Regionality of the central Japan reflected in the holidays for agricultural works of primary and secondary schools

首席研究员在长野县的松本盆地进行了这项研究。农业劳动假期起源于明治中期的小学，主要用于插秧和养蚕。参加社区节日也放假。在第二次世界大战期间，学校的孩子们经常帮助农业工作。农业工作的假期在战争结束后继续延续。小学有三个这样的假期：春季养蚕、插秧和秋季养蚕。这种假期在中学较少，自1970年以来变得更短或改名为“中间假期”。1975年以后，这些农事假日逐渐消失。在经济高速发展时期，农事假日的变化体现了区域性。在城市地区，从事农业工作的假期较前一时期缩短，这反映了上高中的学生人数增加。假期的取消也反映了中小学生在当地社区中角色的丧失。这种损失是青少年犯罪增加的一部分因素。

The head researcher conducted the study in Matsumoto Basin in Nagano Prefecture. Holidays for agricultural works originated in the mid-Meiji period in the elementary schools, mainly for transplanting riceshoots and for sericulture. Holidays were also taken for participaing in community festivals. During World War II,school children often helped agricultural works.Holidays for agricultural works continued lasted after the war. Elementary schools had three such holidays : for spring sericulture, transplanting riceshoots, and for autumn seri culture. Such holidays were fewer in secondary schools and have become shorter or been renamed into "mid-holidays" since 1970. They were dissapeared by 1975.The regionality can be identified through the variation of holidays for agricultural works during the period of the rapid economic growth. In urban areas, holidays, for agricultural works became shorter in the earlier period, reflecting the increase in the number of students who go to highschools. Abolition of the holidays also reflect the loss of the roles of elementary and secondary shool students in local community. Such a loss was a part of the factors of the increase in juvenile delinquencies.