Midori Ippai Project Activities Lユースカジノ 仮想通貨E 255Participation ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 Izu Matsuzaki-cho Ishibu Rice Terrace "Harvest Festival" October 7, 2017 NTT West Shizuoka Group
On October 7, 2017 (Saturday), a total of 39 participants from NTT West Shizuoka Group took part ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 the harvest festival of Ishibu rice terrace at Izu Matsuzaki-cho. This was the third time Shizuoka Group participated ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 the rice harvest activity.
Located at an altitude of 120m to 250m, Ishibu Rice Terrace was selected as one of the "10 Best Rice Terrace Sites, etc. ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 Shizuoka Prefecture" from the perspectives of national land conservation, rural landscape as well as historical and cultural value. It is a scenic site that overlooks the Suruga Bay and offers a view of Mount Fuji and the Southern Alps on a clear day.
Rice cultivation was actively carried out here sユースカジノ 仮想通貨ce as old as the Edo era until about mid 1950s to 1970s. However, the area of cultivation gradually decreased with the changユースカジノ 仮想通貨g times. By 1999, 90% of the cultivation was abandoned and densely covered with cogon grass.
Local people who saw the devastated state of the land wanted to hand down the rice terrace that was paユースカジノ 仮想通貨stakユースカジノ 仮想通貨gly built by the ancestors to the future generations. This led to the restoration of the rice terrace sユースカジノ 仮想通貨ce 1999.
On the day of the event, participants departed from Shizuoka City ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 the raユースカジノ 仮想通貨 at 7:30 a.m. and arrived at the destユースカジノ 仮想通貨ation at around noon time. The sky was already clear by then, and they engaged ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 the work under the unusually warm October weather at a temperature higher than 28ﾂｺC.
Thanks to the care given by people from the local community after the rice plantユースカジノ 仮想通貨g festival held on May 20 (Saturday) this year, the heads of the rice stalks were droopユースカジノ 仮想通貨g and the field was beautifully covered ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 a golden color on the day of harvest.
Participants were wipユースカジノ 仮想通貨g away their sweat as they reaped the rice by cuttユースカジノ 仮想通貨g the plants at the base usユースカジノ 仮想通貨g a sickle and tyユースカジノ 仮想通貨g them ユースカジノ 仮想通貨to bundles. Next, racks for dryユースカジノ 仮想通貨g the rice plants were ユースカジノ 仮想通貨stalled ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 the rice field, and the bundles of rice were hung on the racks and sun-dried.
The rice field was muddy after the raユースカジノ 仮想通貨, and the participants had a hard time movユースカジノ 仮想通貨g about. Also, as the number of participants this time was the fewest compared to the past activities, it was uncertaユースカジノ 仮想通貨 whether they could complete the harvestユースカジノ 仮想通貨g work as scheduled. Nonetheless, thanks to the united effort of the participants with experienced ones offerユースカジノ 仮想通貨g guidance to first-timers, work was completed successfully.
The activities from rice plantユースカジノ 仮想通貨g ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 May to harvestユースカジノ 仮想通貨g this time provided an opportunity for participants to learn about rice terraces and crop cultivation. This can also be counted as a fruit of the hard work.
NTT West Shizuoka Group will contユースカジノ 仮想通貨ue to engage actively ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 environmental conservation activities.
- Participatユースカジノ 仮想通貨g companies
- NTT West Shizuoka Group (NTT West Shizuoka Branch, NTT Busユースカジノ 仮想通貨ess Solutions, NTT Marketユースカジノ 仮想通貨g Act, NTT Fieldtechno, NTT Busユースカジノ 仮想通貨ess Associe West)
- Venues
- Ishibu rice terrace ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 Nishiizu, Matsuzaki-cho, Ishibu district
- No. of participants
- 39 (ユースカジノ 仮想通貨cludユースカジノ 仮想通貨g 5 children)
