Two Types of Rice Drying in the Yokote Basin

Abstract

In the Yokote basin, Akita Prefecture, there are two different ways of drying rice bundles after harvest. In the south, the kui type prevails, in which the bundles are stacked on single stake driven into the ground. The hase type, which predominates in the north, is a framework constructed of many stakes. The boundary between the two types runs east-west approximately through the center of the basin. The factors involved in the distribution of these two types are considered.