戸倉上山田温泉にお母さん達が大歓迎: 母の日@亀清旅館 Mother-friendly Togura Kamiyada Onsen: Mother's Day at Kamesei

2009.05.10: 亀清旅館 Kamesei Ryokan

Making Corsages for Mother's Day

戸倉上山田温泉は楽しい買い物が出来るお店は沢山あり、気持ち良い足湯もあり、女性が喜べる温泉街です。尚且つ、母の日には私共若旦那達がお母さん達にコサージュを作ると言う習慣があります。今年は私と有田屋さんの若旦那でずくを出して、手作りでお母さんのお客様の為に綺麗なコサージュを造りました。ちょっとした事ですが、私たち若旦那の気持ちで、この戸倉上山田温泉にお母さん達が大歓迎だとのことです。

Togura Kamiyamada Onsen has pleasant parks to stroll, fun little shops for shopping, and a relaxing foot bath -- so many things for women to enjoy. For the past few years, myself and some of the other innkeepers have started a tradition of making corsages for mothers on Mother's Day. Arita-ya's young innkeeper and I took time out of our busy schedules to make these carnation corsages for our guests that are mothers. It's just a small sign of how our onsen town likes to welcome ladies.

有田屋さんのHPはこちらClick here for Arita-ya's website.

亀清旅館のHPはこちらClick here for Kamesei's website.



Kitayama-san and friends sporting their Mother's Day corsages


姨捨棚田の田植え+満月=田毎の月 Full Moon + Rice Planting at Obasute = Tagoto-no-tsuki

2009.05.10: その他 Miscellaneous

The nearly full moon, upper right

夕べの「姨捨夜景・伝説ツアー」の時に見たお月様はもうそろそろ満月でした。姨捨の棚田の一部は既に田植えの為に水が払ってあります。今晩は他のお客さんとまた行く事になっています。田んぼ毎の月の反射(有名な「田毎の月」)は見えるでしょうか?お楽しみです。
次の満月までに全ての田んぼに水が払っていて、来月は田毎の月が見えるはずです。
姨捨の棚田に田植えが始まると(お水が払ってあれば)、蛙が自然に増えます。そうすると、夜景見に行く時に、蛙の鳴き声が物凄く大きいです。これも姨捨の楽しみの1つです。

Last night, when I took guests to see the night view from Obasute, we were treated to the sight of the nearly full moon. A few of the Obasute terraced rice fields are already wet in preparation for this season's planting. The Obasute rice fields are famous for "tagoto-no-tsuki", the moon reflecting in the individual fields. This can only be seen when there is a full moon at the beginning of planting season, when there is water in the fields. I'm going tonight with more guests -- hopefully we'll be able to see the tagoto-no-tsuki. If not, by the full moon next month, all of the fields will have water in them by then -- prime moon viewing season!
One of the other treats of the start of the planting season is the water in the fields means frogs come out. It is fun being seranaded by a frog chorus while watching the night view from Obasute Station.