Kosugidani Village

a ruin of a laborer village

There was a village for laborers who cut cedars in this mountain 45 years ago. It was banned to cut cedars in Yakushima by law in 1970, then the village was closed. Now there was nothing at this place...

It was the "Kosugitani Village Ruins" in the area where you can feel the flow of time. Is interesting.

Original Text

It was the "Kosugitani Village Ruins" in an area where you can feel the flow of time. Is interesting. The signboard also has photos of Kosugitani Elementary School and Junior High School at that time. According to the signboard, it was a large village with 540 people from 133 households in 1960 (Showa 35) at its peak. There were 108 children in elementary and junior high schools. Also, at that time, there were post offices, barber shops, shops, etc. It was a very interesting "Kosugitani Village Ruins". After a break for climbing Jomon cedar, stop by ...

A village site of mountain work that you can feel on foot

Original Text

It's a village site on the way to Jomon cedar, but at first I was surprised by the guide's story that there was an elementary school here until the 1940s, but as I walked toward Jomon cedar, the length of the trolley track, Looking at the traces of bridges and misplaced waiting lines, I realized that there was certainly a place for people engaged in the work and work of cutting Yakusugi here 々, and on the way back I was convinced to look at the traces of elementary school again. I will. Also, at the Yakusugi Nature Museum, the state of life in the Kosugitani village and the trolley are cedar ...

Ukujima is prosperous の Times の face shadow

Original Text

I went to May 2018. It is an old village site across the Furusugiya Bridge over the Awa River, about 50 minutes from the Arakawa trailhead to the trolley track. It is a village site when Yakusugi was actively logged in a long time ago. Now there are no buildings, it's just a place where a large vacant lot spreads out. The only thing left is the school gate made of stone. At that time, people 々 lived in this place to cut Yakusugi, and there was a school in the mountains like this and there was a village.

I feel history.

Original Text

I asked the guide to explain, and there was a site where the trolley was a means of transportation and there was a school. There was also a signboard, and it was an explanation that felt the history. There is a hut, so everyone was taking a break there. It's still a long way to go to Jomon cedar.