What does the long trail do in the first place?
１００年後も同じ景色を共有できるように
古来より、日本人と自然は密接にかかわってきました。木材の大量消費が始まる大規模集落が形成されたころから、人の手が加わったそうで、日本書紀にはすでに植林に関する記述が記されているそうです。そして、形成された集落が峠をかいし繋がり、地域ごとに文化が形成され歴史が作られてきました。
自然に触れることで自然に興味を持つ。その興味が自然保護に繋がっていく。トレイルを作る事で、山形の自然や歴史文化に触れる機会を作り、その重要性を知ってもらい、守ることが出来ればと考えております。
自然は環境により変化していきます。残念ながら、現在の自然は、人間の手によって手が加えられ、原自然がどのような物か分からないくらいに変化しています。
私たちは現在の自然を起点に、１００年後も同じ景色を次の世代と共有するために活動したいと考えます。
自然を知ることで、自然に興味を持つ人が増えてくれれば、文明と自然のバランスを考える人々が増えてくれるはずです。
そうなれば、地球温暖化を止めることは出来ないにしろ、わずかでもブレーキをかけることができるのではないかと考えます。
トレイルは、歩くスピードだから立ち止まれ、歩くスピードだから人と話せます。歩くスピードだから多くの世代が体験できるもの考えます。
この活動が各地に広がれば、日本がトレイルで繋がり、ひいては世界中のトレイルや人々と繋がっていきます。そんな未来が実現すれば、１００年後も同じ景色を共有することが出来るはずです。
professional Hiker / Columbia athlete & Ambassador
Representative of YLT Club
Masafumi Saito
The NPO Yamagata Long Trail was established with my friends in 2012, when I took over the back from the late Japanese long trail writer and backpacker Noriyoshi Kato , and turned into a professional hiker from a company employee. was. At that time, there was no concept of a trail that would pass mainly through national and national parks on Japanese trails, and Mr. Noriyoshi Kato said, "If you want to make a trail in Yamagata, it would be nice if you could use a national or national park as a route." In order to realize it, we decided to envision a trail centered on the Kura Kingdom fixed park. It was an activity that started to create a walking field in Japan, but at that time, the word "trail" was unknown even to a few lovers.
In addition, there were many institutional problems and cultural differences in creating a route learned from the American trail in Japan in Japan. Even though the word “trail” was not in widespread use, it was extremely difficult to reach out to the government.
We chose not to create a new route that damages nature but to create a new route, but to proceed with the trail concept with a route that consists of existing forest roads, mountain trails, promenades, etc. It was. What kind of route do we have in Japan? I actually went into the field to find out how to make a trail in Japan that is close to the shape of the United States, and walked in search of various ways. Since 2017, we have been using Yamagata Prefecture's 100 Yamagata subsidies, so as of April 2020, we will install YLT markers on about 30% of the routes in the Kurama Kingdom Park. Work is progressing to. This year, we are planning an activity to set up a marker in a national park using a grant from Yamagata 100 Mountains. We would appreciate your support and cooperation.
We are thinking about trails facing nature
Know and get to know nature. It is desirable for the trail to be a natural path for that reason.
The home of trail culture is North America. The United States is the most popular.
However, it may be a bit too brute force to bring American trails with different laws and systems into Japan.
We consider the origin of Japan's nature, and we are thinking of making trails in a way that is as close to the American system as legally and systematically possible.
Among them, one that I would like to set as a model is the Appalachian Trail, one of the three long trails in the United States.
This trail, which not only has a presence as a nature trail but also its history and culture, is the best fit for Japan.
The Kura Kingdom Park, which we are currently considering, was also interacting with the culture on the sea side and the culture on the mountain side through the pass. In addition, Satoyama can be said to be a proof that the Japanese, whose land area is small, has kept a good distance from nature.
We would like to seek trail making in a way that has passed down this history and culture.
Also, the Appalachian Trail is the aspect of culture that must be most referenced. I think we have to think about the fact that the culture has been established, such as the interaction between hikers and locals, and the development of trails by volunteers.
I think that a trail is the first to be established when these two are linked, making routes and connecting people.
Trails connect roads, connect regions and connect people.
We aim to build a Japanese trail system with the goal of connecting Japan with one trail.
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We are thinking about trails facing nature
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特定非営利活動法人 YLTクラブ
所在地
山形県山形市
設立
2023年 9月
理事
代表理事 斉藤 正史
副代表理事 小関 仁美
理事 柴田 良子
監事 高瀬 泉
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