Tagoto no Tsuki, 2012
「では、そろそろ温泉に入りに行きましょうか？」と、足が姨捨駅の出口に向かって言いました。
私が亀清旅館のお客様に提供している姨捨夜景・語り部ツアーのところでした。姨捨駅から帰る、その時に千曲川の向こう側の鏡台山の上から黄色光が出てきました。
もしかしたら？
「皆さん、ちょっと待ってください。お月様が出てきそう。田毎の月のチャンスです。」
ちょうどいいタイミングでお月様が出てきました。帰りは伝説の「田毎の月」の棚田を通って、月の光が田んぼ毎に映ると言う素晴らしい景色が見れました。
"Okay everyone, shall we head back to the inn for a soak in the onsen baths?" I was getting ready to shuffle the guests back to the car for the trip down the hill to Kamesei Ryokan. This was the Obasute Night View / Legends trip I often take our guests on.
As I finished showing everyone the lights of the Zenkoji Plain down below and told the tales of local legends, we were just ready to depart from Obasute Station when the a yellowish glow came up in the distance.
"Wait, the moon is starting to come up." The nearly full moon was just peaking over Kyoudai-san, the mountain across the Chikuma River valley.
The Obasute terraced rice fields are famous for "Tagoto no Tsuki", the moon reflecting in the individual rice fields. In order for the light to reflect in the fields, there needs to be water in them.
Which means planting time.
Which means now!
It was perfect timing to see this year's Tagoto no Tsuki!
