Kita Fuji Training Area

Japanese: 北富士演習場 - きたふじえんしゅうじょう

…There is a spring-fed pond called Oshino Hakkai. In the western part of the village is the Self-Defense Forces' Kita-Fuji Training Area, and there is an ongoing dispute between the government and local farmers over common land. [Tsuyoshi Hagiwara]. …

From Mount Fuji

...In modern times, many of the common lands in Susono became military training grounds, and army accommodation facilities were built in Itatsuma and Takigahara in Gotemba City. After World War II, they became training grounds for the US military, and even today, the Self-Defense Forces continue to use the area around Nashigahara in the northeast of Susono as the North Fuji Training Ground, and the areas around Takigahara and Onohara (Komakado) in the east as the East Fuji Training Ground. The use of these training grounds has sometimes conflicted with the customary common rights of local residents, causing friction. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the Kita Fuji Training Area are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…忍野八海と呼ばれる湧水池がある。村の西部に自衛隊の北富士演習場があり，入会地をめぐって国と地元農民との紛争が続いている。【萩原毅】。…

【富士山】より

…近代に入って裾野の入会地の多くは軍隊の演習場となり，御殿場市板妻，滝ヶ原などに陸軍の宿泊施設がつくられていた。第2次大戦後はアメリカ軍の演習地となり，現在も裾野北東部の梨ヶ原付近を北富士演習場，東部の滝ヶ原や大野原(駒門（こまかど）)付近を東富士演習場として引き続き自衛隊が使用している。これら演習場の使用については地元住民の慣行入会権と競合し軋轢（あつれき）を生じたことがあった。…

※「北富士演習場」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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