Kamonjigoya - Kamonjigoya

...The plain timber was carried on people's backs over Tokugo Pass (2,135m), while the oak trees (for roofing boards) and firewood were carried downstream down the Azusa River. The Azusa River basin is also a treasure trove of wild animals such as Japanese serows and Asiatic black bears, and river fish such as char. Many people came to Kamikochi to hunt in the winter and fish in the summer, and the existing Kamonji hut was a typical hunter's hut. From the mid-Meiji period to the beginning of the Showa period, national forest was rented from Tokusawa to Myojin Pond and Konashidaira, and cattle were grazed during the summer, but this was abolished when Kamikochi became a tourist destination.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kamonjigoya" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…白木は人が背負って徳本（とくごう）峠(2135m)を越えて搬出したが，榑木（くれき）(屋根板の原料)と薪炭は梓川を川下げした。また梓川の流域はニホンカモシカやツキノワグマなどの野生動物やイワナなどの川魚の宝庫で，冬には狩猟，夏には漁労のため上高地に入る人々も多く，現存する嘉門次小屋は，猟師小屋の典型であった。明治中ごろから昭和初めまで徳沢から明神池，小梨平にかけて，国有林を借りて夏の間牛が放牧されていたが，上高地の観光地化とともに廃止された。…

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