The maintenance of weeding fields in the rice terraces of Kurumeki, Inasa-chou, Shizuoka Prefecture
This paper focuses on the stage of annual maintenance of weeding levee slope of terraced paddy fields called Kurumeki-no-tanada, in Inasa-chou, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. In this study, we characterize ridges between rice fields and grassy fields as 'fields for weeding'. First, we survey cultivated paddies and fields for weeding. Secondly we presents some results concerning the relation between the management systems and farmers. Finally, we consider some arrangements for sustainable conservation on these rice terraces. It was concluded that 1.