"The village of the Matagi is doing the stand ground in the valley back and small basin that were enclosed the surroundings by high mountain Mine. It is the place which a good hunting ground is refrained from near. I was Yamamura who was isolated must enter exceeding a steep pass at one time. Mansion surrounding Hirachi clears in the field, although the view is showing, to be not the village where was cleared only the farming as the purpose and make flax and �� greens and the like and be linked water and a that good gorge made it rice as the paddy field. Even the mountain of the back the gradual place of an inclination makes a baking field and was growing an hour, hie, soba, mame etc. In the village of the Matagi, the farming for the food self-support was the important job of a woman mainly. It was one of the important job of a woman even to pick up the mushroom picking and berry in the edible wild plant, fall in other, spring and adjust. The hunting was main in the hunting season from winter through spring a man, even that does river fishing in summer is many, there was the person who runs for the patent medicine peddling such as "the medicine of bear's gall". A hunting went out of vogue even the person who is mainly concerned with agriculture in, the good place of the mountain job and condition, at the present moment is increasing. Living the mountain which was blessed in the mountainous region of the beech tree belt into their life culture, although even the village of the Matagi receives the influence from outside strongly in each era also, and trace many changes and be not just as that the that tradition seems to be left darkly with be. �@"The history of figure theory Akita Pref." the Taguchi victory Ichiro others, Kawade bookstore new company from an extract is advanced.

�@" Village making that the nature and wild nature and human being sent "the village of the Matagi" to the front in, Ani-machi where hands down and preserves the Matagi culture that has coexisted.As for the image character of Ani-machi the caricaturist/Yaguchi Kaohsiung of an Akita Pref. graduate painted it I am adopting Mr." that "applies.
Shirakami Mountains where it was registered to a world heritage. The Matagi within the ratio stand is sometimes said to have gone out to Shirakami Mountains, although there are few trip Matagis like a root child and this stroke. t confronts and stabbed it with the spear the Matagi that walks the head and be telling that it is to childish mind a dreadful place.	The waterfall of cheap" where represents the village of a Matagi. It is acceptance to the 2nd place with the waterfall 100 selection of Japan. It is a thing Meibaku that the tragic love story of the beautiful village daughter is concealed that be and have magnificent the height of 90 m in the highlands of the height above sea level of 900 m and be the waterfall appropriate to the village of a Matagi.
The 3rd reign west root smithery, west root Mr. Minoru that are producing Nagasa that is said in all of the soul of the Matagi.It is the spear that plugged the stick into Fukuronagasa, to have into the hand.	The natural monument/Moriaogaeru of the country. A foam form egg is laid to the branch of the tree, with the frog of the type that lives on the tree that distributes it in the north most in the colleague of the green frog. It is also the symbol of the rich nature of Mount Moriyoshi together with the bear galley box.
The woman who makes the fur of the raccoon dog the back aim in, this stroke Matagi community of back Ani and do agriculture work. Yet, such a sight is remaining.	I get 2 bears. Mountain god from "the bear is given it, although the taboo and tradition like the old days decreased and the thought called the thing" alive even if now. The world of the Matagi is in the place where never forgets the sense of the reverence and gratitude that correspond naturally.
Where village reaches the scenery that the cow puts in an appearance from the barn was seen, it stopped being seen now. The summer mountaineering winter village style stock farming is prosperous even now.	Hatahata attaches in the city in winter in the hinterland of the place between mountains. (stand inside in comparison to in Showa 40 Ani-machi)
It is the sole data mansion in the whole country where preserves and hands downthe Matagi data mansion..original Matagi culture. The instrument and costume, record photograph etc. precious data of the hunting are displayed.	It is in the right hand toward this stroke hot spring from the bear ranch..Ani matagi station. The motions that Ani in was captured here that Tukinowa bear is collected and overflow love Gou of the bear are popularity. Even the child bear which lost the mother bear to, the middle is bred here.
	Root child No. easy (the Akita Pref. unform folkways cultural assets) that spread to the village of the Matagi. "Inhabitants of a village claim to be excel from old times to the bow and arrows and No. easy of here compare it to other that with the descendant of the red and white refugee and, because make the hunting life and came and (the folkways scholar, Origuchi Nobuo) who is heroic"