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渥美さんは昭和57年9月2日生まれの30才。友達のお父さんが漁師で、あこがれて漁師になった。牡鹿半島の谷川で仕事をしている。
渥美さんが漁を始めてから、うにやほやが取れなかったことはない。でも、震災後はとれなかった。ほやは収穫するまで3年かかる。だから、ほやの収穫は来年からだ。
ほやは7月〜8月に取れるそうだ。ほやの表面にはぶつぶつがたくさんある。その中に特別なぶつぶつが2つあって、一つは口で「プラス」の形、もうひとつはおしりで「マイナス」の形をしている。
ほやはとても変わった形をしている。どうして昔の人はほやを食べようと思ったのか聞いてみた。「食べるものがなくて、おなかがへっていたからじゃないかな」と渥美さんは思っている。ほやのおいしい食べ方は、取ったばかりの新鮮なものを食べることだそうだ。
子どものころは野球選手になりたかった渥美さん。休日は、子どもと遊ぶのが楽しみだ。こども記者に「震災後の石巻のことを子どもの目線でたくさんのひとに伝えてほしい」とメッセージをくれた。
取材・文・写真：山口 莉子（山下小学校４年生）、山口 葵（山下小学校２年生）
2013/06/11
Takayuki Atsumi of Yagawa
Thank you for the delicious “sea squirts”
Riko Yamaguchi，4th Grade & Aoi Yamaguchi, 2nd Grade, Yamashita Elementary School
Mr. Atsumi was born on 2 September 1982, which makes him 30 years old. He was inspired to become a fisherman by the father of his friend who was a fisherman and he works in Yagawa on the Oshika Peninsula. Mr. Atsumi had always been able to gather sea urchins and sea squirts. However, he was not able to gather any after the earthquake and tsunami. It takes 3 years until sea squirts are ready to be harvested so next year he will be able to start harvesting them again. Sea squirts are gathered in July and August. Sea squirts are covered in lots of little bumps with two special ones: one in the shape of a “plus” sign which is the mouth and another in the shape of a “minus” sign which is the rear end. Sea squirts are really strange-looking creatures. Why did the people from long time ago get the idea of eating them? “Maybe they had nothing to eat and were hungry.” Atsumi thinks. Apparently they are best eaten fresh, as soon as they have been gathered. Atsumi wanted to be a baseball player when he was a child and he likes playing with children on his days off. His message to the young reporters writing for this newspaper was: “Please write more articles about Ishinomaki since the earthquake and the tsunami, from the standpoint of children, for lots of people to read.”
(Translation: Angela Maggs, Jennifer Hikari Dixon)