For the sumo wrestler Satoyama, see
Satoyama Kosaku Satoyama is a part of the
Japanese rural landscape that has been developed from centuries of agricultural use. The concept of Satoyama has several definitions. The first definition is the management of forests through local agricultural communities. During the
Edo era, young and fallen leaves were gathered from community forests to use as
fertilizer in wet rice paddy fields. Villagers also used wood for construction, cooking and heating. More recently, Satoyama has been defined not only as mixed community forests, but also as entire landscapes that are used for agriculture. According to this definition, Satoyama contains a mosaic of mixed forests,
rice paddy fields, dry rice field, grasslands, streams, ponds, and reservoirs for irrigation. Farmers use the grasslands to feed horses and cattle. Streams, ponds, and reservoirs play an important role in adjusting water levels of paddy fields and farming fish as a food source.
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