Kuze [village] - Kuze

Japanese: 久瀬[村] - くぜ

A village in Ibi County, western Gifu Prefecture. Population 1,579 (1995). A mountain village located upstream of the Ibi River, with scattered settlements in the lowlands along the main tributaries of the river, the rest of the village is mountainous, part of the Mino-Echizen Mountains. The center of the village is Higashitsukumi on National Route 303, which is also the nearby bus terminal. In the past, paper, charcoal, and limestone production was thriving, but today the main industries are forestry and the cultivation of shiitake mushrooms and wasabi. The southern half of the village belongs to the Ibi-Sekigahara-Yoro Quasi-National Park. Higashitsukumi is home to the Kamakura Dance, which retains a medieval atmosphere.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岐阜県西部，揖斐（いび）郡の村。人口1579(1995)。揖斐川上流に位置する山村で，揖斐川の本支流沿いの低地に集落が点在するほかは，美濃越前山地に属する山地からなる。中心は国道303号線沿いの東津汲で，近隣のバスターミナルになっている。かつては製紙や木炭，石灰石の生産が盛んであったが，現在は林業，シイタケ，ワサビなどの栽培が主産業である。村の南半は揖斐関ヶ原養老国定公園に属する。東津汲には中世の面影を残す鎌倉踊が伝わる。

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