2019 Volume 101 Issue 6 Pages 328-336
Based on interviews with owners of the lacquer trees, Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Urushi) in the northern region of Iwate Prefecture, this study aims to clarify how to select crops and to clarify profitability when planting lacquer trees. As a result, it was revealed that the lacquer trees were often planted on sites such as millet, tobacco, and fruit trees were planted before. The trees are superior in that they can earn revenue with less labor compared to the T. vernicifluum and those crops. When comparing the lacquer trees and the Japanese cedar, planters chose the lacquer tree because it was superior in shorter period until earnings. Regarding current profitability, it became clear that high profitability can be realized when the number of weeding times is small.
