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In Kakegawa and surrounding region, Shizuoka’s specialty tea has been produced using a unique traditional tea cultivating method called the “Chagusaba method”. Grass, such as pampas grass in the semi‐natural grasslands (Chagusaba) dotted around the tea gardens, is reaped, and laid out in the tea gardens during autumn and winter. The active use of the grass is indispensable to local tea production, as it enriches the soil of tea gardens, and prevents soil erosion. At the same time, grass has been used in offerings for prosperity and for a good harvest in rituals in the traditional culture of the region. The active use of the grass has enabled Chagusaba to be maintained and, as a result, its many types of rare species still exist today. The “tea” character on Mt. Awagatake and tea fields (Kakegawa City) The Kakegawa Melanoplinae grasshopper, unique to the site, which cannot fly because of its degenerate wings Noto Peninsula is characterized by terraced rice‐fields including “Shiroyone Senmaida” in the steep slopes facing the Sea of Japan, and Magaki, fence made of bamboo, to protect houses against harsh salt wind. They represent the farming, fishing and mountain villages indigenous to Japan. “Agehama”: the traditional salt making method remained in practice only on Noto Peninsula in Japan. “Ama fishing”: free diving fishing by women for turban shells and abalones, and “Charcoal making”: closely related to the conservation and maintenance of Satoyama, are still being practiced as traditional technology. The festivals related to agriculture, forestry and fisheries have been held all over Noto Peninsula. “Shiroyone Senmaida” designated as one of Japan’s top 100 terraced rice paddies (Shiroyone‐machi, Wajima City) “Aenokoto” registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Noto's Satoyama and Satoumi Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture Designated in 2011 Traditional Tea‐Grass Integrated System in Shizuoka Kakegawa and surrounding region in Shizuoka Prefecture Designated in 2013
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In Kakegawa and surrounding region,Shizuoka’s specialty tea has beenproduced using a unique traditional teacultivating method called the “Chagusabamethod”. Grass, such as pampas grass inthe semi‐natural grasslands (Chagusaba)dotted around the tea gardens, is reaped,and laid out in the tea gardens duringautumn and winter. The active use of thegrass is indispensable to local tea
production, as it enriches the soil of teagardens, and prevents soil erosion. At thesame time, grass has been used inofferings for prosperity and for a goodharvest in rituals in the traditional cultureof the region. The active use of the grasshas enabled Chagusaba to be maintainedand, as a result, its many types of rarespecies still exist today.
The “tea” character on Mt. Awagatake and tea fields (Kakegawa City)
The Kakegawa Melanoplinae grasshopper, unique to the site, which cannot fly because of its degenerate wings
Noto Peninsula is characterized byterraced rice‐fields including “ShiroyoneSenmaida” in the steep slopes facing theSea of Japan, and Magaki, fence made ofbamboo, to protect houses against harshsalt wind. They represent the farming,fishing and mountain villages indigenousto Japan.“Agehama”: the traditional salt makingmethod remained in practice only onNoto Peninsula in Japan. “Ama fishing”:
free diving fishing by women for turbanshells and abalones, and “Charcoalmaking”: closely related to theconservation and maintenance ofSatoyama, are still being practiced astraditional technology.The festivals related to agriculture,forestry and fisheries have been held allover Noto Peninsula.
“Shiroyone Senmaida” designated as one of Japan’s top 100 terraced rice paddies (Shiroyone‐machi, Wajima City)
“Aenokoto” registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Noto's Satoyama and Satoumi
Noto Peninsulain Ishikawa Prefecture
Designatedin 2011
Traditional Tea‐Grass Integrated Systemin Shizuoka
Kakegawa and surrounding region in Shizuoka Prefecture
Designatedin 2013
With a small amount of precipitation, theKunisaki Peninsula Usa area has beeninterlinking the small scale irrigationponds to ensure a stable water supply forfarming to utilize the land and waterefficiently. Maintenance andmanagement of the water supply systemshave been carried out cooperatively by
the people of the region.In this region, shiitake mushroomcultivation using the Sawtooth Oak hasbeen actively produced. It stimulates themetabolism of the forest, as well asrecharging the water resources andpreserving the good environment andlandscape of Satoyama.
The Sawtooth Oak sprouting from the stump and a reservoir (Musashi‐machi, Kunisaki City)
Restarted “Hamaboshi”, which is the drying of Shichitoi(perennial grass) on the beach on sunny summer days
Typical grasslands will transformnaturally into forests as time passes inJapan, but the grasslands in the Asoregion have been maintained by humanactivities that result in the largestgrasslands in Japan. Throughout the fourseasons, people have been maintainingthe grasslands mainly by burninggrasslands, a method called “Noyaki
(burning dead grass off a field)”, and bygrazing horses and cattle, as well as“Cutting grasses”. Noyaki in the Asoregion has been practiced as the burningof the surface of the land, resulting in noimpact on the plant seeds and insectsunder the ground, while protecting anumber of rare plants and species.
“Akaushi” cattle grazing
Burning necessary for maintaining grasslands
Managing Aso Grasslands for Sustainable Agriculture
Aso regionin Kumamoto Prefecture
Designatedin 2013
Kunisaki Peninsula Usa Integrated Forestry, Agriculture and Fisheries System
Kunisaki Peninsula Usa areain Oita Prefecture
Designatedin 2013
Most of the Minabe‐Tanabe region isoccupied by steeply inclined mountainswith rudaceous soils, which are poor innutrients. Trees of Ume (Prunus mume)were planted while preserving the forestsfor fuel of Quercus phillyraeoideson, andhigh‐quality ume has been produced.Maintaining of the forests provideswatershed conservation, nutrientreplenishment, and slope collapse
prevention. The Quercus phillyraeoides isused to produce hard and high‐qualitycharcoal called “Kishubinchotan”.Besides the ume aid honeybee playingan important role of pollinator topropagate in the early spring in Februarywhen few flowers are blooming, byproviding them with valuable nectar inperfect mutualism.
Ishigami Bairin Ume Orchard (Tanabe City)
Successful symbiotic relationship between honeybees and Ume trees that are not self‐pollinating
The Nagara River flowing through GifuPrefecture is the “Satokawa” which hasconserved the resources of its basin andhas protected the good environmentthrough proper management andactivities to nurture forests and theregular cleaning by fishermen and citizengroups. Such efforts lead to thedevelopment of fisheries, agriculture, andforestry along the basin. Particularly,
inland fisheries which revolve aroundJapanese Sweetfish called Ayu thrives,and many traditional fishing methodssuch as cormorant fishing have beensucceeded and a culinary cultureincorporating ayu prevails. Also,traditional crafts such as Mino washipaper and Gujo honzome dyeing havebeen carried on through sustainable useof the cyclical system.
“Ukai”, a traditional fishing method practiced for over 1,300 years
“Honminoshi” paper registered as a UNESCO IntangibleCultural Heritage
Ayu of the Nagara River System
The upper and middle basin of the Nagara Riverin Gifu Prefecture
Designatedin 2015
Minabe‐Tanabe Ume System
Minabe‐Tanabe regionin Wakayama Prefecture
Designatedin 2015
Osaki Kôdo's Traditional Water Management System for Sustainable Paddy Agriculture
Osaki regionin Miyagi Prefecture
Landscape of Osaki Kodo embraced with rice paddies, water channels and homestead woodlands called “Igune”
Agrobiodiversity supported by rice paddies
Sennin’s rice terrace (Shiiba‐village)
Even today, Kagura is dedicated to deities in over 90 region
Under the environment which providesfew flat lands enclosed by the peaks,people have been making a living throughthe establishment of a compositemanagement system of agriculture andforestry which combines timberproduction in planted forests, shiitakemushroom cultivation utilizing broad‐leaved trees, high‐quality beef cattleraising, tea cultivation and terraced ricegrowing, etc.. Hillside irrigation which
extend to 500km on the high altitudeslopes have supplied water to ensureagricultural practices, and have protectedvillages from disaster by draining therainwater flowing down the slopes of themountains.“Kagura” is the local traditional cultureof the ritual Shinto dance to thank thegods for their blessings and to pray for abountiful harvest.
Takachihogo‐Shiibayama Mountainous Agriculture and Forestry System
Takachihogo‐Shiibayama regionin Miyazaki Prefecture
Designatedin 2015
Designatedin 2017
The Osaki region where traditional ricefarming still prevails has been sufferingcold temperature damage, flooding anddrought for many years. For this reason,an ingenious water managementmechanism was created by theorganizations founded upon the“Keiyakuko” which is a long‐establishedlocal reciprocity‐based organization. The
knowledge and skills to survive disastershave also been handed down to thepresent.In the Osaki region, there still remains arich wetland ecosystem blessed withdiversity of flora and fauna in rice paddies,water channels and “Igune” (homesteadwoodlands) scattered in the rice paddieslike forests, creating a unique landscape.
