自家山

English translation: privately-owned mountain

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Japanese term or phrase:	自家山
English translation:	privately-owned mountain
Entered by:	Shannon Morales

19:53 Jun 21, 2007

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Marketing - Tourism & Travel / place name?

Japanese term or phrase: 自家山

This appears in a spiel about freshly picked matsutake mushrooms at a ryotei in the Sagano area of Kyoto (?). I'm not sure if it's a place name (no hits for Jikayama or Jikasan), or just something like "private mountain." If the latter, what's an appealing term for that? Thanks in advance.

Shannon Morales KudoZ activity Questions: 160 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 101 United States
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privately-sourced (please see explanation)

Explanation:
It's not a place name, but means, as you suspected, "private mountain(/forest)."
I guess they really want to emphasize that the mushrooms are sourced from a selected private source, rather than from a commercial bulk supplier, so that they are somehow more 'special.'
So maybe "local home-grown matsutake" - but hang on, very few people have had success with cultivating matsutake - they're usually wild, I think...
In which case, perhaps you could say "our own privately-sourced wild matsutake" or "local wild matsutake" or something of that nature (no pun intended).

Nice new pic!

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KathyT
Australia
Local time: 15:24

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Thanks, Kathy! Great explanation.
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privately-sourced (please see explanation)

KathyT

2 +1

(from) our own family mountain hillside

Yasu Hosomatsu

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peer agreement (net): +1

privately-sourced (please see explanation)

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 15:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

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Thanks, Kathy! Great explanation.

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(from) our own family mountain hillside

Explanation:
Or something like that. As KathyT pointed out, the produce comes from a private source, from a wooded area owned by the family.

Reference: http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~kinya/shosetsu/gekkinnosho.html

Yasu Hosomatsu
Local time: 22:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Japanese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks! I like "hillside." That gives it a cozier, homier feel.

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