Date and time 1 Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:30 to 12:00
②Saturday, November 17, 2018 10:00 to 15:00
Venue 1 10/20: Nishi Ward, Kobe City (20 minutes walk from Seishinchuo, Kobe City)
②11/17: Special venue in the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum building
From 9:30 to 12:00 on October 20 (Sat), the first workshop of the House Building on the South Island, "Let's Make a House with Familiar Nature" was held.
From left, Mr. Sugano (miyadaiku), Mr. Kume (Bamboo Plateau Committee), Mr. Aragaki (the museum Volunteer) from Instructor
Build a house using familiar materials. What does it mean for people to live with nature? This time, I would like to experience a part of it in Kobe while learning how to build an Indonesian-style house.
First is the harvest. People grow rice to eat. In the past, it was used not only to eat, but also to build and live a house, and if it was damaged, it was used as fertilizer until the end, and circulate it.
Nowadays, most of the rice is actually harvested by combine and even threshing. The straw is sown on the ground on the spot and waits for it to turn into compost. "Why shouldn't that?" No, it's not bad. However, in the past, it was used as a roof to protect living during the time before it turned into compost.
Harvest is a collaborative event with Takenodai Elementary School Takenowaraya Project in Nishi-ku, Kobe City. In the rice field where elementary school students planted rice this spring, thanks to the management of Mr. Sugano of Instructor and other caretakers, we were waiting for the harvest time.
Pro of Rice! Mr. Koike of Koike Farm (Kobe Rice Man!)
The previous day, elementary school students harvested first. Bamboo Plateau Area Committee We harvested rice jointly with the members of the straw part. Most people experienced rice harvesting for the first time, but with the great guidance of Instructor, they cut it quickly.
① Start working!
② Carry rice hard!
③ The structure of the old threshing machine is the same as the combine.
④ I got a lot!
⑤ Finally, under the guidance of thatch craftsman, it is straw knot and Hasa gake.
⑥ It was a very good study today. Thank you to everyone in Instructor.
Small children are also participating, so we used modern machines to reduce the work, but we were able to experience manual work using some old threshing machines.
The straw that is carefully cut by hand is longer than cutting with a machine, and you can get good materials even if you roof it. We will dry it for the next two weeks and use it as a home building material next time. I hope that living with familiar nature will be a project where you can feel on your skin.
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