9月は上山田のぶどう農園さん達にお世話になりました。10月、11月は今度、りんごの時期です。先日はシンガポールからのお客さんを連れて、上山田の知識時の近辺のクラウン農園に行きました。（亀清旅館から車で5分。）農家の飛田さん達は英語（ドイツ語も!）喋れるので親切に色々と説明してくれました。種類の違いや、農業の道具など、千曲川と周辺の山を背景でりんご農園の体験が出来ました。シンガポールから来たWayneさんたちはそれまで、りんごはあくまでスーパーからと言う経験しかなかったから感動してくれました。
飛田さん、お世話になりました。信州の自然がいいですね!
Here at Kamesei Ryokan, we featured local Kamiyamada-grown grapes for the month of September. From now through December, we will be featuring our areas delicious apples. The other day, I took some guests from Singapore to Crown Farm, next to Kamiyamada's Chishiki-ji Temple (approx. 5 minutes by car from Kamesei). The grower, Tobita-san, and his wife speak English (as well as German!) and kindly explained all about the apples. He let us taste the different varieties in addition to explaining about how they are grown and showing us some of his tools and equipment. For Wayne and the Singaporeans, it was a treat for them to see where apples come from (all they've known until now was the supermarket shelf).
Thank you, Tobita-san! And thank you, Nagano, for being blessed by this wonderful nature!
