通り，JRバス矢掛線の分岐点にあたる清音駅は伯備線中屈指の乗降客を有する。水田耕作を中心とする純農村であったが，水島臨海工業地域の発展に伴い兼業化が進み，都市近郊型農業に変わりつつある。

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