（県南）横手市 大沢・山内地域／Osawa and Sannai in Yokote city

平成３０年２月２５日撮影／February 25th,2018

県内有数のぶどう産地である横手市大沢・山内地域では、２月１０日から一気に５０ｃｍ以上の猛烈な降雪により、１３日には１７７ｃｍ、ぶどう棚の上に７０ｃｍもの雪が積もり、排雪作業に追われた。雪を寄せても寄せても新たな雪が降り積もる状況である。
平成２３－２４年の豪雪では、ほとんどの棚が潰れ、ぶどうの幹も裂ける被害が続出した。やっと、生産量も回復の兆しが見えてきた矢先のまさかの豪雪である。

Osawa and Sannai area in Yokote city is one of the well known place for its grape production. This place got 50cm of snow on 10th of February and it continued to snow until it gets 130cm on 13th, even the grape shelf got 70cm of snow above the grape shelf. The staff ended up doing snow shoveling over and over again because it kept snowing.

The grape shelf was mostly broken during 2011~2012 because of the heavy snowfall. Moreover, the stem teal damage of grapes was very severe. When the recovery of all the incidence was completed, the another heavy snowfall hit this year.

しかし、これで負けてはいられない。生産者は、美味しいぶどうを求めて来園されるお客様の笑顔を目に浮かべ頑張るしかない。春はすぐそこまで来ている。

However, the producers could not give up on making the grapes. Their only motivation is the priceless smile of the customers. The spring is also most there.

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