（県央）男鹿市安全寺地域

（県央）男鹿市安全寺地域 / Anzenji in Oga City

令和元年６月２日 / June 2nd, 2019.

（なまはげ大橋から見る田植え後の棚田）

棚田の風景が美しい男鹿市安全寺地域で、里山の美田オーナー「田植え＆かかしづくり体験」が今年６年目の開催を迎えました。秋田市をはじめ県内各地から約40名が参加し、大人も子どももナマハゲも！？どろんこになって頑張りました。

Anzenji area of Oga City is known for their beautiful terraced rice fields. Owners of beautiful rice paddies of satoyama (mountain villages) participated in "Rice Planting and Scarecrow Making Experience," in which they celebrated the 6th annual event.

About 40 people have gathered from Akita City and other cities around prefecture. Adults and children, along with a namahage (an Akita's iconic folklore figure) as their surprise guest, tried it very hard and got all covered in mud.

「地域外の人が来ると活気づくし、子どもの声が聞こえるのも嬉しい。イベントの準備で集まることが増え、地域の団結力も強くなってます」と地域の皆さん。午後は棚田の守り神「かかし」１５体を作りました。

They said, "we feel energized to have people outside our community come and participate in this event. We are happy to hear children around us. We get to meet up more often to prepare for the event, so we are strengthening solidarity within our community."

In the afternoon, we made 15 scarecrows, guardians of the terraced rice fields.