Spot report – Terraced paddy of Kamo (Kamo-tanada) (2017-08-20)

Webmaster had a short visit to the terraced paddy field of Kamo (Kamo-tanada) in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture in the free time during his business trip. In fact, there are many terraced paddy field (tanada) in Uonuma area including Tokamachi City. Kamo-tanada is one of them.

 

Access: Tokyo (shinkansen 1:25) Echigo-yuzawa (local train 0:45) Matsudai (taxi 0:10) @

 

A sign board at the site.

 

We need to show our respect to our ancestors who developed these terraces with non-modern equipment.

 

To my regret, many terraced paddy fields are abandoned in Japan because of its low productivity. Agriculture is not a profitable industry in this country today. Even in this Kamo-tanada, some terraces are not cultivated this year.

 

In the same day, Webmaster visited a beech forest called Bijin-bayashi, too. It is secondary forest but regrows beautifully. There provided some walking trails.

   

 

 

 

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