noasobi essey scene 15“ Underneath a Beech Tree ”
When my children were in elementary school, I took them to a small camping site in the Tohoku Region, Japan to give them a chance to try some beechnuts.
The site was surrounded by a beech forest, and lots of beechnuts had dropped to the ground.
They were triangular in shape and about 1cm long.
The nuts that my children gathered, I braised in a skillet, and taught them how to break them with their front teeth and eat them.
And once they had tasted them, they continued to beg me for more again and again.
I nibbled on beechnuts, watching the children eat nuts.
It was good to take them out for this, I said to myself.
And every time I see a beech tree, it brings back my fond memories of the day.
Published "Snow Peak Outdoor Lifestyle Catalog" in 2008.
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