Kutsuki [Village] - Kutsuki

Japanese: 朽木[村] - くつき

A village in Takashima County, northwest of Shiga Prefecture. Population 2,603 (1995). It borders Kyoto Prefecture to the west and Fukui Prefecture to the north. It is surrounded by mountain ranges with altitudes of 450 to 900 meters in the northern part of the Hira Mountains and the eastern part of the Tamba Highlands, and settlements are scattered in the basins of the Azumi River, Harihata River, Kita River, and Aso River, which flow north along the Hanaore Fault. It is a mountain village in a valley where 90% of the town area is covered by forests, and it has long supplied timber to Kyoto. In recent years, forestry production has been sluggish. Charcoal production, which was once thriving, has almost completely disappeared, and shiitake mushroom cultivation is carried out as a side job to small-scale rice farming.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

滋賀県北西部，高島郡の村。人口2603(1995)。西は京都府，北は福井県と接する。比良山地北部および丹波高地の東部にあたる標高450～900mの連峰で囲まれ，花折断層に沿って北流する安曇（あど）川や針畑川，北川，麻生川の流域に集落が点在する。町域の9割を山林が占める峡谷型の山村で，古くから木材を京都に供給していた。近年林業生産量は低迷している。かつて盛んであった木炭の生産はほとんど行われなくなり，シイタケ栽培が零細な稲作農業の副業として行われている。

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