日本庭園の文化で、冬に藁を使って木や植物を守る。近くの宿の庭を見たら、こんな可愛い亀ちゃんもありました。
こういう藁はどこまで実際に植物を雪から守る為か、それかただの飾りか、疑問です。飾りだけとしても、冬は葉っぱが落ちているから庭が寂しく見えない様に良いと思いますが。
しかし、この亀ちゃんは完全に飾りだね。
In traditional Japanese gardens, for the winter to keep snow from damaging trees and plants, gardeners bundle straw around them. At one nearby inn, their garden has this cute little turtle made out of straw.
I had always wondered how much the straw actually functions to protect the plants, versus just being a form of decoration. Even if simply being decoration, it helps compensates for the bareness of the garden after the trees drop their leaves.
Methinks this little turtle is more decoration than protection.
