三重県明和町
三重県明和町はかつて御糸地区や国史跡「斎宮跡」を中心に、盛んに麻を育んだ「麻績郷（おみごう）」と呼ばれ、伊勢神宮に麻を納めた歴史を持つ「麻の聖地」です。
町内の竹神社には麻の神である長白羽神が祀られ、伊勢神宮に麻織物を奉織する神麻続機殿神社とも深いつながりがあります。
こうした歴史的背景と、三重県が全国に先駆けて産業用大麻栽培の規制緩和を行ったことから、2023年3月、産学官連携で産業用大麻の栽培と活用を進める「天津菅麻プロジェクト」を発足し、麻の伝統継承と持続可能な新産業創造を目指しています。
Meiwa Town in Mie Prefecture was once called "Omigou," a place that actively cultivated hemp centered around the Mito district and the national historic site "Saiku Ruins," and is a "Holy Land of Hemp" with a history of supplying hemp to Ise Shrine.
The Takejinja Shrine in town enshrines Nagashiraha-no-kami, the deity of hemp, and has deep connections with the Shinmatotsukiden Shrine, which offers woven hemp to Ise Shrine.
Based on this historical background and Mie Prefecture's pioneering deregulation of industrial hemp cultivation nationwide, in March 2023, the "Amatsu Sugasa Project" was launched through industry-academia-government collaboration to promote industrial hemp cultivation and utilization, aiming to preserve hemp traditions and create sustainable new industries.