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Nuclear power plant and a windmill / N-power plant and Fan-driven generator

东 通 · 岩 屋 の 風力 発電 / Air driven generator

Recently、I can't hear my right ear (the left ear is normal)。Hearing loss is severe, especially in the human conversation range。There may be various causes、Looking only at the results、You don't have to ask me crap、Maybe it ’s a good thing、I thought half seriously。

The sketch is a windmill for wind power generation in the Iwaya district of Higashidori Village, Aomori Prefecture, and a view of the Tsugaru Straits and the direction of Omazaki (Omazaki is a peninsula that looks like a sketch)、Further behind。I couldn't see it with the naked eye on this day)。right now、This Iwaya area is the place where the wind turbines for power generation are most concentrated in Japan.。Of the windmill、A little over 60m from the ground to the base of the wings。It seems that the diameter of the blade is still a little over 60m、When any of the wings stands vertically、The height of its tip from the ground is huge, reaching about 100m.。From low frequencies when you go by、Sounds of various frequencies felt by the five senses shake the body。

The Tohoku Electric Power Higashidori Nuclear Power Plant is only a dozen kilometers away from here.。While in the same village、One is renewable energy, which is bearing great expectations.、One is a nuclear power plant that is now regarded as an evil incarnation.。Is it a village where angels and demons live together? Honestly、In Japan full of contradictions、For this simple dualism of Japanese people with addiction syndrome (including myself)、I'm so anxious that I can't keep up。2030Mr. Noda, who said that he would promote the abolition of nuclear power plants in the 1980s、I shook myself in less than a week、The Senkaku issue that was so noisy、If the Chinese demonstrations have subsided a little, the coverage will be reduced to a few hundredths.、Has disappeared from the paper。It looks as if Takeshima wasn't there from the beginning。

by the way、I'm also worried about tinnitus in my left ear。So that you don't have to listen to this story、The brain may have begun self-defense。

Sun ban on sea urchin / Open date of the sea-urchin

Sun ban on sea urchin / Open date of the sea-urchin

下北のウニの解禁日の様子。下北半島の海岸といってもなかなか広く、海岸の環境もかなりの違いがある。太平洋岸、津軽海峡側、陸奥湾側、砂浜、砂混じりの岩場、磯、断崖絶壁、波の荒い海、穏やかな海といった具合。これは太平洋岸の白糠（しらぬか）という集落の前海。砂浜と断崖の間の磯という環境。

ここの海は女性や子供でも（体力的な意味で）ウニを採ることが出来る海だ（漁業権がないと採集できないことは他の地域と同じ）。過去には膝までの裾まくりで採れた時代があったという。さすがに今では裾まくり程度では採れないだろうが、ごらんのように腰まで程度の深さ（１ｍ位）なら、今でも十分に採集可能だ。沖を見ると、ウェットスーツに素潜りで採る人もいる。こちらはかなり体力が要る。さらに沖なら舟で採る。

ここのウニの味は抜群。下北の中でも１、２を争う味の良さだ。日本全体としてウニはやはり南より北の方が美味いが（世界的にもそのようだ）、同じ下北でも磯の環境、潮の流れ等の影響で結構ばらつきがあるらしい。利尻島のウニがここの味とよく似ていたような気がする。日本人のように生のウニを食べる国、地域は世界的に見て、どうも多くはないようだ（「ウニの身」という言い方を見たり、聞いたりしたことがあるが、食べる部分は正しくは身ではなく卵である。お盆前後の時期に受精が始まり、殻の中にミルクのような精子が見られるようになる。資源保護の観点からいえば、この時期に採集を解禁するのは将来的に問題がある）。

食べ方としては生食以外に、海外では焼いたり、ソースにしたり、生地に混ぜてパンやケーキのようにして食べるようだ。ウニをベースにアワビやホタテなどを十年物のぶ厚いホタテ貝に入れ、味噌仕立ての卵とじにした「味噌貝焼き（みそかやき）」は一度食べてみる価値が有るだろう。世界全体でみるとウニを食べる人口はかなり少ないようだが、ウニ好きから見れば、あまり流行しない方が有難い。クロマグロのように、需要が増せば、そのうち食べられなくなってしまうに違いない。

ウニは雑食性で、海藻だけでなく魚などの死骸も食べるらしい。しかし基本的には豊かな海藻が無ければウニは育たない。豊かな海藻はきれいな海が無ければ生育しない。つまり海の自然環境を良くすることが、（当然のことだが）安全で美味しいウニを頂くことにつながるということだ。

砂丘湖　/　Sand dune lakes-Wild life Shimokita-6

東通村・大沼
東通村・左京沼
東通村・荒沼

"Sand Dune Lake" is a sandy beach that forms undulations due to the wind.、These are freshwater swamps that are naturally formed when rivers flow into depressions (Sagata, Niigata Prefecture, etc.)。Underwater sand swells up like an embankment due to ocean currents and waves, blocking the exit.、(It is formed differently from brackish water lakes such as Lake Saroma and Hachirogata)。The dune lake itself is a valuable entity that is being lost worldwide.、Creating a biologically valuable environment。

Sand dune lake is a natural freshwater pond in a sandhill. It was shaped by wind. The wind had been carring sand and formed ups and downs, and then water stream into hollow places. It is not only very valuable existence itself in the world but also it gives important environment for biodeversity that’s being lost.

In Higashidori Village、There are many large and small "sand dune lakes" (13 named swamps alone)。Higashidori Village, Sarugamori Sand Dunes, and Back Wetlands have been selected as one of Japan's 500 important wetlands (in fact, it can be said that most of the Shimokita Peninsula has been selected in this way).。This monkey ga forest sand dune (width 1-2 km)、"Shimokita Sand Dunes" is a combination of sand dunes (total length 17 km) and sand dunes that go slightly inland.、Although it is little known, it is actually the largest sand dune in Japan.。The reason it's not known is、Wind and sand protection forests surround the sand dunes.、Things that are difficult for people to see、Most of it is used by the Ministry of Defense and others for ballistic test sites, etc.、This is because entry is prohibited.。

There are many dune lakes in Higashi-dori village. Named lakes are minimum 13s. Salugamori sandhill (1~2 km width, 17 km length) include the rear wetland in this village has selected one of 500 of the important wetland of Japan (Actually most of Shimokita peninsula is selected also). Additionaly, Shimokita sandhill (includ this Salugamori sandhill with the next ones) is really the biggest one in Japan. However almost all japanese don’t know of it. One of the reason is that this place is hidden from the roads by pine grove for protect the wind and the sand. The other one, here is off limited, because this ares has been useing for test site of trajectory of Ministry of Defence (MD).

The dune lake itself is outside the Ministry of Defense area.、Some of them seem to be used for fishing purposes as well.。However, the pine forests used for wind and sand protection have also grown larger.、Many of the roads leading to the swamp are disappearing.。Population decline and aging continue here as well.、No academic research is currently being conducted.。

These are out of the area of MD. A few lakes of it look as useing fishery sometimes but not often. Most of the roads to go there is being lost by growing thickly weeds and pine grove. Creasing depopulation and ageing there. Academic reserch stopped now.

Photos are from top to bottom (arranged from north to south)、Onuma、Sakyo Marsh、Aranuma。The size and depth vary slightly, but they are all in their natural state.。Onuma is a big shrimp、Sakyo-numa is famous for Aegagropila Linnaei.、What happens now that no research has been done?。Aranuma is 1-2m deep.、Brasenia schreberi is being harvested.。

Photo:(above) O-numa. Small river prawn lives in. (midlle) Sakyo-numa. Sakyo-numa is famous for “Hime-malimo” (small moss ball), but how is it now? (bottom) An old woman was picking “Jun-sai” (the water shield) from the water at lake Ala-numa. ※numa means lake or pond. All of dune lakes are Nature.