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1．What was this place used as？
This place was used as the paddy field before 50 years over,and chemical free cultivation of vegetables and fruits for 20 years over.
2. How about chemical use such as harbiside exposure ？
We had done chemical free cultivation for 20years over、
but the user may be permitted to use limited chemicals under the rules of alloment garden.
Also, we may use harbisides around the border.
Therefore,if desired, we spaced the clearance of min. 1m (ordinally, min.60cm) between both compartments or compartment
and the border which of based on regulations of organic Japanese Agricultural Standards; JAS of neghbor prefecturer.
3. How about irrigation?
We irrigate by rainwater tanks of 2,400L.
In our experience,we think that would be enougn capacity, but if there is shortage, we will make more tanks.
Right photo: Rainwater tanks of 2,400L
4. How about the terms of contract?
Annual contract begining on April 1st, ending on March 31st by agreement with Kyoto-city（midterm contracts, renewing contracts are available）
5. How about the countermeasure of animal damage?
We had made a countermeasure such as intrusion prevention net for wild deers or hogs etc,
and we have fenced this garden since 2024 December for not only wild deers or hogs but thiefs.
However, please note that we are not responsible for any actual damage.
Right photo: Intrusion prevention fence
Right photo: Intrusion prevention door
6. Could you give me some guidance?
It's been a while since I took over farming while working as a company engineer, so I haven't been able to offer guidance yet.
If you would like to use it, please contact us and we will introduce you to reference books.
7. By the way, could you tell me the background of Hino?
Hino used to be the private estate of the lord of the manor of Hino clan who is a family of court noble of Fujiwara clan in Heian period,
and became the temple estate included with Daigo area of Daigo-ji temple,
which chief priest was also from noble or imperial, in the early modern period.
Near the gate of a nearby junior high school, the Hino-tanideracho Ruins were excavated in 1984, revealing pits and stone collections from the Jomon period, pits from the Nara period,
Remains such as pits and ditches from the Kamakura period, Jomon pottery, and relics such as Hajiki-ware and Sueki-ware from the Nara period to the Muromachi period were confirmed.
The geology is alluvium (yellow-brown clay soil), and most of it has been used as paddy, vegetable, tea or bamboo fields. Therefore, Hino was functioned as Kyoto's suburban producing area of them.
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8. Speaking of which, I heard that there is something called Rakuto Canal.
The Rakuto Canal, which draws water from Biwako-sosui (The Lake Biwa Canal), is an irrigation canal built between 1942 and 1947. By 1943, all the way up to Daigoji Nyonindo was made of concrete,
After that, the excavation from there to Hinogawa was bare. Therefore, there was little water flow in Hino area, people changed to use well water mainly, around 1955, Hino gave up the rights to the irrigation canal.
The Rakuto irrigation canal the part which made of concrete where is north of Daigoji Temple is still used because of above reason.
Currently, water is drawn from a pond on the edge of the mountain in Hino area (the pond that remains today was constructed before the mid-Edo period and was taken from here,
and the newer pond that was reclaimed around 2012 was constructed during the late Edo period),
A part of the waterway has barely survived as the main line leading to the paddy fields, but it has mostly returned to nature or has become residential land.
Right photo: The former Rakuto Canal survived part in Hino
References
Kyoto Municipal Hino Elementary School& PTA/10th Anniversary Book/Fifth, Hino's Nature Five Years: p.15-20
Kyoto City Edition/Historical Materials History of Kyoto 16 Fushimi Ward/79 December 1863 Shinchiku-tameike Issatsu no Koto:p.146-147
Right photo: Landscape from our garden to west
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