Higashinaruse [village] - Higashinaruse

Japanese: 東成瀬[村] - ひがしなるせ

A village in Ogachi County, in the southeastern tip of Akita Prefecture. Population 3,568 (1995). The village is a series of 1,000m-high mountain peaks that make up the Mahiru Mountains. Most of the village area is covered with forests, mainly broadleaf trees, and the Naruse River flows north through the center. Since the early modern period, the village has relied on sericulture and tobacco cultivation due to the lack of arable land, but even today the amount of arable land is small and many people work away from home. The mountains are used for grazing beef cattle, and there are village-run ranches Yanagisawa, Nagakura, and Yakeishidake Natural Pasture. The area around Mt. Kurikoma on the border with Iwate and Miyagi prefectures has been designated as Kurikoma Quasi-National Park.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

秋田県南東端，雄勝郡の村。人口3568(1995)。真昼山地に含まれる標高1000m級の山が峰を連ねる。村域の大部分は広葉樹を中心とする山林からなり，中央を成瀬川が北流する。耕地が少ないため近世以来養蚕，タバコ栽培などに依存してきたが，現在も耕地規模は零細で出稼ぎも多い。山地を利用して肉牛の放牧が行われ，村営の柳沢牧場，長倉牧場，焼石岳自然放牧場がある。岩手･宮城との県境の栗駒山一帯は栗駒国定公園に指定されている。

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