荒れ地の木/ ”Tree of wasteland” Wild life Shimokita-7

ヤシャブシ / Yashabushi
ヤシャブシの実 / Nuts of Yashabushi

下北を代表する木、とアンケートすれば100%ヒバだろう。青森ヒバなどと言うが津軽地方にはヒバは多くない。ヒバの名産地は何と言っても下北半島だろう。私の実家もヒバ山を持ち、それを製材して売り、そうやって祖父や父は私たちを養ってきた。いわばヒバを食べ、その芳香を吸って私は育ってきたようなものだ。その意味で何が何でもヒバをナンバーワンに挙げなければならない義理が私にはある。Baina、私は敢えてここで「ヤシャブシ」を挙げる。

If we have a questionnaires survey in Japan as what is the tree of representative Shimokita , it must be “Hiba ” trees that wii get 100 % of votes. As famous “Aomori-hiba” , but Hiba lives in Tugaru area in Aomori pref a little. It is the best location of product is Shimokita. My grand and my father have brought up our family by keeping Hiba forests and selling those trees. In a sense, it looks like that I heve grown up by eating “Hiba” trees and brething its beautiful perfume. So I know that I have to push it up as Nunber 1 of the tree of Shimokita. However , I’d like to nominate “Yasyabushi” as No, 1 in this time.※”Hiba” is a kind of “Hinoki ” trees. This kind of tree is valued at the best of woods from the old time in Japan.

ヤシャブシはどんな荒れ地にも生える強い木だ。この木が生えることによって土壌は安定し、次のステップに入ることが出来る。ヤシャブシはグネグネと曲がり、建築材として強度も無く、何の役にも立たないどころか、開発を邪魔する木だと地元では嫌われているほどだ。Baina、よく考えてみればヤシャブシは荒れ地への斬り込み隊長であるともいえる。ある意味では次世代への捨て石に徹する木。人間に例えてみれば、私などには及びもつかぬ偉い奴だなあ、という畏敬の念を私の胸に巻き起こす木でもある。

“Yashabushi” is very strong trees lived in all kind of the wasteland. The soil of damp ground is stabilised by this tree that live in. That wasteland will be good condition for people’s usu. However this tree itself is not only completely usufull at timber, but it also interrut grow other plant’s up. So it has been hatred by local people. Howevew, from the other point of view, Yashabushi is like a pioneer of opening bushes. So I feel like to respect it.

 

レースフラワー / Lace flower(wild life Shimokita-5)

レースフラワーはただの雑草/Lace flower is just a weed
レースフラワー/ Laceflower

レースフラワーが溢れるように咲いていた。道の両側にもずっと、家の周りにもぐるっと。空き地にはまるで種を蒔いた畑のように、咲いていた。まさにこの時期の下北の(特に東通村の)雑草だが、今回まで気づかなかった。もう何年もこの季節に下北に帰らなかったことを、美しく問い詰められた思いだった。不在にしたこの数年間に急激に増えたのだと思う。

There were so many laceflowres. Along every roads, surrounding the houses. It comes out in every vacant lots as a seeded fields. This flower is as typical one in Shimokita (especialy Higashi-dori villg) now, however I had not found it before. I felt it criticized me beautifully for not coming back home land for long time in this season. It may be planted for last few years and then reproduces rapidly, I think.

「レースフラワー」は総称である。何種類かのレースフラワーを現地でも確認した。いずれも基本的にはセリ科の花で、kolorea、形、茎に棘の有る無しなど、かなりの変化がある。都会では今、案外に流行っているらしい。調べてみると、色は白、ピンク、ブルー、beltza、紫がかったものなどが栽培されているらしい。値段も一本90円くらいから400円近くするものまであるようだ。仮に一本100円として村内に1000万本咲いているなら、10億円のお宝がただ風にそよいでいることになる。もったいないと言っても始まらない。一緒に下北の風に吹かれているのが、最も正しい対し方なのかもしれない。

“Laceflower” is the generic name of some kind of lacy flowers. I find it away. It has several variations on colors, shapes, prickles etc, although basicaly beongs to umbelliferae. In this time it looks popular in a city. It has been planted white ones, pink, blue, black! in many fields. These Prices are about from 90 to 400 yen per each. If it may be sold 100 yen as well, and 10 milion ones in this village, so it makes 100 milion yen. It just waves everywhere by free. But it is just a calculation. In a sense, it may be the best way that you just receive the wind in Shimokita with these laceflowers.

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

Hau da nire lehen txostena ia 2 hilabetetan.。Hainbat arrazoi direla eta, hala nola, lanpetuta egotea eta ondoezik sentitzea,、Ezin nuen lagundu。Komentatu zutenak、Mila esker。

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

Abuztuaren 10etik 23ra Shimokita penintsulako Higashitori herrira joan nintzen, gurasoak bizi diren tokira.、Nire aita bisitatzera joan nintzen New Bon eta nire amarentzat.。Dozena bat zirriborro soil ere egin nituen.。Noizbait argitaratu nahiko nituzke。

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.

Higashitori herriak Shiriyazaki hartzen du, Honshuko ipar-ekialdeko muturra.、Masakari penintsularen ekialdetik goialdera、Aomori Prefeturako bigarren herririk handiena。"Yamase" deitzen da、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、Udan ere, tenperatura maximoak gutxitan gainditzen ditu 30 gradu.。Bestalde, tenperaturak 20 gradutik behera jaisten dira askotan.。

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.

Honela、Tsugaru itsasarteak Hokkaidotik bereizita、Eta kostaldeko eremu fresko eta heze baten ingurune berezia dela eta.、Floraren eta faunaren ekologia berezia ikus dezakezu。Zirriborroak egitean、sentibera bihurtu horrelako gauzekiko。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。(Informazio zehatzagoa lortzeko, mesedez bisitatu Higashitori Village/Oipe)、(Iparraldeko hotelera)

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 or 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)