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July 2017
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Generally speaking, sunflower is one of typical flowers that bloom in
summer.
Speaking of sunflower, it looks good with the figure flourishinging with
an
exuberance under the sun in midsummer.
According to the community magazine, now is the best time to view
sunflowers in the sunflower field making effective use of fallow rice fields
in
Fudouhama, Minamiyamada town near my place.
[Now] look good ; 見栄えが良い、似合う、flourish ; 花開く
with an exuberance ; 生き生きと、元気いっぱいに
make effective use of ～ ; ～を有効利用する
fallow rice field ; 休耕田 (fallow ; 休閑中の)
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| My place ➡ Sunflower field in Fudouhama, Minamiyamada Town |
Today in Kusatsu, the maximum daytime temperature is 35 degrees Celsius.
So, I dared to go out to view them at the hottest time of the early-afternoon
under the burning sun.
As usual, I put on my favourite hat and did that by favourite bike ESCAPE.
When I say my favourite bike, I'm not referring to my hybrid bicycle, but
the
same one with a basket in the front side which has recently been normalized
as a city bike for daily life.
When I pedaled along Hama-kaido Road from my place, I got to the sunflower
field in ten and several minutes.
It is located in a portion of the rice fields between two rural communities
lined
with farm houses.
Though Mt. Hiei is a little bit far from the sunflower field, the latter
benefits
from the scenery of the former.
Several of viewers were taking pictures of sunflowers by their smartphone's
cameras or high-grade telecameras.
[Note] dare to ～ ; あえて～する、early-afternoon ; 昼下がりの
under the burning sun ; 炎天下で(に)、Hama-kaido Road ; 浜街道
When I say ～, I'm not referring to ---; ～と言っても--のことではありません
hybrid bicycle ; クロスバイク、be normalized ; 常態化する
city bike for daily life ; ママチャリ
rural community ; 村落、the latter/ the former ; 後者/前者
A benefit from the scenery of B ; AはBを借景(と)している、telecamera ; 望遠カメラ
Pls click the picture to see a full-size version
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The view of the sunflower field in the direction of
Mt. Hiei from Hama-kaido Road (2017.07.31_13:21) |
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Sunflowers at their best in the sunflower field
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First, through the kindness of a girl student who came to see sunflowers by
motorbike, I had my commemorative picture taken with sunflowers behind
me.
[Note] through the kindness of someone ; 人にお願いして
have my picture taken with ～ behind me ; ～をバックに写真を撮ってもらう
This sunflower field is operated by community-based organization, “Group
to preserve the local environment of Fudohama”
[Note] Group to preserve ～ ; ～を守る会
community-based organization ; 地域ベースの組織
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The sunflower field operated by community-based organization,
“Group to preserve the local environment of Fudouhama”(2017.07.31_13:40) |
The fallow rice field with an area of approximatelt 3,300 square meters is
filled with approximately 40,000 full bloomed sunflowers which are dense
enough that their leaves touch among themselves.
They are now at their best and have a lot of large flowers like the sun.
[Note] be filled with full bloomed ～ ; ～で咲き乱れている
Pls click the picture to see a full-size version
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large size of sunflower (2017.07.31_13:33～13:36) |
It's said sunflower has a variety of species.
The species grown in this field is hybrid sunflower.
It is the sunflower with a plant height of 150 cm or so that was developed
for
the formation of a good landscape and also is a less fear of falling down.
[Note] species ; (単・復)種、品種、hybrid ; 交雑種の、fear ; 心配、恐れ
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| Hybrid sunflowers with a plant height of 150 cm or so blooming in the field (2017.07.31_13:30) |
The name sunflower may derive from the impression that the blooming plant
appears to slowly turn its flower toward the sun.
The corolla of sunflowers in this field also point perfectly toward the
east.
It actually has very strong heliotropism, hasn't it?
Its flower language is “I stare at only you.”
I can accept it because of an apposite remark.
[Note] derive from ～ ; ～に由来する、impression ; 感じ、印象
appears to ～ ; ～するように見える(思われる)、point toward ～ ; ～の方(向)に向いている
heliotropism ; 向日性、stare at ～ ; ～を見つめる、apposite remark ; ぴったりした言葉
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| Sunflowers blooming toward the east perfectly (2017.07.31_13:42) |
The rice plants at nearby rice fields already put out their ears.
[Note] put out ; (植物が芽・葉などを)出す、ear ; 穂
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| The rice fields putting out their ears (2017.07.31_13:42) |
I decided to leave here after viewing them for about half an hour.
On the way home, I entered the cafe “Soleiyu” to have a lunch break.
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| Cafe “Soleiyu” (2017.07.31_14:24) |
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Lunch with curried rice and iced coffee
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The proprietress of the cafe was chatting with a woman who is a customer.
She asked me a question, “Where did you go by bike on such a hot day ?”
After I answered her, “I went out to view sunflowers at the field near
here.”,
I had a good conversation with them.
According to her, the fallow rice fields increase in this region due to
an
acreage-reduction policy of rice and the aging of farming community and
thereby the fields in which the weeds overgrow ugly up the surrounding
landscape.
In Fudohama district, the community organization consisting of the
neighborhood association and others lunched mainly a volunteer activity to
creat a good scenery with sunflowers in their community.
Therefore, such a beautiful landscape was created.
The beautiful landscape attracts media attention now and many people also
visit here to view sunflowers from within the prefecture.
[Note] proprietress ; 女性経営者、have a good conversation with ～ ; ～と会話が弾む
an acreage-reduction policy of rice ; 減反政策
aging of farming community ; 農村社会の老齢化
thereby ; その結果、weed ; 雑草、overgrow ; (雑草などがが)生い茂る、はびこる
ugly up ; 見苦しくする、neighborhood association ; 町内会
attracts media attention ; メディアの注目を集める、from within ～ ; ～の内(内部)から
I'm sure fallow rice field in which the weeds overgrow is ugly.
I hope government which has promoted the acreage-reduction policy and local
government with farmers think hard about the fallow field.
I think that there are some ideas in consideration of the characteristics
of the
community.
For example, it's good to creat a good scenery in the community like this
sunflower field, a flower garden as tourism resources and more aggressively a solar
photovolatic power station by installation of solar panel.
I thought about such things while chatting with them.
Well, I was cheered up viewing sunflowers in full bloom over the field
under
the burning sun today.
I intend to do my best without losing to the sunflowers.
[Note] local government ; 地方自治体、think hard about ～ ; ～について知恵を絞る
in consideration of ～; ～を考慮して、tourism resources ; 観光資源
solar photovolatic power station ;太陽光発電所、installation of solar panel ; 太陽パネルの設置
cheer up ; 元気づける、元気になる、lose to ～ ; ～に負ける
Japanese Diary / No.815－2017.07.31 / 「ひまわり(向日葵)」
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