そもそも自然を相手にしているため　「なんでだろう？」

と思うことは　日常茶飯事なことですが

写真の竹は　昨年１０月に　伐竹（ばっちく）して

倉庫に入りきらず　会社に立てて置いた竹が

今年の１０月の時点で　まだ枯れずに青々としていたため

良材かどうかを見るため　油抜きをしてみたもの

仕上がりはこの通り

美しい！

しかしよくあの暑い夏の中を　腐らなかったものである

どうしてなのか　わからない

The view point of science

As a forester, engage directly with nature everyday, so I have often come to feel the mysteries of nature.
Last year, our company's warehouse was fully packed with bamboos which I had cut from the forest. Therefore, I put a few of them, which couldn't fit inside, against the eaves of the warehouse outside.
A year later, some of them outside had not died and remained fresh.
I tried processing them by removing their oil using a gas and the finish of their surface color was very nice.
But how had they survived from the scorching heat through the summer...