River hunting - Kawagari

Japanese: 川狩り - かわがり
River hunting - Kawagari
The word "kawagari" had two different meanings. One was catching fish in a river, and the other was a method of transporting timber by using the current of a river. Some examples remain as dialects even today. In the Chichibu region of Saitama Prefecture and Oki Islands in Shimane Prefecture, going to the riverbank to catch fish is called "kawagari." In the latter case, in Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Shuchi District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Yoshiki District, Gifu Prefecture, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, and Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, the act of letting a single piece of timber float down the river without assembling it into a raft is called "kawagari."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
川狩りという言葉は次の2様の意味をもっていた。その一つは川で魚を捕ること,いま一つは川の流れを利用して木材を運ぶ方法のことである。今も方言として残る例がある。前者の例としては埼玉県秩父地方,島根県隠岐などで魚を捕りに河原へ行くことをカワガリという。後者の例では山梨県南巨摩郡,静岡県周智郡,愛知県北設楽(きたしたら)郡,岐阜県吉城郡,奈良県吉野郡,和歌山県日高郡などで木材を搬出するのに単材をいかだに組まずに川流しすることをカワガリと呼んでいる。

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