（県北）北秋田市 綴子地域／Tsudureko Area, Kitaakita city

平成３０年１月１５日撮影／January 15th,2018

北秋田市綴子の「大太鼓の館」前に盛り上げられた特設の雪田で、今年の米の作を占う雪中田植えの儀式が行われました。

In front of the Tsuzuriko Kita Akitashi “large drum building”, this year's rice harvest divining ceremony took place in an artificially prepared field of snow.

スゲガサとミノをまとって、昔風の田植えを行うのは、自らも米農家であり地域の担い手でもあるＪＡ鷹巣町青年部の小坂亮太さん。今回は駐車場の一角に雪を盛り上げ、１６束の藁を苗に見立てて田植えが行われました。昔は各家々が家の周りの水田で行っていたそうです。参加者約５０名が、今年の豊作を祈願しました。

The person who was seen wearing a sugesa and mino is Mr. Ryouta Kosaka, a rice farmer at JA (Japan Agriculture), who himself, is from a household of rice farmers. For this time around, in one section of the parking lot where snow was piled up, a total of 16 bundles of straw were chosen as seedlings for the rice planting. In the past, people would perform the ritual in the rice fields next to their houses. Around fifty people participated in praying for this year's harvest.

取材：情報発信推進員　七尾清己