dale#1 1 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Is it true you can go "anywhere" (ie. someone elses private land) when there's snow actually covering the land? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Can't answer that question, but today someone appeared in our living room without knocking or calling, with gifts of vegetables. When I first came to Japan, I locked the front door after coming home late at night. The following morning, ojisan commented that the door was broken. In 85 years, he's never locked the front door. I think there's a conceptual problem between private and trespassing. I geologise across private land. No-one ever challenges me. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 your land is your land snow or no snow Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 True, but can you block someone from using your land? In England a 'right to roam' was recently introduced (after a long hard effort) Quote: This new legal right - or right to roam - provided by The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CRoW), applies only to mapped areas of uncultivated, open countryside namely mountain, moor, heath, down and registered common land. There are strong rights such as these in Scotland and Switzerland. Do they exist in Japan? Scotish access rights: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2003/30002--b.htm#1 Quote: The law also allows anyone in Scotland the right to roam just about anywhere they please, granting landowners only limited power to eject someone from their property Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 i dont know exactly but if you are responsible for actions on your land, then you can most likely eject them? Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 spud, that kind of law is very British and Nordic, to enjoy the benefits of nature, isn't it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_public_access_to_the_wilderness England has history of Commons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons We have similar rights called "入会権-Iriaiken" in Japan. This law is no longer useful and needs to be reformed. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Quote: your land is your land snow or no snow I have a friend in Niigata who owns some rice fields and some snowmobiles. They told me that when there's a metre of snow on there, there are no limits/boundaries to where you can go - private land or not. That may well have been silly talk but they were convinced. Link to post Share on other sites
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