012Fujisato Town Hall https://www.town.fujisato.akita.jp/Youmou House Chikuchiku https://wool-store-37.business.site/THE World Heritage Sauna https://activityjapan.com/publish/plan/44152?plan-recentAssociation of Shirakami Nature http://www.shirakami.or.jp/~asna/In Fujisato, a town in the foothills on the Akita side of Shirakami-Sanchi, a project is underway to open a riverside tent sauna. Visitors will be able to steam in the sauna and then cool off in the waters that flow from the upper reaches of Shirakami, in the currently popular style of alternating between hot and cold said to “balance” (totonou) the body. The sauna’s steam will come from fragrant water made using locally grown mugwort, provided by a cosmetics company with a research laboratory in Fujisato, and aromatic spicewood harvested in the mountains around Shirakami-Sanchi. Note also the sauna hats, which protect the head from overheating and keep hair from drying out. These are handmade with great care by the mothers of Fujisato using wool from locally raised free-range sheep, and will be available in various designs. The town of Happo, Akita, is famous for hatahata (sailfin sandfish). Even folk songs mention these fish and the coastal fisheries where they are caught. Pure water from the beech forests of Shirakami-Sanchi is vital for regenerating the seaweed beds or “forests of the sea” in which the hatahata spawn and hatch. Masezawa, next to the World Heritage area, was originally part of the beech forest as well. Today, seedlings grown from locally harvested beech nuts are transplanted to a growing plantation in Masezawa to create more beech forests in the area.The work of transplanting is done every October, and anyone can join in. Restoring the forests helps restore the seas and should help broaden the coastal ecosystem’s diversity. Steam in a new-style saunaon a riverbank inthe Shirakami foothills. Transplant beech trees to help the forestsof the sea.09301030
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