Kusu [town] - Kusu

Japanese: 玖珠[町] - くす

A town in Kusu County in western Oita Prefecture. The area is centered around the Kusu Basin in the Kusu River basin upstream of the Chikugo River, with the rest of the area mountainous. Mori, a castle town of the early modern Kurushima clan, developed, and after the opening of the Kyudai Main Line, Hoashi in front of Bungomori Station and Tsukawaki along National Route 210 developed. The town produces timber and rice, and is famous as a beef cattle producing area. It is home to Mt. Oiwa Ogi (a natural monument) and Mt. Mannen (Haneyama), both of which have mesa topography. 286.51 ^km2 . Population 17,054 (2010).

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Japanese:

大分県西部，玖珠郡の町。筑後川上流の玖珠川流域の玖珠盆地が中心で，他は山地。近世久留島氏の城下町森が発展，久大本線開通後は豊後森(ぶんごもり)駅前の帆足(ほあし)，国道210号線沿いの塚脇が発展。木材，米を産し，肉牛の産地として有名。メーサ地形の大岩扇(だいがんせん)山（天然記念物），万年(はね)山がある。286.51km²。１万7054人（2010）。

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