Sneek

Japanese: Sneek
Sneek

…The area is home to a unique type of large farmhouse known as the "head-neck-body" type. Eleven medieval towns, including Leeuwarden and Sneek, were located in the west, especially along the Zuiderzee (now the IJsselmeer) in the southwest, because the pastoral areas in the hinterland needed to export dairy products and import agricultural produce. A skating competition is an annual winter event in which people race around the eleven medieval towns, which are connected by numerous lakes and canals. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Sneek" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一帯には,〈頭・首・胴型〉と呼ばれる,特有の大家屋農家が見られる。レーワルデン,スネークSneekをはじめ11の中世都市が西部,ことに南西部のゾイデル海(現,アイセル湖)に沿って点在したのは,後背地の牧畜地域が酪製品輸出と農産物輸入を必要としたからである。数多くの湖と運河で結ばれた11の中世都市をスケートで駆け巡る競技は,冬の年中行事である。…

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