Yamanashi Prefectural Museum Audio Guide

Living in the Mountains

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Living in the Mountains. Dig for the Gold and Cut the Tree. Make the Paper and Burn the Mountain.

Kai is surrounded by mountains. People lived in mountain villages made the most of the natural resources and developed various kinds of business; such as gold mining, forestry, "Washi" paper making, slash-and-burn agriculture, and so on. Products from the mountains spread to the villages and the castle town, that encouraged communication between people.
In this area, you can learn the lifestyle of people who lived in mountains through the real material and miniature models.