1873: Otsukihara reclamation is a state-owned Asaka reclamation project. Implemented as a breeding industry policy and vocational training, raising and using livestock, introducing Western farming objective. Yabuki reclaims the original area of ASAKA canal-IWASE pasture is sixth patriarch of dairy farming
神炊館神社（おたきやじんじゃ） - 建弥依米命, 石背国造神社（いわせくにつこじんじゃ） , 白方神社 It is held every year on July 14th. It is said that if you offer two cucumbers, a local specialty of Sukagawa, take home another cucumber as a talisman, and eat it, you will not get sick for a year. The deity enshrined is said to be Toyotarihiko（豊足彦）, the 17th kuni no miyatsuko of Ishibe Province. According to ancient records, he was enshrined in Asahigaoka and called Iwase Tenno for his virtue in life, and he also came to be called "Kuuri Tenno-sama" (Cucumber Tenno) because he had a large cucumber field in life. One year, an epidemic spread through this region, and people thought it must be the worship of the god, so they welcomed his spirit from Asahigaoka, held a ceremony, and offered cucumbers, and the epidemic dissipated, and it is said that no one was ever infected with the epidemic after that. Since then, once a year, a temporary hut is built in the square, two cucumbers are offered, and if you take one of the cucu...