投稿の詳細: 桑の実　Mulberry

昔このあたりは桑畑が多く
小学校からの帰りがけに桑のみを
摘んで食べたものだ。
黒く熟しているのだが、さして
甘くもなく、絶好のおやつ
というわけには行かなかった。

その桑畑が消え、りんご畑になり
葡萄畑になっている。
昔須坂は製糸の街として
にぎわい、ここら辺の農家は
みな桑を育てて蚕を飼って
いたものだ。そのころできた
蔵が今でも残っているのだが、
日本で一番新しい蔵作りの
町並みだそうだ。

(桑の木のある畑）

There used to be many mulberry fields around here
and we used to pick mulberries on the way back from
primary school. They were ripe and black in color but
they were not so sweet for kids’ taste.

The mulberry fields had gone and became orchards of
sour apples which have now become fuji apple orchards
and grape vineyards.

Suzaka was once prosperous with silk industry
and the farmers here grew mulberry trees to
feed silk worms with the leaves. The Kura buildings,
Japanese warehouse made by earth were used for
the worm growing still remain here. It is said that
here are the newest kura streets in Japan