History of Koiwai FarmKoiwai Farm is located northeast of Morioka city at the southern foot of Mt. Iwate. The farm spreads in a vast land of 300,000 square meters. A part of the farm is open to the public as the Koiwai Farm Makiba-en and is a huge tourist site that is famous in Japan. |
Rear cows while thinking about them..”In the old days, everyone who worked on the farm used to live on the farm grounds. Therefore, everything you need for living such as primary school, day care center, and post office used to exist within the farm. In fact, preschool education in Iwate Prefecture started from Koiwai Farm. In addition, currently, 9 buildings are registered as Tangible Cultural Properties. And there are many buildings of historical value and many of them are still being used. At Koiwai Farm, the idea of continuing to use everything with care still exists deeply.” Explained Shohei Hamado who is in charge of ecotourism. |
Circulating ForestryAt Koiwai Farm, they also work on forestry. They showed us the trees with the signs of the year it was planted. Every year they plant a certain amount of seedlings per certain area and after 100 years they cut the trees that were planted first. This is called ”Hoseirin”, and it started in 1964 as an experimental forest. After 100 years, the forest resources in this area will be stable, and the amount of thinning, harvesting and planting will be constant. Then the forest can be maintained in the same state. |
ACCESS
- Koiwai Farm Makiba-en
- 36-1 Maruyachi, Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate-gun, Iwate Prefecture
- URL https://www.koiwai.co.jp/makiba/en/index.html