What is a stick against a poisonous snake? If you want to know it, go to Yoro Island.
"Coexistence with nature" sounds good, but it is not always the romantic coexistence convenient for humans. A place where that was visualized is this Yoro island.
In the village, I often found a stick. It's a stick to drive away a poisonous snake.
My friend from Amami islands said that, when she was a child, a teacher took the head with the stick to avoid a snake in the excursion, and in the village, the stick was placed by the road. But now the scenery has almost disappeared. The reason is that the corral stone walls as the habitat of a poisonous snake were replaced by the block walls.
Yoro is a place where the sticks are still found all over the village. The cozy landscape with coral stone walls is also a cozy environment for the snake, so the probability that the snake will appear is high. The stick is still an indispensable tool for the island and an important landscape element. At the same time, it is also a device that arouses anxiety for travelers that there may be a snake around them. The landlady of the inn, who came here upon the marriage some decades ago, said she has never seen a snake. So, travelers may not need to fear it.
The stick is a branch which side branches are cleanly removed. The handle side is painted red and the length is 130 cm to 190 cm. The length shows the sense of distance between people and a snake to coexist on this island, that is, to coexist with nature there.
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