（県南）羽後町 落合地域

（県南）羽後町落合地域 / Ochiai Area,Ugo Town

令和3年9月22日 / September 22nd, 2021.

９月の落合地域。山あいの２ヶ所に民家６戸が並び、そこには収穫の秋を迎えた田んぼが広がっていました。コンバインが田んぼを往復し、収穫した籾はすぐに乾燥施設に運ばれるよう連携が取れています。

The Ochiai area in September – 6 private houses are lined up in 2 locations near the mountains, where the rice fields were in the autumn harvest. Combines move back and forth between the fields, the harvested rice is immediately transported to the drying facility.

落合保存会が地域活動の中心となっていますが、誰もが積極的に参加し、楽しむことをモットーにして、農道や水路の整備、のり面の除草、花壇づくりなどの行事を行っています。むらを守る山神神社で行う４月（豊作祈願）と１２月（収穫感謝祭）の祭典も楽しみの一つです。

The Ochiai Preservation Group is at the center of these community activities, but with a motto that everyone should actively participate and have fun, the members hold activities such as maintaining the agricultural roads and waterways, weeding the slope, making the flowerbeds. People are looking forward to events such as the festivals of the Yamagami Shrine, which is said to protect the village, held in April (praying for a good harvest) and December (harvest thanksgiving).