Oginofukuro Kaitaku, Section of village Motai, Wakahatatetsunumagyo Habitat: Carassius auratus inhabits a natural lake that has stagnated in the tuff layer near the border of Miyagi prefecture. It resembles a crucian carp, and some of the fins have a particularly long tail fin, reaching the length of the body.

尾花沢西瓜

【種類】

Citrullus lanatus

【生産地】

山形県尾花沢市荻袋荻袋開拓（○橋尾花沢西瓜組合）

【名前の由来】

The Japanese watermelon was pronounced in the Toon of the Chinese word “西瓜”, and was given this name because it is said to be a Gourd that was introduced from the western part of China (Central Asia). A general term for watermelons produced in and around Obanazawa City (Murayama City, Oishida Town, Kitamurayama District etc.) located in the northeastern part of Yamagata Prefecture.

【主な特徴】

It seems that those who wish to purchase a vacant house in the city have started an initiative to view it with “Virtual Reality” technology from June 2022 as needed. Since there are many cases where it is difficult to preview in winter due to heavy snowfall, it seems that the aim is to improve convenience. I heard that the introduction of “Virtual Reality Preview” is the first time for a local government in Yamagata Prefecture. According to the city, the number of vacant houses in the city is increasing by 30 to 40 every year due to population decline, etc., and it seems that it was 332 as of July last year. Many of the properties are owned by owners and those who wish to purchase them, and in the winter when heavy snowfall occurs, it seems that the schedule adjustment of the preview and the snowplow in advance were betters for the people concerned. The city proposed the introduction to reduce the burden on both buyers and sellers and the city staff as an intermediary, and the VR viewing function was added to the information site of the “vacant house bank” released by the city using the software of a private company. is doing. VR is translated as artificial reality or virtual reality. Although it is not a reality on the surface, it essentially means a reality, and indicates that “an experience that is as close to a real experience as possible can be obtained.” It seems that the real experience feels as if it were real. “Obanazawa City” is located in the northeastern part of Yamagata Prefecture. The altitude is undulating from 70 m to 1,500 m, forming a basin surrounded by mountains such as the Ou Mountains and the Dewa Hills. The area is 372.53 km2 (occupying about 4% of the prefecture area) 140 degrees 25 minutes east longitude and 38 degrees 37 minutes north latitude. Due to the short sunshine hours, low temperature, high humidity, and heavy snow, the Obanazawa Basin is characterized by slow snowmelt in spring and a short farming period. It is known as a heavy snowfall area where the amount of snow can reach up to 2 m even in the plains because the winter monsoon is blocked by the ridgelines of Mt. Gassan and Mt. Gosho and causes a lot of snow. It has been regarded as a key point of transportation since ancient times, and the Ushu Highway runs through the center, and it is connected to the Mogami River via Oishida, two routes that pass through the Sendai Domain, Sabusawa and Karuizawa. Therefore, the whole area of Obanazawa City was regarded as important from the military, and in the Middle Ages, Mr. Nobesawa dominated the area by building Nobesawa Castle (Nobesawa, Obanazawa City: A nationally designated historic site) and holding down important points. In addition, Mr. Nobesawa became economically powerful by focusing on the development of Nobesawa Ginzan (Obanazawa City Oaza Ginzan Shinhata: a nationally designated historic site), and in the “Tendo Yatsudate”（An alliance of nationals led by Mr. Tendo, who governs the area just north of Yamagata. The main forces were Tendo, Nobesawa, Iida, Obanazawa, Tateoka, Nagatoro, Rokuta, and Nariu, with the addition of Hosokawa, Kaminoyama, and Higashine, with the exception of the Mogami Originator.）centered on Mr. Tendo. As the flaghead, he will be hostile to Mr. Mogami (the owner of Yamagata Castle). When the confrontation between Mr. Mogami and Mr. Tendo intensified, Mr. Mogami realized the disadvantage and proceeded with peace, and at the same time, planned the division of Tendo Yatsudate, and many vassals including Mr. Nobesawa looked at Mr. Tendo, and in 1584 Mr. Tendo It falls to the Sendai territory without struggling. After that, Mr. Nobuzawa became an important vassal of the Mogami clan, and the Hasedo Castle battle in 1600; The Keicho Dewa battle and the invasion of Shonai (Uesugi territory) in 1601, In the battle between Kagekatsu Uesugi-Ko (Western Army) and Yoshiaki Mogami-Ko / Masamune Date-Ko (East Army), the name is said to be Sekigahara in the north.）Yoshichika SHIMIZU（Illegitimate child; My mother is Tendo Gozen） (Yoshiaki MOGAMI) He was close to Hideyori TOYOTOMI, the third son of Ko, and was given 20,000 Koku for his achievements in subduing the rebellion or fear of rebellion. In 1622, the main family, the Mogami family, was changed from the Yamagata domain lord due to the turmoil of the house, and Akimasa Nobesawa also became the Higo domain (now Kumamoto city, Kumamoto prefecture) Kato family custody, and the side of the castle town disappeared in Obanazawa city. , Prosper as an economic city centered on the post town. After the Mogami clan was reformed, the area around Obanazawa City was dominated by Tadamasa Torii, who was newly enclosed in the Yamagata Domain. In particular, due to his efforts in the development of Nobesawa silver mine, production expanded and it was counted as one of the three major silver mine in Japan. Obanazawa’s post station is also a consumption area where many supplies are collected and economically developed, producing a large number of wealthy merchants. In 1636, he moved to Obanazawa magistrate’s office (Fumoto Town, Obanazawa City) and became a politically central position, becoming a town with more active commercial activities by handling safflowers. The main camp was also set up in Obanazawa-juku, and many cultural figures came and went. In 1689, Basho Matsuo visited on the “Oku no Hosomichi（The Narrow Road to the Deep North; すずしさを わがやどにして ねまるなり, はいいでよ かいやがしたの ひきのこえ, まゆはきを おもかげにして べにのはな, こがいする ひとはこだいの すがたかな; 曾良 公）” pilgrimage. Since Basho stayed at Obanazawa inn for a long period of 10 days, there are still many Basho-related historic sites in Obanazawa; をばなざは ほとけのみての いとすすき てにとるからに ゆらぐたまのを, such as Yosenji (Fumoto Town: Top 33 Kannon No. 25 Obanazawa Kannon (Tendai sect, Guzeizan) : When Jikaku Daishi visited this region, he learned of the pests of farmers suffering from pests and prayed for their extermination and enshrined Kanzeon. This is the beginning of Obanazawa Kannon. When Ennin visited the area in a pilgrimage, he cut down a large tree himself after receiving a consultation from the residents that the harvest of agricultural products was low due to the shade of many large trees of Haunting, which were said to have a curse when cut. It is said that the statue of Kannon was carved from the sacred tree and made into the principal image. Furthermore, when he prayed for the eradication of disasters and the extinction of pests on the Kannon statue, it is reported that many worshipers came to visit the statue because it became an object of worship because the damage caused by pests had disappeared. After that, he moved to his present location in 1615 and rebuilt the main hall in 1688. In the past, he owned many temple territories and prospered temple luck. In 1895, many temples were destroyed by fire and lost their old view. The current main hall was rebuilt in 1897 and is a wooden one-story building, a hipped roof, thatched roof, Hirairi, with a front ken, the outer wall is made of white plaster, the waist wall is boarded, and the inner camp is The statue of the Holy Kanzeon Bodhisattva, which is the principal image, is enshrined.) and Seifu Suzuki（Known as Hachiemon (third generation), real name is called Doyu, and Seifu is a haiku name. In 1689, famous haiku poet Matsuo Basho stayed at Seifu Residence for three days. Basho is in “Oku no Hosomichi” – 尾花沢にて清風という者を尋ぬ. かれは富めるものなれども, 志いやしからず. 都にも折々かよひて, さすがに旅の情けをも知りたれば, 日ごろとどめて長途のいたはりさまざまにもてなし侍る. He wrote that during his ten days in Obanazawa, Mr. Seifu’s hospitality helped him to relax. Mr. Seifu has been engaged in gold and silver lending while going back and forth between Kyoto and Edo in commercial transactions since he was young, and became familiar with haikai. There is a story about the story of Chief actor in a No play Miuraya Takao;great family name of Edo Yoshihara, a story of having a love affair: When a wholesaler in Edo boycotted safflower luggage, the story was that the safflower was burned down on the banks of the Shinagawa River and became the “safflower blast” of the market with the lord of the Sendai domain, and a story of closing the Daimon of Yoshiwara for three days and three nights and giving rest to all the prostitutes.）’s residence (Nakamachi). City Flowers: Azaleas, gardens, bonsai, etc. are familiar to many people. It symbolizes the personality of Obanazawa citizens who are strong against wind and snow, simple and patient. City Trees: Zelkova, deciduous trees of the Ulmaceae family. It is widely distributed in the East Asian region, and it is said that it grows naturally along the mountainous swamps in the city. Sister City: Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture / Located in the center of Miyagi Prefecture, south of Sendai City, with a gentle plain. It has prospered as a gate town and a post town, but it is developing as an industrial city due to the opening of Sendai Airport in the city. Returning to the story, Obanazawa is one of the most heavy snowfall areas in Japan, and the amount of snowfall can exceed 2 m even in the plains. Citizens have been devising for a long time to coexist with this snow. It is said that they are also researching the utilization of snow, such as snow removal work by the citizens, various measures against snowfall, and experiments on a snow cooling system that stores snow and uses it for cooling in the summer. Snow sometimes shows a beautiful expression. The snowy scenery of Ginzan hot spring, which is lined with wooden inns from the Taisho era to the early Showa era, and the swans that descend on Lake Tokura（At the beginning of the Taisho era, when rice prices continued to rise and open fields were being actively carried out in various places, Tsunetaro TAKAMIYA, who ran a fish shop and restaurant, planned to build an embankment as a reservoir for open fields of about 230 ha. Construction began in September 1919 and was completed in May 1919 with a total construction cost of 195,000（It is estimated that if it is replaced in 2019 from that time, it will be about 1543 times as much as about 300,873,018 yen）yen. In this way, a huge pond with a circumference of about 2.7 km and a water depth of about 5.6 m was born. Completed in 1921 as an irrigation pond.）, a place for citizens to relax. At the Obanazawa Snow Festival, which is held every February, various events using snow are held, and at night, the snow lanterns throughout the city are lit, creating a fantastic landscape. Watermelon: The abundant water brought by the snow and the intense climate of morning and evening, which is peculiar to the Obanazawa Basin, nurture many agricultural products such as rice, watermelon, and buckwheat. Above all, the production of summer watermelon is the highest in Japan. It is shipped all over the country under the “Obanazawa Watermelon” brand, and is characterized by its fresh sweetness and crispy texture. In addition to watermelon, we are also focusing on fattening beef cattle and producing buckwheat noodles. The number of fattening Obanazawa beef cattle is the highest in Tohoku, and the meat grown in the climate of Obanazawa, a snowy country, is marbled, soft and sweet. Obanazawa Soba, which has the largest acreage in the prefecture, has a delicious and fragrant soba noodles. Hanagasa: Lake Tokura, an artificial lake for irrigation located in the center of the city. There are campsites, children’s plazas, hot spring facilities, etc., and it is a place of relaxation for the citizens. This is the birthplace of the nationally famous “Hanagasa Ondo（It was born from the “earthen song; ramming song; festive song” that was sung during the construction of the lake. Frequently there was a call for new lyrics with prizes, and the laborers were enthusiastic about writing lyrics at work, and hundreds of lyrics were born. Takamiya’s ambition, which wished for the development of the local area, has been and will continue to be the Hanagasa Ondo and Hanagasa Dance.）”. During the Taisho era, the prototype of “Hanagasa Ondo” was sung during the embankment work, and the prototype of “Hanagasa Odori” was sent with a shade to the working colleagues. Every year on August 27th and 28th, the “Obanazawa Hanagasa Festival” is held grandly in the city center, and dancers are showing off their wonderful hats. Ginzan Onsen: A hot spring inn town that retains the remnants of the Taisho era. The streets illuminated by gas lights are rich in emotion, and there are various expressions depending on the season, such as fresh greenery, autumn leaves, and snowy scenery. It is popular nationwide as a tourist spot that can be enjoyed throughout the year. A silver mine was discovered in the 16th century and prospered as Kogiyama; Public forest in the Edo period. Currently, it is attracting attention as a hot spring town where wooden three-story and four-story inns are lined up. There are many attractions in the stately and calm townscape, and people visit throughout the four seasons. The watermelon producing areas in Yamagata Prefecture are mostly concentrated in the Kitamurayama area (Murayama City, Obanazawa City, Oishida Town), which is in the northeastern part of Yamagata Prefecture. This area is a basin formed by the Ou Mountains and the Dewa Hills, and the soil is covered with andosols, which are ideal for watermelon cultivation. The climatic conditions are an average annual temperature of 10.5 degrees, an annual snowfall of 1,710 mm, and 120 days of snowfall. In the summer, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the rainfall during the rainy season is relatively small. It is a zone. Yamagata Prefecture is one of the leading fruit tree producing areas in Japan, and is blessed with special fruit trees such as cherries and pears. Is a feature. Obanazawa watermelon is considered to be a relatively new production area nationwide, but in Yamagata prefecture, watermelon is so famous that it refers to “Obanazawa watermelon”. Watermelon cultivation in this area is said to have started around 1953 by a pioneer farmer in Obanazawa City for the Sendai market. After that, with the support of the Obanazawa Agricultural Improvement Extension Center and Agricultural Cooperatives, as a result of efforts to develop technologies such as selection of appropriate varieties and mulch cultivation in the area, the tasty “Obanazawa watermelon” became popular and spread to the neighborhood. Until around the 1990s, watermelons in this area were sold under brands such as “Hanagasa watermelon” and “Safflower watermelon” in each area. Currently, it is sold under the unified brand of “Obanazawa Watermelon”. The share of watermelons produced in Yamagata Prefecture in the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market is the third largest in total for the year, but it is also the largest for the August season of midsummer, making it one of Japan’s leading production areas in terms of quantity and price. Is famous. The planted area of watermelon in the prefecture is about 926 ha as of 2008, but most of this is planted in the area. However, since the planted area began to decrease in this area after 1998, a strong sense of crisis about the survival of the production area of “Obanazawa Watermelon” was born, and it seems that the whole area has started to work together. In recent years, the management area has been expanded and the number of young people who are newly entering the cultivation of watermelon has increased, and the vitality is increasing year by year. It has long been synonymous with good-tasting watermelons in the prefecture, and it seems that it has selected varieties with an emphasis on taste so as not to disappoint consumers’ expectations. There are many varieties of watermelon, but the most suitable one is selected and cultivated according to the land to be produced and the time of shipment. Since watermelon cultivation requires a small number of people to manage a large area, mechanization and labor saving are progressing, but on the other hand, there are still many tasks such as pruning, mating, and harvesting that cannot be done without human intervention. Seems to remain. In the region, in order to make watermelon with good taste, various labor-saving management is still being considered and implemented in addition to the technology that has been carefully selected so far. Autumn mulch cultivation: Since it is one of the most snowy areas in the prefecture, if you try to cultivate and mulch in the spring, you will not be able to secure a working period and the soil temperature will not rise. For this reason, in the fall before snowfall, the autumn mulch technology, which performs fertilization, plowing, and mulching of beds the following year, was developed independently by the production area and is widely used throughout. Improvement of field management technology: Since drainage measures are indispensable for cultivation, field management is carried out in stages according to the growth stage, which is close to full-scale mulch. It takes a lot of effort to level the vast watermelon field. In response to this, we have developed a special tractor attachment that can incline ridges and form drainage ditches in one operation with a local contractor, and it is now in widespread use. Improvement of pruning attraction method: Vine pulling cultivation with stable fruit set requires many years of intuition and experience to organize and attract intricately intertwined vines. In recent years, it is said that the number of “moving tunnel cultivation” that reduces the number of vines and moves the tunnel to the fruit-bearing position has increased. In addition, at the Prefectural Horticultural Experiment Station, we are working on the development of “labor-saving vine cultivation” that has been standardized and improved so that anyone can do it, and its practical application is progressing. Field management (soil preparation and pesticide reduction): Cultivation has been forced to be continuously cultivated for many years, so we are making every effort to make soil. Livestock (fat cattle) is thriving in the jurisdiction, and I hear that ripe compost produced from it is regularly applied to make soil. In order to reduce the application of chemical fertilizers, in addition to working on in-bed fertilizers as soon as possible, various fertilizer application improvements such as utilization of slow-release fertilizers and local fertilizers will be undertaken. Due to the restrictions of open-field production areas in snowy and cold regions, we are promoting the decentralization of planting times depending on the cultivation method and planting area in order to extend the shipping period and level it as much as possible. In recent years, since a certain amount of shipments have been required since mid-August, efforts for late delivery are increasing. Pursuing the original taste of watermelon, we are trying to establish a further brand and creating new demand by effectively utilizing non-standard products. Immediately after the end of the war, which was made for private use and local consumption from the beginning of the land reclamation, the Fukuhara Agricultural Cooperative shipped to the Sendai market and shipped unripe fruits to the total scan. In 1960, production unions were formed one after another at “Oginofukuro” with the aim of selling watermelons. New technology introduction period: From 1964 to 1966, oil raw materials are imported more and more from foreign countries, the United States, Canada, etc. The new technology that began to be introduced at the end of the previous fiscal year has finally become popular, and mulch (small and small mulch 45 cm to 50 cm square) with grafted seedlings Parapin cap, Pocap 9 length (3 m) × (2 m) 150 strains / 10 a, branch-free cultivation It seems that it was. Joint shipments also exceeded 10,000 bags in 1964 and 20,000 bags in 1966. Technological innovation period: From 1967 to 1970, dense planting cultivation 12 length (4 m) × 3 length (1 m) 300 strains / 10 a became common, and at the same time, parent vines, child vines four to five body pruning, continuous mulch and poly Polynations using caps and bees were also attempted. The area increased more than in the previous term, and it is thought that watermelon entered after the soybean field was stopped due to the conviction technology of the previous term. Agricultural cooperatives also expanded their shipping areas with the merger in 1966, and the co-sale volume increased dramatically from 30,000 bags in 1967 to 140,000 bags in 1970. Since 1971, the weather is not good for watermelons every year, the yield has dropped a little, and there is an urgent need to resolve problems such as poor fruit set, vine blur, and continuous cropping problems in cultivation. However, despite these obstacles, it has been evaluated as Hanagasa watermelon and safflower watermelon in the market, and its price is stable and it is evaluated for mining. In addition, for the next leap in watermelon cultivation, farmers are trying to achieve simultaneous fruit set by tunnel cultivation and house cultivation with the aim of technological innovation. As in any upland field, increased food production, followed by raw material production such as rapeseed and soybeans, which was devastated by foreign agricultural products and disappeared, and now as a refreshing food in midsummer. Watermelons have become established, technically overcoming a series of obstacles such as continuous cropping obstacles, and the watermelon production association liaison council formed in each area of the city in terms of production organization was formed in 1970 centered on agricultural cooperatives. The production of Hanagasa watermelon as a selected and unified brand grew steadily, and originally reached 160,000 cases, 250 million. The Obanazawa Watermelon Watermelon Seedling Production Association was formed in 1971, and in 1973 it was possible to produce 360,000 seedlings locally, 60% of the required number of seedlings. It has been cultivated throughout the city since around 1975, and now it has a planted area of about 400 ha and a total yield of over 20,000 tons, making it the main crop in Obanazawa after rice. It is shipped to cities and counties in the Kanto and Kansai regions under the name of “Obanazawa Watermelon” and is very popular. The reason why it is preferred is that the climate is favorable and the environment is ideal for growing watermelons. Obanazawa City, located in the northeastern part of Yamagata Prefecture, is a basin surrounded by the Ou Mountains in the east and the mountain ridges of 1,000 m above sea level from Mt. Shibakura to Mt. There is a large difference in temperature, and it is said that this creates sweetness with a sugar content of 12 to 13 degrees. In addition, the reason why it is delicious is that strict quality control is given at the watermelon fruit sorting plant, and it is based on strict checks. From this, the quality was unified, and the name of Obanazawa, a special production area of watermelon, was positioned all over the country. “Cholesterol” : To peripheral tissues ≒ Ester body.