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NBSというテレビ局の千曲市代表ブログとして文章を提供しております。９月分は送信しましたのでその内、NBSのHPに載せられる予定です。９月に地元の波閉科神社の秋祭りが２３日に行う予定なので、その記念として上山田お神楽保存会のことについて書きました。全部を読むのに、NBSのHPで出るまで待っていただかなければなりませんが、一部だけは下記です：
「私が上山田お神楽保存会に入る直前に、戸倉から一人が入りました。「あっ、川の向こう側からだ！」と皆がびっくりしたようです。私が入ったら、「あっ、海の向こう側からだ！」そして、最近は歴史的に初めての女性は一人が入りました。上山田お神楽保存会、モダン的で伝統を守っている。千曲市の自慢です。」
TV Station NBS (Nagano Broadcasting) is having me contribute blog entries from Chikuma City for their website. I just sent in the entry for September. It's about the Kamiyamada Okagura (Lion Dance) Preservation Society, in tribute for their upcoming main yearly event: the Habeshina Shrine Autumn Festival (scheduled for 23-Sept.). You'll have to wait for the entry to come out on NBS's website to read the whole thing, but one part is as below:
Right before I joined the group, they had a new member from Togura. Apparently they were pleasantly surprised by having a member come from the other side of the (Chikuma) River. When I joined, they were even more surprised, as I came from the other side of the (Pacific) ocean. Now, as previously mentioned here in this blog, we have our first female member. Kamiyamada's Okagura group is protecting the past using very modern ways -- and is thus the pride of Chikuma City.

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姨捨駅までお客さんにお迎えに行きました。そのまま、姨捨の棚田（田毎の月で有名な棚田）を通りました。いつも、夜の姨捨夜景・伝説ツアーとして行っていますが、久しぶりのお昼の棚田でした。お米がだんだんと伸びていますのでその真緑の色がうんと綺麗でした。
I had to pick up some guests at Obasute Station today, and on the way back to Kamesei I took them for a drive through the Obasute 'Tagoto-no-tsuki' terraced rice paddies. I usually pass through them as part of our Obasute Night View tour, so it was nice to see them during the day for a change. And how beautiful they were, with their rich green color.