夏なつ山やま冬ふゆ里さと

noun

summer mountain grazing, winter barn feeding

A traditional Japanese livestock management method where cattle graze on mountain pastures in summer and are kept in barns during winter. Often used in the phrase 夏山冬里方式.

See also: 夏山冬里方式

• この地ち域いきでは、昔むかしから夏なつ山やま冬ふゆ里さとの方ほう法ほうで牛うしを育そだてている。

  In this region, cattle have been raised using the summer-mountain winter-barn method since long ago.

• 夏なつ山やま冬ふゆ里さと方ほう式しきは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな畜ちく産さんの知ち恵えだ。

  The summer-mountain winter-barn system is a piece of traditional Japanese livestock-raising wisdom.