Mine, Japan

Mine, Japan

Mine, Japan connects to 4207 places across 7 topics through 28 Bunkabop connections, with nature, history, and industry as the dominant themes. The Akiyoshidai limestone plateau, formed from uplifted Paleozoic reef formations, anchors many of its natural-science ties, including Pleistocene fossil finds of rhinoceros and Stegodont elephant. Historically, the area was part of Choshu Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Mine's Naganobori copper mine supplied material for the Nara Daibutsu and early Japanese coinage. Its strongest overlaps are with Yashio, Shikokuchuo, and Kurashiki.

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