みなさまこんにちは、スタッフYでございます。

 

ゴールデンウイーク間近ですね。

今日は仕事に勉強にそわそわして手につかない方も大勢いるのではないでしょうか笑。歩いていましてもどことなく行き交う人も車もそわそわ忙しく行き来いているような気がいたします。先日もこ古美術風光舎の前の姫池通はよくわからないのですが大渋滞でありました。

 

そしてこの時期、頬にうける風さえも「よっ！、ゴールデンウイークどうする？」と、問いかけられているようでして、このウキウキをどう表現したらよいのでしょうね。

 

と、いいましてもこの期間中お仕事をされている方もおいででしょうから、ゴールデンウイークとは言わずこの時期は、春のお出かけシーズンのことを日々考えながらちょっと浮足立ってみましょうか…。

 

といいましても、春のお出かけなんて大それたことを言っていましたが私ですが、ゴールデンウイークは地味なものです。たぶん、自宅の片付けと庭木の剪定と草ひきで終わってしまいそうです。

 

 

 

 

そんな中、先日ですが、所要にて三重県鈴鹿市界隈へ。そんな鈴鹿市界隈を車で通り抜けておりましたら、車窓に一面の茶畑が。

 

ご存じの方もおいででしょうが、実は三重県での茶の栽培は、栽培面積、荒茶生産量のいずれも静岡県、鹿児島県に次いで全国第３位を誇ります。南北に細長い三重県は西に鈴鹿山脈や大台ケ原山地、東に伊勢湾や太平洋などの、山あり海ありの自然に恵まれた地形をしていることもあって、各地で特色のあるお茶が生産されているお茶の産地であります。

 

遠出や旅にはなかなか行けない皆様、このゴールデンウイーク期間中に春を楽しめるわたしのような些細なアイテムがございましたら是非是非教えてください。

 

それではごきげんよう。

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone, this is Staff Y.

 

Golden Week is just around the corner. I’m sure there are many of you who are too busy working and studying to get anything done today. Even when I walk around, I feel as if people and cars are busy coming and going in a fidgety manner. The other day, I don’t know what it was, but there was a huge traffic jam on Himeike-dori in front of Kojyutsu Fukosha.

And at this time of the year, even the breeze on my cheeks is like, “Hey, what are you going to do during Golden Week? What are you going to do during the Golden Week? I don’t know how to express my excitement.

 

However, there are probably people who are working during this period, so let’s not call it the Golden Week, but let’s get a little excited thinking about the spring excursion season….

 

I know I sounded like I was talking about spring outings, but my Golden Week is a very simple one. I will probably end up tidying up my house, pruning the garden, and pulling weeds.

 

The other day, I went to Suzuka City in Mie Prefecture on business. As I was driving through the Suzuka City area, I saw a tea plantation from the window of my car. As some of you may know, Mie Prefecture boasts the third largest tea cultivation area and tea production in Japan, following Shizuoka and Kagoshima Prefectures. Mie Prefecture is long and narrow from north to south, with the Suzuka Mountains and the Odaigahara Mountains to the west, and Ise Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the east.

 

In addition to sencha, which is produced nationwide, “kabusecha” is produced in the northern part of Mie Prefecture and “fukamushi sencha” in the southern part of the prefecture. I also love the deep flavor of Ise-cha and buy it whenever I find myself in the market.

When I give it as a gift to people from other prefectures, they often say, “Ise-cha! Ise-cha is about to be in its new tea season, and I saw some brightly colored sprouts in the tea field.

 

I happened to be passing by, and it was refreshing to see the brightly colored sprouts from the car window as I drove by. It wasn’t a huge event or a trip, but for a moment, I felt like I was enjoying spring to the fullest. The sky, the fresh green tea fields, the music, the fresh breeze…. These were just a few items, but even so, a spring outing seemed like a good idea.

 

For those of you who are not able to go away or travel, please let me know if you have any new discoveries like me to enjoy spring during this Golden Week.

 

Have a good day.