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Part of a text says the following:

> もみじ山は、春、夏、秋、冬、きせつによって、いろいろな花が______ ゆうめいです。

The correct answer is さくことで but I chose さいているところで. My book explains that for
the latter to be correct it would have to be ところとしてゆうめい so that 'it can go
with the subject もみじ山は'

I have no idea why one is correct and the other isn't. I was hoping somebody
might be able to throw some light on it.
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N4 test question「いろいろな花が______ゆうめいです」
> 「Phrase/Mini-Sentence + **こと** + **で** + ゆうめい + だ/です, etc.」 means:
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> "to be famous **for the fact** that (phrase/mini-sentence)"

This is why 「～～いろいろな花がさく **ことで** ゆうめいです」 is grammatical and natural-sounding.

It is, however, **ungrammatical** to say:

「Phrase/Mini-Sentence + **ところ** + **で** + ゆうめい + だ/です, etc.」

just as it is ungrammatical in English to say "to be famous **for** the place
where (phrase/mini-sentence)".

You would want to say "to be famous **as** the place where (mini-sentence)",
wouldn't you? (If I sound as if I were trying to teach English, that is not my
intention. In fact, I do not know much English.)

Thus, in Japanese, too, it is only correct to say:

> 「ところ + **と** + **して** + ゆうめい + だ/です, etc.」

"famous _**as**_ the place where ~~~"
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