夏なつ山やま冬ふゆ里さと方ほう式しき

noun

rotated grazing; summer mountain winter village system

A traditional Japanese livestock management method where animals graze in mountain pastures during summer and are kept in village stables during winter. Used mainly in agricultural and geographical contexts.

• 夏なつ山やま冬ふゆ里さと方ほう式しきは、かつて日本にほんの山さん村そんで広ひろく行おこなわれていた。

  The summer mountain winter village system was once widely practiced in Japanese mountain villages.

• この地ち域いきでは、夏なつ山やま冬ふゆ里さと方ほう式しきによる牛うしの飼し育いくが伝でん統とう的てきに続つづけられている。

  In this region, cattle raising using the rotated grazing method has been traditionally continued.