其他摘要:The purpose of this study was to clarify the status and problems of the management and stand structure of the Moso bamboo forests in Kagoshima Prefecture. We conducted an interview survey with 2 bamboo forest managers and investigated the stand structures in their bamboo forests, which are located in Aira City and Satsuma Town. It was revealed that density control, fertilization, and mowing in the bamboo forests are carried out regularly. As the result of this management, the stand structure of bamboo forests was revealed as: average culm density 3,917 / ha, average culm diameter at breast height 12.0 cm, 30.6% of 1-2 years culm; the culm stand was close to regular distribution. However, due to the sluggish demand for bamboo products and the aging of forest labour, the production of bamboo raw materials, especially bamboo shoots, has decreased significantly compared to 10 years ago, which was also considered to be connected with the increase in the density of bamboo culm in the bamboo forests. We concluded from these results that it is necessary to organize and record the information and methods related to management and production accumulated in the long term of bamboo forest management to ensure the sustainability of production, especially if management passes to a new entity in the future. Developing and introducing forestry machines was also expected to be an effective way to save labor costs in a bamboo forest connected with its relative low culm density and regular culm distribution.