The farmland consolidation project in Funakawashin, Asahi Town, Toyama Prefecture, Japan was carried out in the late Meiji era. It garnered significant attention in the 1970s, as an example of village reorganization, when the rural comprehensive development project was about to begin. Two young large-scale landowners planned and led this consolidation project. The primary purpose of the farmland consolidation was to strengthen the production base of landowner management ; simultaneously, it also served as a hydraulic control measure by modifying river channels. The prefecture is located in the Kurobe River alluvial fan where flood control measures are indispensable for stabilizing agricultural production. Village reorganization was conceived in the context of improving agricultural production bases and hydraulic control measures. It was shown that the reorganization of villages helped to put in order agricultural land use, and simultaneously improved the convenience and comfort of agricultural production and living, and that the consolidation of cultivated land would be an opportunity to realize a physical plan for the village space. Techniques such as plot shape and topsoil handling adopted in farmland consolidation were creative and led the era. In this study, while focusing on the physical implementation of Funakawashinʼs land consolidation, settlement relocation, and river improvement carried out in an integrated manner, we consider their interrelationships and the significance of the project from the perspective of improving the physical infrastructure related to local production and living.
