Magaki - Big fences windbreakers bamboo - Wajima - Japan

Magaki - Big fences windbreakers bamboo - Ozawa-machi and Kami-Ozawa-machi, Wajima City - Japan

Magaki-no-sato

Category ：

Town / Village

Location ：

Ozawa-machi and Kami-Ozawa-machi, Wajima City

Attractions ：

Magaki is a tightly arranged bamboo fence with the height about 5 m used to protect houses from the north wind blowing from the Japan Sea. Wisdom of people living in the stark nature of Oku-Noto can be glimpsed.

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Magaki Fences

Address : Wanizaki area, Suzu City; Ozawa-machi and Kami-ozawa-machi, Wajima City

Category : Natural landscape

Class : Rural landscape

Comment :

Magaki refers to bamboo windbreak fencing erected in coastal settlements to protect houses from the strong wind and briny air from the Sea of Japan. At intervals of about 1.81 meters, a pole of Ate wood, chestnut or Moso bamboo is put up, and between these, four- to five-meter-long Japanese timber bamboo poles are arranged. The name magaki is said to come from the distance between the poles. The fences are usually installed in the fall and removed in the spring. All-year-round magaki, called man-nen-gaki, is effective in blocking the strong western sunlight of summer. This type of fencing is an example of collective wisdom that has made coastal life more comfortable throughout the year.

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Big fences windbreakers bamboo - Kanazawa at Wajima - Japan