里さと地ち

noun

mountain village region; rural settlement area

Refers to the inhabited area of a mountain village, including houses and surrounding farmland, as opposed to the wilder mountain slopes (里山). Often used in geographical or ecological contexts.

See also: 里山 (さとやま)

• この地ち域いきの里さと地ちでは、昔むかしながらの棚たな田だが残のこっている。

  In the mountain village areas of this region, traditional terraced rice fields remain.

• 里さと地ちと里さと山やまの境きょう界かいには、多た様ような動どう植しょく物ぶつが生せい息そくしている。

  A variety of plants and animals inhabit the boundary between the village area and the managed woodlands.