Sumoto Plain - Sumoto Heiya

Japanese: 洲本平野 - すもとへいや

A plain in the center of Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture. Sandwiched between the Yuzuruha Mountains to the south and the Tsuna Hills to the north, the fault lowlands, where the sea once penetrated, were formed by the sediment carried by the Sumoto River, which flows into Osaka Bay, and the Mihara River, which flows into the Harima Nada Sea. The plain created by the Mihara River is also called the Mihara Plain. It has flourished as the center of Awaji since ancient times, and the provincial capital of Awaji was also located in the center of the plain. Highly intensive multiple cropping agriculture is practiced, focusing on dairy farming and outdoor vegetable cultivation, and National Route 28, which connects Honshu and Shikoku, runs through the central settlements of the plain, Sumoto and Mihara.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

兵庫県淡路島の中央部にある平野。南の諭鶴羽（ゆづるは）山地と北の津名（つな）丘陵にはさまれ，かつて海が入りこんでいた断層低地が，大阪湾に注ぐ洲本川と播磨（はりま）灘に注ぐ三原川の運ぶ土砂によって形成された。三原川のつくる平野を特に三原平野とも呼ぶ。古くから淡路の中心として栄え，淡路の国府も平野の中央部に置かれた。酪農と露地野菜を中心に多毛作高度集約農業が営まれ，また平野の中心集落の洲本，三原へは本州と四国を結ぶ国道28号線も通じている。

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