• Encourageing a rural village

    Local Organization of the Rural Area “Nitta”

  • >>Programs

    We offer a variety of programs using local resources in our village.

     

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    >>Schedule

    Let's enjoy learning rural life

     

    We offer experiential programs to enjoy rural life, such as agricultural practices, observation of wildlives, and village walking with field guide, through the year.

     

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    >>Food Footpath in Nitta

    - Village walking event

     

    Food footpath is an event that consists of guide walk in a rural village and traditional local dishes.

    Purpose of the program is to interchange between urban and rural persons using the traditional dishes.

     

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    >>Lotus roots harvest!

    Let's feel for lotus roots in a muddy lotus paddy

    Rotus roots, "Renkon" in Japanese, is a 縁起のいい食材 in our lotus paddy.
    In the program, you can seek and harvest lotus roots in the paddy.

     

     

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    >>Study of planktons in a lotus paddy

    Let's collect, sort and observe planktons

    Many kinds of zoo- and phyto-planktons live in the lotus paddy through the year, and it is easy to collect them. Let's observe microscopic lives using rupe and microscopes!

     

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    >>Winter bird watching!

    Let's go observing winter migratory birds in and around Izunuma

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    >>Look for rare geese!

    Let's go searching rare geese

     

    "Magan",Anser albifrons, is most dominant goose around Izunuma, but sometimes a few numbers of individuals of another geese are found in a flock of Magan in harvested rice paddies. It is difficult to find but observation of individual goose will be fun. Let's look for rare geese with field guide!

     

     

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  • >>Blog

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  • Features in our village

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    Landscape

    Rural village landscape with three large shallow lakes

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    Food culture

    Variety of local dishes and cooking skills

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    Tradition

    Local traditional martial arts and powerful dance

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    Nature

    Traditional Japanese seasonal scenery

  • >>Contact us

    Local Organization of a rural area "Nitta"

    Staff: Hiromi Sato

    TEL:0220-28-2986 FAX:0220-28-2987