@v_perjorative @ascentale @cainmark @bikenite According to the barkeep at one of the izakaya I visited that evening, the fencing all over the hills east of Lake Biwa is to keep wild boar out of the fields. I don't think they can jump *quite* that high, but maybe there are also deer in the forest. (Often these countryside fences have a latched gate with a note that travellers should close it after crossing, but this one was locked up solid. So yeah, big "fuck off" energy on this one. 😿)