Autumn feature “Komomaki” at Korakuen Garden Okayama Oct. 16 12:11
One of Japan's three famous gardens, Okayama City's Korakuen Garden, held an annual “komaki” to protect the pine trees in the park from pests.
“Komomaki” is a traditional extermination method that uses the habit of pests coming down to the ground in order to pass the winter. The
There were about 240 pine trees in the park, and 11 craftsmen from the landscaping company came out on the morning of the 16th and carefully wrapped “komo” around each trunk.
The minimum temperature in Okayama city on the morning of the 16th dropped to 10 degrees and 2 minutes, and visitors visited the “Komamaki” work in front of the winter visit.
A tourist woman who came from the United States said, “I was thinking that it was a work to protect against the cold, so I was surprised to hear that the purpose was to get rid of the pests. I am glad to see work that I rarely see. "
In Korakuen, all the pine trees are covered with “komo” in one day on the 16th and will be worn in winter until they are removed on February 5th of next year.