Funo [village] - Funo

Japanese: 布野[村] - ふの

A village in Futami County in northern Hiroshima Prefecture. Population 2,063 (1995). It is located on the southern slope of the Chugoku Mountains, with the Nuno River, a tributary of the Gono River, flowing south through the center. The central settlement, Kami-Nuno, flourished in the early modern period as the northernmost post station of the Hiroshima Domain on the Unseki Road connecting San'in and San'yo, and the Hiroshima Domain's border post was established at Akana Pass, on the border between Bingo and Izumo. Currently, rice farming, Wagyu beef breeding, and shiitake mushroom cultivation are thriving in the area, and timber is also produced. It has long been known as a producer of iron sand, and in Ochiai there are remains of an ironworks that continued in operation from the late Edo period until the 1890s.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

広島県北部，双三（ふたみ）郡の村。人口2063(1995)。中国山地南側斜面にあり，中央部を江の川支流の布野川が南流する。中心集落の上布野は近世，山陰と山陽を結ぶ雲石路の広島藩最北端の宿駅として栄え，備後と出雲の国境にあたる赤名峠には広島藩の国境番所が設けられていた。現在は米作，和牛飼育，シイタケ栽培が盛んで，木材の生産も行われる。古くから砂鉄の産地として知られ，落合には江戸時代後期から明治30年代まで存続した製鉄所の跡がある。

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