October 16, 2015

Mushroom Workshop in 2015/2015年のきのこ講習会

I learned from this site (Japanese only) that a mushroom workshop would be held on October 14 in Nakago Green Park, Tokamachi City.
このサイトで10月14日に十日町市のナカゴグリーンパークできのこ講習会が開かれることを知りました。
I reached there a little after nine in the morning, and found that the site was already crowded with people. I later learned that there were 211 participants. The workshop began at 9:30.
午前9時ちょっと後に着いたのですが、会場はすでに混み合っていました。後で、参加者は211人もいたことが分かりました。講習会は9:30に始まりました。

Most of the participants went into the mountains nearby, while some took a bus offered by the organizer to go to another mountain. As for me, I decided not to go far into the mountains nearby, and spent most of my time just walking around in the fields.
参加者の多くは近くの山に入り、主催者が用意したバスで他の山に行く参加者もいました。私は、近くの山の奥まで入るのは止め、野原を歩き回るのに時間を費やしました。

I found a very large number of blackish mushrooms on the lawn.
芝生に黒っぽいきのこがすごく沢山生えていました。


I later found they were shibafu uba no kasa. Not poisonous but not good to eat.
後でシバフウバノカサだと分かりました。毒きのこではありませんが、食べても美味しくないそうです。
I also found some puffballs and hedgehog mushrooms, and that was all. I really wasn't in the mood for mushroom hunting in the first place. Besides, the instructor declared in the opening session that the mushroom hunting season was already over this year (and the season for late fall mushrooms would begin soon).
ホコリタケとカノシタを少し見つけましたが、それで終わりです。元々、あまりきのこ採りをする気もありませんでした。それに、開会式で講師は「今年のきのこのシーズンはもう終わった(そして晩秋のきのこのシーズンがまもなく始まる)とおっしゃていました。

The instructor had collected a variety of mushrooms, both edible and poisonous, to show them in this workshop. Mushrooms whose names are written in red, black, and green are poisonous, not poisonous but not good to eat, and edible and good to eat.
講師は、講習会で見せるきのこ(毒きのこも食用きのこも)採取してきました。名前が赤、黒、緑で書かれたきのこは、それぞれ、毒きのこ、毒ではないが美味しくないきのこ、食用で美味しいきのこです。

The bottom center one is doku sasako.
下の中央のはドクササコです。

Caterpillar fungus with its host, stink bug:
冬虫夏草とその宿主(カメムシ):

Buna shimeji:
ブナシメジ:
My son hopes to find this wild mushroom some day.
息子はいつかこの野生のきのこを見つけたいと思っています。

I did learn a great deal from the workshop. At lunchtime, the participants were offered mushroom soup.
この講習会で沢山のことを学びました。昼には、参加者にはきのこ汁が振る舞われました。
Surprisingly, we were offered second helping. Very generous!
驚いたことに、お代わりももらえました。気前がいい!
What's more, a lottery was held!
その上、抽選会も行われました!
My number: 70
私の番号: 70
I got these:
これをもらいました。
One pack each of buna shimeji and nameko.
ブナシメジとナメコを1袋づつ。

***
On this day, I left home well in advance, at 6:30, and went to see this artwork first.
この日は、相当前に(6:30)に家を出て、まず、この作品を見に行きました。
D312 Arch of Life.
D312 人生のアーチ。

Then, I went to Nakago Green Park, where the workshop was held. Nakago Green Park contains several Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale artworks. For example,
それから、講習会が開かれるナカゴグリーンパークに行きました。ナカゴグリーンパークには、大地の芸術祭の作品が幾つかあります。例えば、
K003 Homage to Rachel Carson: Four Little Stories
レイチェル・カーソンに捧ぐ 〜 4つの小さな物語


Other artworks near Nakago Green Park. For information on a specific artwork, go to this page and enter the artwork No.
ナカゴグリーンパーク近くにある他の作品。作品については、このページに行き、作品番号を入力してください。

K007
K013
K012
I did enjoy both mushroom hunting and artwork viewing.
きのこ採りも作品の鑑賞も両方、楽しみました。

4 comments:

Sissi said...

I remember your previous mushroom workshop post (I hope I remember well it was you!) and I always think I'd love such a thing to be organised here...
Look! A Swiss-Niigata link!
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/10/14/lifestyle/niigata-baker-winning-over-swiss-palates-with-traditional-sweets-breads/#.ViFcSnkdt3l
I've seen his breads here I think but never tasted.... now I'm curious!

Hiroyuki said...

Sissi: Thanks for the link.

>They are mostly sold at 3 to 3.5 Swiss francs (¥375-¥437), roughly triple the prices in Japan, but local customers seem to be more concerned about taste than price.

But, aren't they too pricey??? I could never afford them...

Nerd Mom said...

Buna shimeji are one of my favorite mushrooms for takikomi gohan. It helps that they are also very inexpensive here in California.

Re: the pastry shop in Switzerland. Similar shops in California's Japantowns/Nihonmachi usually charge around $2 USD for things like that.

Hiroyuki said...

Nerd Mom: Yes, they are very good in takikomi gohan! They are slightly bitter, so my son prefers hiratake (oyster mushroom), but he hopes to find wild buna shimeji some day, as well as other wild species like shiitake, hon shimeji, maitake, and maitake.