Monday, August 3, 2020 View this post on Instagram # road construction before and after 3 The trees along the road were cut down, so light was shining in. It was cloudy before the # road construction […]
Friday, July 31, 2020 View this post on Instagram Today's mountain bento: Fried summer vegetables and bacon from my mom, nametake mushrooms, and sunflower seeds from Minoritch Hokuryu in Hokuryu Town for dessert.
Friday, July 31, 2020 View this post on Instagram # Birch Two days after stripping the bark, the log I had left in the sun had turned dark brown. The second photo shows the white of the unpeeled birch. After stripping the bark, […]
July 29, 2020 (Wednesday) – A young couple moved to Hokuryu Town in April 2020 and started a self-logging forestry business in the town’s mountains. Tatsuya Kamii (28 years old) and Hitomi (31 years old) are a married couple. […]
July 30, 2020 (Thursday) View this post on Instagram Harvesting birch bark We received bark from birch trees that are left behind during the road construction process. Birch bark can be used for crafts such as birch bark crafts.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 View this post on Instagram # Road making before and after 2 # Road making # Forest road # Work road # Forestry # Small forestry # Thinning # Hokkaido # Hokkaido # Forest # Forest # Hokkaido timber # Firewood # Ho […]
Monday, July 27, 2020 View this post on Instagram # Footprints When a path is made in the mountains, it is easy to walk on, and animals also walk along the path. It's fun to see footprints that weren't there yesterday, and imagine what else has been walking there. [...]
Monday, July 27, 2020 View this post on Instagram # Work Path 2 # Road Construction Before and After Building a Road in the Mountains Although it may seem simple, it is actually a very difficult task. It depends on the soil condition, water flow, topography, and natural […]
Monday, July 27, 2020 View this post on Instagram # Work Road It goes without saying, but building roads makes it easier to manage the mountain. In mountains that were originally managed as forests, construction […]
Monday, July 27, 2020 View this post on Instagram This is a look at the first # job: # forest survey and # bamboo cutting. First, we surveyed the forest before cutting the bamboo. We created plots, counted the number of bamboos, and counted the number of tree sprouts (baby trees).
Monday, July 27, 2020 View this post on Instagram Nice to meet you! We are a family-run organization called Shizenka, which operates a small forestry business in the mountains of Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido. We are surrounded by beautiful sunflower fields. […]