Kugino [Village] - Kugino

Japanese: 久木野[村] - くぎの

A village in Aso County, eastern Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 3,010 (1995). Located south of Mount Aso. The northern part occupies a corner of the crater basin of the Aso Caldera, Nango Valley, with the Shirakawa River flowing northwest along the northern border. The southern part is on the northern slope of the Aso outer rim. Agriculture is the main industry, with rice and highland vegetable cultivation, primarily tomatoes, and livestock farming thriving. In the early Edo period, three waterways were excavated to draw water from the Shirakawa River, at Hokinoshita, Biwakubi, and Kamikawahara, creating 400 hectares of rice paddies, and the area became a grain-producing region. Resort village development is underway, including Clean Pier Minamiaso.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

熊本県東部，阿蘇郡の村。人口3010(1995)。阿蘇山の南に位置する。北部は阿蘇カルデラの火口原南郷谷の一角を占め，北境沿いを白川が北西流する。南部は阿蘇外輪山の北斜面にあたる。農業が主産業で，米作とトマトを主とする高冷地野菜の栽培，畜産が盛ん。江戸初期に白川より引水する保木下，琵琶首，上川原の3本の水路が掘削されて400haの水田が生まれ，穀倉地帯となった。〈クリーンピア南阿蘇〉をはじめ，リゾートの村づくりが進む。

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