This article is by Dominique S. Fevry (Gero-city Assistant Language Teacher, from Quebec Canada). Original article and her blog is here

Sometimes, it takes someone from the outside to make you realize what treasure you truly possess.  Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to host two of my American friends from Minnesota, Angela and Shanda, […]

Maze Nakagiri pimary school’s 10 students (3rd grade, around 10 years old) of the Gero-city  had a fishing related program, which was supported by their grand parents and the NPO Mazegawa Produce. This General Studies program is intended to provide students with real world knowledge based on field work. By having grand paretns involved, it […]

In this post, Japanese text comes first as there is growing interest for Ayu in our river, a few days before opening. Click “PLAY” to see the video below.
21日の鮎解禁を前に、鮎の具合はどうかなということで、ウェットスーツをつけて川の観察に行ってきました。最初にトライした川上地区のキャンプ場付近ではデジカメがうまく使えませんでしたが、2回目の挑戦で、中流部の某所にて映像が撮れました。流れが強いと撮影できないので流芯より岸に近い部分の石です。まず大量の鮎の群れを発見し、その後石には鮎が張り付いてアカを食んでいるのを確認しました。全体的に小ぶりですが15cmほどのものもいます。「PLAY」をクリックするとビデオを再生します。

Now that the official Ayu fishing opening is in a few days (21st June), we did some exploration of our river. Maze river is nationally known for […]