秋の一日・・・倉賀野祭りを楽しむ

　今日から気圧配置が冬型になり、群馬県でも未明より冷たい北西の風が吹いてます。今後、夕刻にかけ、一層気温が下がると予報されてます。このように気候が急変するとき、体調が狂いやすいので温かくして過ごしましょう。

　実は、今朝、上四公園で行われた６時３０分からの「ラジオ体操会」で、私は西の空に浮かぶ大きな下弦の月を見ながら体操しました。その月面は、いつもと図柄が異なり横向きです。もちろん、これは地球が自転してるからですが、天体の動きについて、とても不思議に見えました。

　家に帰ってから、その下弦の月をカメラに収めようとしたら、飛び込んで来た西の風景は噴煙たなびく冷たそうな浅間山です。もうそんなことは不可能ですが、２０代のとき頂上に登り、火口の巨大さに感銘し、その後、２回も登頂しました。若き日は体力と気力があったのです。頂上からは広大な関東平野や利根川の蛇行、長く連なった北アルプスの光景が未だ脳裏に焼き付いてます。

　ところで、昨日は倉賀野町祭りが倉賀野小校庭で行われ、３台の山車と、お店もたくさん出店し、およそ１０００人の老若男女で溢れ、特に子供たちは大喜びでした。私も昔の祭り気分に浸り、生まれて初めて兜をかぶって戦国時代に思いを馳せました。

Dear my overseas friends who like both of nature and music
　The simultaneous interpretation for your understanding will be done after my radio gymnastics held in the nearby park and breakfast in Japan time.

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　Starting today, the atmospheric pressure pattern has turned wintery, and cold northwesterly winds have been blowing since dawn in Gumma Prefecture. It is forecast that the temperature will drop further toward this evening. When the weather changes suddenly like this, it is easy for human to get sick, so make sure to stay warm. 

　Actually, this morning, at the "radio gymnastics venue held at Kam-4th Park from 6:30, I did my gymnastics while looking at the large waning crescent moon floating in the western sky. The surface of the moon was different from usual and was facing sideway. Of course, this is because the Earth is rotating, but the movement of the celestial body seemed very mysterious to me.

　When I returned home and tried to capture the waning crescent moon at the third floor by my camera, the view to the west that caught my eye was active volcano named Mt. Asama, which looked cold and had erupted with smoke. It is no longer possible to climb it, but when I was in my 20s, I climbed to the summit and was impressed by the enormity of the crater, and then I climbed to the top twice more. In my younger days, I had the physical strength and willpower to do so. From the summit, the vast Kanto Plain, the meandering Tone River, and the long stretches of the Northern Alps are still impressed into my mind.

　Not change the subject, but yesterday Kuragano Town's festival was held in the Kuragano-Elementary-School ground, with three floats and many stalls, and about 1,000 people of all ages and genders attended, with the children especially delighted. I too was immersed in the festival atmosphere of the past, and for the first time in my life I put on an ancient helmet and reminisced about the Warring States period.

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いよいよ１０月下旬となり、群馬の紅葉狩りはこれから

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　北海道の平地や本州の高山では雪と伝えられ、群馬県でも山岳地帯は紅葉狩りによい時季になりました。拙い経験では水上～奈良玉ダム～坤六峠のルートの紅葉が素晴らしかったです。ここは武尊山の北側を周遊する秘境のドライブコースです。

　ところで、平地の倉賀野町でも昨日は一日中、季節風が吹き、結果的に今朝は涼しさを通り越し、冷えてます。ご覧の通り、２週間ほど前に撮った同じ柿と比べてみると、実が赤くなったと共に落葉が進み、空がよく見えるようになりました。

　一方、後方にあるサルスベリの花も赤がますます減ってます。１０月下旬となり自然界は何となく侘しい光景になりつつあっても、有難いことに柿の実は熟しています。よく数えたら５０個より生ってます。この柿は半世紀以上前に亡父が植えたものですが、以前は味がちょっと渋かったのです。

　このため、４年ほど前に幹の下方から１本の新芽が出たとき、私は思い切ってその上から幹を切断し、その新芽を育てたところ、新芽はすくすく成長し、昨年から実が生り始め、何と以前より甘くなったのです。「切断した決断」が成功しました。お近くの方はどうぞ味見にいらして下さい。柿を味わいつつ歓談し、深まる秋を満喫しましょう。

Dear my friend who like persimmon which is the same name of me

　It is reported that there is snow on the plain in Hokkaido and the peak of high mountains of Honshu. And it is also a good season for viewing autumn leaves in the mountainous areas in Gumma Prefecture. In my limited experience, the autumn leaves on the route from Minakami to Naratama-Dam to Kunroku Pass were magnificent. This is a hidden driving course that tours the north side of Mt. Hotaka.

　Not change the subject, but the seasonal wind from the continent blew all day yesterday in the flat town of Kuragano where I live, and as a result, this morning was much colder than cool. As you can see, compared to the same persimmon photographed about two weeks ago, the fruit has turned red and the leaves have fallen, and as you can see, the sky is more visible.

　Meanwhile, the red of the crape myrtle's flowers in the background is also becoming less and less. It becomes late October and the natural world is starting to look somewhat bleak, but thankfully the persimmons in the photo are ripe. I counted carefully and there are more than 50 of them. These persimmons were planted by my late father more than half a century ago, but, they used to taste a bit bitter.

　For this reason, when a new sprout appeared from the bottom of the trunk about four years ago, I took the plunge and cut the trunk above that sprout, as the result the sprout to grow fortunately. Furthermore, the sprout grew rapidly and fruit began to appear last year, and they were even sweeter than before. My "decision to cut it off" was a success. If you're in the area of Kuragano, please come and try to taste. Let's enjoy the deepening autumn while eating persimmons and chatting.

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