炭鉱として1918年頃からこの辺りは開発され，鉄道沿線沿いに街が発展した。今では観光で再度脚光を浴びているのだという。＠菁桐駅 This area was developed from around 1918, as a coal mine, and the town also developed along the railway. Now it is in the limelight again as sightseeing spot. @Jingtong station