下北の自然4 / Wild life Shimokita-4 

 

下北半島北東端からの海/Sea from the north-east point of Honsyu-island

 

断崖上の植物群/Plants on the bluff

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Thank you very much for your coments. I couldn’t afford to have the time to uplord for two months.

8月10日から23日まで実家のある下北半島・東通村へ父の新盆と母の見舞いに行ってきましたついでに数十枚の簡単なスケッチもしてきましたそれらはいずれ公開したいと思います

I had been staying Higashi-dori village in Shimokita peninsula about two weeks from August 10 to 23, to hold a Buddist memorial service for my deceased father. In Japan, the term from August 13 to 16 is called “Obon”, is held a Buddist celemony for each famirial ancestors every year. I took care of my mother there and I sketched some decades of paper in landscape at the same time. I’ d like to show my drawings after now.

東通村は本州最北東端の尻屋崎を含むいわゆるマサカリ半島の柄の東側からてっぺんまでの青森県で2番目に広い村「ヤマセ」と呼ばれる海の湿気を大量に含んだ東風が低い丘陵に当たって渦を巻き霧を発生させて日光を遮るそのため恒常的に日射不足となり気候は青森県内でも特に冷涼な地域である県内の各地よりむしろ北海道・渡島桧山地方に近い気候で夏でも最高気温が30度を越えることはあまりない逆に20度を下回ることはままある

That village where is tha top of North-east of Hon-shu island, is the second largest village in Aomori pref. This is in microthermal climate zone. There is the east wind in summer called famous “Yamase” which is included large dame air from the sea. It makes fog which cover there and block off the sunlight. This climete is similar to east side of Hokkaido island’s rather than other place in Aomori pref. It isn’t often over 30℃ high but it is sometimes under 20℃ in summer.

このような北海道とは津軽海峡にて隔てられかつ海岸冷涼湿地帯という特殊な環境による独特の動植物の生態が見られるスケッチをしているとそういうことに敏感になる例えば上の写真は高さ200メートルを越える断崖でハヤブサの数つがいの営巣が見られるまた鷹の仲間であるノスリやミサゴも近くに生息する写真下は近くの断崖上の植物群いわゆる高山植物がここでは海抜0mから見られるのである(もう少し詳しい情報は東通村・老部(おいぺ)ノーザンホテルまで)

In addition, here is separated from Hokkaido with Tsugaru channel, so we can see several distinctive kind of plants, animals and the ecology of them. Durling the sketch, I felt it repeatedly. Some couple of falcon nest in over 200 ili 300 meters bluff (photo above). It is easily to see some other kind of howks, for example common buzzerd and osprey etc. You can find many alpine plants at seaside also. (If you want more information, ask Nothern hotel in higashi-dori village)