祭だ ！ / Festival

山の神様と感謝祭

先週の日曜日は山の神様へお参りと午後は感謝祭。
ここ綾部中上林、市野瀬の奥の集落市志のさらに山奥まで、雪道を走り、
市野瀬の保有する山の神様の祠にお参り。

そして午後は公会堂にもどり、村人みんなでつくったお餅や善哉、トン汁、さらに鉄板の上では焼き鳥にフランクフルト、しめにはホルモンうどん。
飲み物もビールやお酒なんでもあり。

驚いたのはみなさん若い！そして女性人もよく食べ、よく飲む！！
これが健康の秘訣なのかもと思った一日でした。

またエンターテイメントとして、綾部から太鼓のグループがきて演奏してくれました。

間もなく上林、そして市野瀬に来て１年。みなさんに助けられ、
応援され過ごしてこれました。これからは少しでも恩返しをしていきたい。

Visiting to mountain god and festival for thanksgiving

On last Sunday, we had 2 events. One is that we visited our mountain god.
It was snowy day. so not all people visited, just a few went to pay a visit to small shrine in the mountain.
The shrine is located about 4-5km from Ichinose, our village.we drove off the beaten snow road.

Then in the afternoon, we had party for thanking god for harvest, and thanks to each other for the year.

We had rice cake, red bean soup(sweet), pork and veg soup, Yakitori, sausage,
and so on. and Those are all cooked by local people on that spot. so it makes food tasty more.

As an entertainment, there was Taiko group from Ayabe.
 *Taiko is Japanese percussion.

I was surprised that everyone eat a lot, drink a lot.
I realized that is the reason for good health.

I have been here in Kambayashi, Ayabe almose year, and in Ichinose, almost 11 months.
So far, I couldn't have been here without everybody's help.
Here I say Thank you to everyone. and in Year Second, I will return their favor
a little by little.