Some settled at the invitation of church or community groups, while some looked for small farm plots.
After about five minutes, bear sharply left and start climbing, following the road past scattered houses and small farm plots.
There was a store, a tavern, and several artisans who supplemented their trade with farm plots behind the houses.
Population is very spread out among small farm plots and sparse vegetation.
No slash-and-burn farm plots; not even animal trails visible in the undergrowth.
Even in central Tokyo, farm plots take up roughly 4,500 acres.
These provide essential access to water, firewood, farm plots and the classified road network.
The rural population grew, and the size of the peasants' farm plots shrank as land was divided up by successive generations.
The farm plots divided by hedgerows where pheasants love to hide and run have been broadened into huge areas of open land.
The farm plots were separated from the pueblo by a tract of land 200 varas wide.