月見＋俳句＝姨捨
「田毎の月」で有名な姨捨棚田での観月祭は今週末です。詳しくは下記:
第28回信州さらしな・おばすて観月祭
2011年9月9日（金）～12日（月）
＊棚田農道道しるべ 長楽寺から棚田に散策して月見。9日～12日の18:30～21:00
＊全国俳句大会 11日11:00～16:00＠千曲市観光会館；入賞式は11日10:00＠姨捨句碑公園 （亀清旅館のお客様が入賞したので、参加する様ですよ。）
＊棚田ボランティアガイド 10日と11日12:30集合＠姨捨駅
＊おばすて市 11日10:00-14:00＠姨捨観光会館 月見味噌汁は評判が良い!
＊二胡コンサート 12日17:45-18:45＠姨捨駅
＊長楽寺月見ライブ 11日18:00-19:30＠長楽寺
（アクセス: 屋代駅から無料シャットルバスは11日の08:30-17:00に出ています。）
This year's Obasute Moon Viewing Festival is taking place this weekend. Main events are as follows:
28th Annual Sarashina Obasute Moon Viewing Festival
September 9-12, 2011
*Lighted Walk through the Rice Fields
Walk from Choraku-ji Temple through the rice fields at night, the path lit by footlights. 9th - 12th from 6:30 to 9pm.
*National Haiku Contest
Contest on the 11th from 11am to 4pm at the Tourism Hall in here in Togura Kamiyamada Onsen, with the awards ceremony to take place at Choraku-ji that morning at 10am. (Some guests that will be staying at Kamesei Ryokan have been selected -- I hope their haiku fare well.)
*Obasute Market
On the 11th from 10am to 2pm at the Obasute Tourism Hall. I hear the miso soup is really good!
*Niko Concert
The 12th from 5:45 to 6:45pm at Obasute Station. A 'niko' is a classical 2-string guitar.
*Choraku-ji Live
The 11th from 6 to 7:30pm at Choraku-ji.
There will be a free shuttle bus running from Yashiro Station on the Shinano Railway Line on the 11th from 8:30am to 5pm.
