Honjo Plain

A plain stretching along the Sea of ​​Japan downstream of the Koyoshi River in the southwest of Akita Prefecture. It is bordered to the north and east by the Sasamori Hills and to the south by the Chokai mountain range. It is a coastal plain formed by sand dunes that have accumulated on top of the Tertiary hills. A pine forest that served as a sand-control forest and was planted during the Edo period continues on the coast, and inside these are orchards and farmland. The sand dune area in Nishime Town, Yurihonjo City in the southwest was opened up to settlers after World War II. The alluvial land on the inside has been converted into rice paddies and produces high-quality Honjo rice, making it a leading rice-growing area in the prefecture. There is much farmland along the Koyoshi River, and settlements are located on the natural levees.

[Reijiro Miyazaki]

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秋田県南西部、子吉川(こよし)下流の日本海沿いに展開する平野。北と東は笹森(ささもり)丘陵、南は鳥海(ちょうかい)山の山地によって境される。第三紀丘陵を基盤とし、その上に堆積(たいせき)した砂丘地帯で形成された海岸平野で、海岸には江戸時代に植林された防砂林の松林が続き、その内側には果樹園、畑地が開けている。南西部の由利本荘(ほんじょう)市西目町内の砂丘帯は第二次世界大戦後、入植による開田が進んだ所。内側の沖積地は水田化され、良質の本荘米を産し、県の米作の先進地である。子吉川筋は畑地が多く、自然堤防上に集落が立地している。

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