The 23rd is "frost", which is one of the 24 solar terms and is said to be around the time of frost.
At a park in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, an annual "Komomaki" was held in which straw was wrapped around a pine tree to protect it from pests.
"Komomaki" is a traditional method of wrapping straw-knitted "komo" around a tree trunk to attract pests and exterminate them all at once, using the habit of insects trying to survive the winter in a warm place. It is the work of.
At Tsuruoka Park in Tsuruoka City, it has been held every year during the "frost" period for nearly 60 years, and on the 22nd, the day before the "frost", six people from the Silver Human Resources Center, who were entrusted with the work by the city, We worked as a group of two people.
In the cold wind, the workers cleverly wrapped the 84 pine trees in the park, each with a 50 cm wide and 1 m 80 cm long "komo" with a rope.
Hiroyuki Kamei, a specialist in the Tsuruoka City Planning Division, said, "The pine trees in Tsuruoka Park are protected without dying, so I would like to pass on the fine pine trees to the next generation."
The rolled "komo" will be removed during the "enlightenment" period in March next year.