To Support food supply and living
People here actively organize educational programs, sightseeing tours, and inspection visits. They have also promoted initiatives that foster collaboration between agriculture and welfare, contributing to the SDGs related to food and culture.
To protect traditions and nature
This area was historically famous for tobacco production on steep slopes using thatch. This traditional agricultural practice, incorporating thatch, is still preserved today.
Culture associated with the local environment
Thatched houses remain, and fields and private homes are located on top of stone walls that extend along the contour lines. Hade remains on the stone walls, and the culture of drying foods continues to be passed down. The stone walls and fields built in steep-slope hamlets, together with thatched structures, support highly sustainable agriculture in harmony with the environment.
Landscape in harmony with people and environment
It is a large-scale hamlet in the steep-slope area known as Sora, representative of the Tokushima Tsurugi Mountain range. This viewpoint offers a panoramic view of the Keka hamlet, which extends across a slope at elevations of 150–550 m with an elevation difference of approximately 400 m. The landscape shaped by the four seasons is rich.
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Kyoko Tochitani｜The People Supporting Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Kyoko Tochitani (Tsurugi Town / Keka Renovation Project) Mrs. Kyoko Tochitani represents the Keka Renovation Project and is the initiator of Indigo cultivation. She wanted to produce "Edible Indigo" in the Keka district of Tsurugi town, where Indigo cultivation used to be actively carried out. Keka's Indigo is cultivated using traditional farming methods. The fields of Tadeai are covered with kaya straw and fallen leaves. No chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used. "Keka's Aifun (Edible Indigo Powder)" is made from dried and powdered indigo leaves grown with great care. Mrs. Tochitani produces and sells this product, which is good for our bodies because she wants consumers to eat Indigo without […]
