先月のこと、いつも良くしてもらってるようこさんがタケノコ掘りに来ていた。我らは留守で名人の技は見えなかったがコツを教わり初挑戦！

Back to March, Our sensei, Ms.Yoko was here for baby bamboos. We were out and couldn’t see her skills. But she told me how to find them so we tried!

桜が咲く前だけど暖冬の影響で出ていると睨んだようこさん、教え通りに足裏の感覚をフル活用で歩き回る。

It was before Sakura season but Ms.Yoko thought they might be out. And she got a lot! We concentrate on our soles walking around just like Ms.Yoko told us.

中々見つからなかったけど渓が最初に発見！踏んでみて尖った筍の頭の感覚を足裏で覚える自分。少し掘ると出てきた筍～

Well it was hard to feel them on sole. Then Kei found the first one! I put my foot on top to see how it feels.

中々のサイズも発見！

Wow big one I got!

慣れると結構簡単に見つけられ、初めてで頭が出ていない状態にしては大量だと思う。近所に少しお裾分けしてから戻ってから～

We did a good job, didn’t we? Honestly we did great since it was the first time and very early season. We shared some of them to our neighbor then returned.

ようこさんに採りたては刺身でも食べれるし、直ぐに焼けばアク抜きも不要って事で急いで火を起こす。

Ms.Yoko told us that if it freash you could eat them in raw. Also BBQing right away was one of the best.

初の筍、美味しく頂きました～

我らの畑はまだ当分は収穫なし、竹細工や竹炭は生産出来ても食べるものは何にも無かったこの地で初めて採れる食料、本当に感謝！

It was so good~

We’re growing some crops in our garden but no food there yet. I sincerely thanked to this we’re able to get food here. Also we can share this baby bamboos to everyone who help us. Thank you!