Nagashi Soumen |
|
| |
|
| |
One day in 2007, I thought I wanted to have nagashi soumen at my backyard. Tanabata, July 7th, was coming up in a couple of weeks. I wasn't sure I would be able to do it, but I started a nagashi soumen project. With help from friends, I was able to set up bamboos for nagashi soumen!
This page describes the steps that I took to make it happen. |
|
| |
|
| I drove down to a bamboo store in Santa Cruz, and got a 8 feet long, 4.5 inch thick bamboo. It was only $20. The 8 feet bamboo was too long to fit in my G35, so I cut it in half there. I brought back 2 4-feet bamboos. |
|
| |
| 2. Split the bamboos across the sections |
|
|
| I was searching for a place where I could split the bamboos across the sections. My friend found a place nearby. They cleanly did the job for a small amount of money. It was very nice. |
|
|
| |
|
| The bamboo was split into half. Very nice! |
|
|
| |
|
|
| I got a chisel from a nearby OSH store and curbed the nodes. Then, I smoothed them out with sandpaper. |
|
|
| |
| 4. Put each bamboo together |
|
|
| I made small holes at the side of both ends. |
|
|
| |
|
| I used ropes to tie up two bamboos. One bamboo went on top of the other bamboo. As you can guess, water floats from the top bamboo to the bottom one. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| I use a ladder and a few tables. I put one bamboo after another bamboo, and made one end higher than the other end. |
|
|
| |
|
Done!
I put a strainer at the end to catch soumen that wasn't picked when I really did nagashi soumen. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| |
(Since 7/10/2007) |
|
