satoyama

Between the two was a buffer zone of managed woodland called satoyama, where villagers collected firewood and cut weeds and grass to enrich their rice fields, and animals such as bears and the deer-like serow rarely strayed.

News On Japan Japan Focus 2010

Between the two was a buffer zone of managed woodland called satoyama, where villagers collected firewood and cut weeds and grass to enrich their rice fields, and large mammals rarely strayed.

News On Japan 2009

Also exemplary is Tase Michio's satoyama landscape on the ACROS Fukuoka office building, where visiting birds has contributed dozens of additional plant species; natural growth over the past fifteen years has made this tiered structure a unique urban forest.

Jared Braiterman: Sensing Four Seasons at a Tokyo Office Building 2010

Like the phrase "urban satoyama," Brown's reconsideration of Edo life suggests that there may be specifically Japanese approaches to sustainable living, and that cultural heritage can play a prominent role in creating a better future.

Japan's Edo Culture Inspires a Sustainable Post-Industrial Future 2010

Also exemplary is Tase Michio's satoyama landscape on the ACROS Fukuoka office building, where visiting birds has contributed dozens of additional plant species; natural growth over the past fifteen years has made this tiered structure a unique urban forest.

Jared Braiterman: Sensing Four Seasons at a Tokyo Office Building 2010

Like the phrase "urban satoyama," Brown's reconsideration of Edo life suggests that there may be specifically Japanese approaches to sustainable living, and that cultural heritage can play a prominent role in creating a better future.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jared Braiterman 2010

Like the phrase "urban satoyama," Brown's reconsideration of Edo life suggests that there may be specifically Japanese approaches to sustainable living, and that cultural heritage can play a prominent role in creating a better future.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jared Braiterman 2010

Since World War II rural depopulation has turned the satoyama wild in many places while the okuyama has become increasingly domesticated.

News On Japan Japan Focus 2010

The balance between humans and nature is reflected in the Japanese name for the cultivated areas: satoyama.

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