夏の伊那訪問（A Visit to Ina in Summer)

南アルプス登山口に近い伊那の長谷の実家に、ドイツに住んでいる友人が戻ってきているので、7月17日、友人に会いに出かけました。梅雨明けがはっきりせず、雨マークが出ていましたが、高速をれいこさんの運転だから雨は困ると兄達にお願いして、三日間晴らしてもらいました。

On July 17, we visited our friend in Hase village, Ina City, who came back from Germany to take care of her hospitalized father. As the weather was still unsteady at the end of the rainy season, I asked my older brothers to help me keep the good weather. We needed it because Reiko had to drive on a high way after a long interval.

今回は車で移動なので、五世兄も一緒でした。

れいこさんの友人がたくさんの手料理でもてなしてくれました。

This time, Po the 5th accompanied us and Reiko's friend treated us with many delicious (and healthy) dishes.

長谷は高いので、夜は肌寒いくらいで、過ごしやすかったです。

翌日は快晴。畑のオレガノにはモンシロチョウがたくさん飛んでいて、畑では手入れもしていないのにジャガイモがなっていました。この小さなジャガイモは夜、カリカリに焼いて頂きました。

Hase is located on such a high land that we did not need an air conditioner at all. Actually it was so chilly at night that we slept with two covers!

left: Jyly 18 was a fine day.

middle: We found many white butterflies on the field of Oregano.

right: We harvested many small potatoes, which had managed to grow without being taken care of and which we enjoyed at dinner later by loasting with butter.

友人の運転で伊那の深妙寺に出かけました。

門前には大きな蓮畑があって、ちょうど花が見頃でした。

Our friend drove us to Jinmyouji temple in Ina city.

There were big white and pink lotus fields at the side of the parking lot and they were just blooming.

日差しはきつかったけれど、花は涼しげでした。

These flowers made us feel cool though the sun was quite strong.

本殿には紫陽花がたくさん咲いていました。

This temple is famous for tis hydrangeas.

左：水琴窟があって、良い音色が聞けました。

中央：南アルプスもくっきりと見渡せました。

右：仏様があちこちに、紫陽花と共にいらっしゃいます。

left: There was a buried eathen jar which makes sound when water drips into it. We loved its sound!

middle: The whole range of the Southern Alps could be observed from the temple, too.

right: We cound budda stone statues surrounded by hydrangeas here and there.

本殿の裏は大きな紫陽花畑になっていました。

There was a big hydrangea garden behind the main building.

たくさんの種類の紫陽花でもって色々な散策路が用意されていました。

There were various pathes with many kinds of hydrangeas.

左：閻魔様もいらっしゃいました。

中央：竹との風情も良い。

右：蝉の声が大きいと思ったら、すぐそばにいました。

left: Yama, judge after the life, was there, too. We reported him that we were good horses.

middle: A bumboo bush went very well with hydrangea bushes.

right: Cicaders were chirping loudly and we looked around to find them very close on the nearby tree.

お昼は寒天パパの中の蕎麦店、栃の木で百割天ぷら蕎麦を頂きました。

We had a wonderful buckwheat noodle lunch with a set of deep fried vegetables in the restaurant, Tochinoki, in Kantenpapa garden.

食事の後は寒天パパガーデンを散策。

After lunch we enjoyed a walk in the garden.

寒天パパでお買い物をしてから、友人のお父さんを見舞い、高遠のさくらの湯♨️に寄りました。

Later we purchased some items in Kantenpapa shop, saw our friend's father in the hopsital, and then take a nice hot bath in Sakuranoyu hotspring in Takato.

左：夜は、大好きなラムの焼き肉。

中央：翌朝の散策。美和ダムが見下ろせる場所です。

右：ここでも紫陽花が見頃でした。

left:The dinner on this day was a BQ with lamb, our favorite.

middle: On the next morning, we had a short walk to look down the Miwa dam.

right: White hydrangeas were in full bloom, too.

11時半、伊那の箕輪まで引き返して、別の友人に合流。お洒落なお店で、美味しいランチをご馳走になり、彼女が作るお野菜をたくさん頂いて帰りました。

We left Hase to meet our friend in Minowa at 11:30, who invited us to another delicous lunch in a cozy restaurant. She had also harvested fresh vegetables on that morning for us to take.

この日は、また雨予報でしたが、雨は一滴も降らず、兄達に感謝のお土産を持ち帰りました。

They had predicted a heavy rain in the afternoon but we did not have any and came home without any difficulties. My older brothers were, therefore, treated with many souvenirs as usual!