Chiyoko Yamamoto and Yasuo Koizumi｜The People Supporting Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Chiyoko Yamamoto and Yasuo Koizumi (Anabuki Town in Mima City / Farmer's Guest House Yamamotoya) We arrived at Fuchimyou after driving about 40 minutes from the Wakimachi InterChange. Although this village is mountainous, the slope is gentler in many places than in other areas. The farmer's guest house, "Yamamotoya," is run by an energetic mother. She is Mr. Koizumi's younger sister and the head of this area's community association. She returned to Mima from Osaka, where she had lived for many years, and started a second life in the family home where she was born and raised. She said, "Children who come to experience farming say that the vegetables grown […]
Yoko Ando｜The People Supporting Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Yoko Ando (Higashi-Miyoshi Town / Guest House Ando) "Guest House Ando (also known as Anchan's house)" is located 460 meters above sea level in Higashi-Miyoshi Town and has welcomed many guests from Japan and abroad in response to the call for hands-on educational tours and tourism projects conducted by "General Incorporated Association Sora no Sato." From Japanese urban junior high school and high school students to international exchange, children and adults from Cambodia, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan, and other countries can come here. They experience seasonal farm work and taste local cuisine with lots of vegetables from here. "When I show them around by car, at first, everyone is surprised to […]
Shinsuke Nakayama, Mari Nakayama, Kumiko Hiura, and Haruyoshi Moriwaki｜The People Supporting Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Shinsuke Nakayama, Mari Nakayama, Kumiko Hiura and Haruyoshi Moriwaki (Higashi-Iya in Miyoshi City / Guest house Kouya) Here is Higashi-iya-kubo in Miyoshi city. It is a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Tokushima city. A young couple has started their own guest house, and it is no exaggeration to say that this is an unexplored region even though the roads are maintained. This is the house where Mari-san's father was born and raised. Her mother, Kumiko-san, wanted to keep the house but thought that "it would be too much for me to live there...." Then, her daughter and her husband decided to move in here. Mr. and Mrs. Nakayama said, "We had planned […]
Ootake Hajime｜The People Supporting Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Ootake Hajime (Anabuki Town in Mima City / Farmer’s restaurant Fuwari) Mr. Hajime Ootake (rightmost in the photo) said, "I would like to recommend living in the countryside," with a smile. In March 2016, upon retirement, he and his family moved from Tokyo to Fuchimyou village, where his wife's hometown is located. He now runs a farmer's restaurant called "Fuwari" with his wife and sons. Fuchimyou village is located around 250 to 550 meters above sea level in Anabuki and is close to the mountaintop where steep slope land agriculture is carried out. Mr.Yasuo Koizumi has been a farmer for many years and is wondering about the future of his […]
Katsuyuki Isogai and Hamako Isogai｜The People Supporting Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Katsuyuki Isogai and Hamako Isogai (Tsurugi Town) Isogai family's house is about 400 meters above sea level in the village of Mikidochi. Their surname, "Isogai," reminds me that the sea is strange because they have a house on a mountain, but Hamako said, "Our ancestors migrated from the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture." Looking through the old records, we can see that their ancestors migrated to this area more than 400 years ago. Katsuyuki said, "They were the first people to enter this village, so our business name is "Omoya." My great-grandfather collected the land tax around this area and went to Wakimachi with his sword to pay it in." […]
The 5th ERAHS in MINABE
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and sustainable societies Date : August 26(SUN) - 29(WED), 2018Venue：Hotel & Resorts WAKAYAMA-MINABE 348 Yamauchi, Minabe, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama, Japan
