【五稜郭サクラ満開、旅ゆけば、NHKに出演】

　さてきのうは既報の通り、週半ばですがお休みを取って道南函館・五稜郭のサクラ見物へ。
　だいたいゴールデンウィークころの連休では、夫婦で五稜郭や松前などの道南のサクラスポット周遊というのがわが家の定番。
　きのうは到着時の函館の気温が10度にも満たず、その上風も強くてダウンジャケットが欲しくなるような肌寒さでありましたが、強い風にもめげず、サクラは全然散ったりせず、しっかりと花が枝に付いている状態。満開時期と言ってもまだ咲き始めというところでしょう。
　ということで毎年来ているサクラと函館山・五稜郭タワーがワンショットで収まるスポットで自撮りなどを始めておりました。
　こちらに来る間に、なにやらカメラクルーのみなさんとは遭遇はしていましたが、気にもせず自撮りしていたのであります。
　そうしたらそのカメラクルーが近づいてきて、「あの、NHKなんですが」と。
　たしかに平日なのでそこそこ人出はあっても夫婦連れというのはあんまり見かけない。そういうことでどうやら白羽の矢が立ったようなのであります。あるいはカミさんのジャケットがけっこうハデ目だったので、人目を惹いたのか。
　取材内容は当然五稜郭の満開のサクラについてで、
　「どちらから？」
　「札幌からです。毎年、サクラは五稜郭がいちばんだと思っているので来ました」
　みたいなやり取り。画面のカットの他にわたしがカミさんを狙ってカメラを向けている様子も撮影されていました。
　で、撮影終了後、
　「きょうの夕方のほっとニュース北海道の枠での予定ですが、札幌の円山公園でも撮影クルーが行っているので、どっちを採用するかはわかりません」
　「絵的にどうなるのか、って言う感じですね」
　という、なんとも気を持たせられるお話し。
　旅の途中なので時間に合わせて録画することはできないので、やむなくその時間はホテルのテレビ画面に向かって動画撮影体勢。家族にも知らせたので、親子で同じ体勢で時間を迎えた。
　気を持たせるお話しでしたが、どうもこのコーナー、天気予報関連時間帯では背景に函館山の様子が映し出されていたので内心、「これはうまくいくと・・・」。
　で、カワイイ女の子とサクラのオープニングカットに引き続いて「絵的に」採用されたようで、都合20秒ほど、夫婦の話し声も含めてオンエアされておりました。
　家族ともSNSなどで同時進行で「やったー」と盛り上がり（笑）。
　やはりサクラの淡いピンクと、背景の五稜郭タワー・函館山の遠景にカミさんの黄色のジャケットが「絵的に」完勝できた要因でしょう。
　寒風に吹きさらされていたので、早めにホテルに入ってゆっくり温泉に浸かって、芯からの寒さを解消させて、夫婦家族一体で歓喜に包まれておりました。


English version⬇

Goryokaku Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom, Traveling with the Goryokaku Cherry Blossom Experts on NHK!
NHK Hokkaido “Hot News Hokkaido” aired me as the main character of Hakodate Goryokaku sakura testimonial!　There was no profit, but the whole family was in a melting pot of joy. .......

As previously reported, I took a mid-week day off yesterday to visit Goryokaku in Hakodate, southern Hokkaido, to see the sakura (cherry blossoms).
　Generally, during the consecutive holidays around Golden Week, it is a standard practice for couples to visit cherry blossom viewing spots in southern Hokkaido, such as Goryokaku and Esashi.
　Yesterday, the temperature in Hakodate was less than 10 degrees Celsius when we arrived, and the wind was so strong that it was chilly and made me want a down jacket. The cherry blossoms were still firmly attached to the branches, and even though they were in full bloom, the blossoms had not yet begun to bloom.
　So I started to take selfies at the spot where I come every year to take a shot of the cherry blossoms, Mount Hakodate and Goryokaku Tower.
　I had encountered some camera crews on my way here, but I didn't pay any attention to them and just took selfies.
　Then the camera crew came up to me and said, “Excuse me, we're from NHK.
　It was a weekday, so even though there were a few people there, we didn't see many couples. So, it seems that we were chosen for the event. Or perhaps my wife's jacket was quite flashy, so it caught people's attention.
　The subject of the interview was, of course, the cherry blossoms in full bloom in Goryokaku,
　Where are you from?
　From Sapporo. I think Goryokaku is the best place to see sakura every year, so I came here.
　And so on. In addition to the shots shown on the screen, they also filmed me pointing the camera at my wife.
　After the filming was over,
　After the filming, he said, “It will be in the Hot News Hokkaido program this evening, but there is also a film crew at Maruyama Park in Sapporo, so I don't know which one they will use.
　I'm not sure which one we'll use.” ‘I wonder how it will turn out picture-wise,’ he said.
　I'm not sure which one we're going to use,” he said.
　Since we were in the middle of our trip, we couldn't record the video on time, so we had no choice but to take video at that time on the TV screen in the hotel. I let my family know about it, so both parents and children were in the same position for the time.
　It was a story to make them feel better, but since this corner was showing Mt. Hakodate in the background during the time related to the weather forecast, I thought to myself, “This is going to work....
　So, following the opening cut of the cute girl and cherry blossoms, it seemed to be adopted “pictorially,” and was on the air for about 20 seconds, including the couple's conversation.
　The family and I were simultaneously excited “Yay!” on social networking sites (laughs).
　The pale pink of the cherry blossoms, the distant view of Goryokaku Tower and Mount Hakodate in the background, and Kami's yellow jacket were probably the reasons for the “pictorial” victory.
　Since we were exposed to the cold wind, we entered the hotel early and soaked in the hot spring slowly to relieve the cold from our core, and we were wrapped in joy as a couple and family as one.

【大阪から２週間ほどで札幌サクラ満開へ】

　見事であります・・・。
　きのうの札幌はなかなかの晴天でしたが、最高気温は中央区では11度ほど。なんですが、日射はかなり強めに推移していました。
　そんな状況でサクラは21日には「満開」宣言が出ております。なんでも道南のサクラの名所、函館よりも早く満開宣言ということだそうです。
　全国的にはやや遅れ気味だったことしのサクラ前線ですが、どうも北海道では観測史上でも史上2番目の早さになったとのこと。それも週の半ばでの満開ということで、ゴールデンウィーク前の今週末が最高の花見好適日ということになりそう。
　4/10に大阪地方に行っていてことしのサクラ初見だったのですが、それからこんなにも早く前線が到着してしまった。道東の帯広でももうすでに開花ということ。
　ことしの冬は積雪も多く、寒さもそこそこ厳しかったとはいえ、そこからの気温上昇は急ピッチ。写真は札幌市西区の幹線道路に面しているサクラですが、本州関西地域のそれに勝るとも劣らない美感で訴えてきてくれています。加齢とともにこういう自然美にまったく弱くなる（笑）。
　実は本日から２日間、休暇を取って道南サクラツアーなのですが、さて、五稜郭などのサクラスポットはどんなふうに迎えてくれるでしょうか？
　ということで、本日のブログは早々に記載して、早朝から出掛けたいと思います。さてと。


English version⬇

Sapporo Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom in Less Than Two Weeks from Osaka
Sapporo is the second fastest city in history to be declared in “full bloom”. I'm afraid that the season is changing so fast that it makes me dizzy, but I will be on vacation for two days starting today. I am sorry for the inconvenience. I will be on vacation for two days from today.

It is splendid....
　It was quite sunny in Sapporo yesterday, but the maximum temperature was about 11 degrees Celsius in Chuo-ku. The maximum temperature was about 11 degrees Celsius in Chuo Ward, but the sunlight remained quite strong.
　Under such circumstances, cherry blossoms were declared “in full bloom” on the 21st. The cherry blossoms were declared to be in full bloom earlier than in Hakodate, a famous cherry blossom spot in southern Hokkaido.
　The sakura front this year was a bit late nationwide, but in Hokkaido, it was the second earliest ever observed. This means that this weekend, before Golden Week, will be the best day to view the cherry blossoms.
　I was in the Osaka area on April 10 and saw cherry blossoms for the first time this year, but the front has arrived so early. Even in Obihiro in the east of Hokkaido, the cherry blossoms are already in full bloom.
　Although there was a lot of snowfall and the cold was quite severe this winter, the temperature rose at a rapid pace from there. The photo shows cherry blossoms along a main road in Nishi Ward, Sapporo, and they are as beautiful as those in the Kansai region of Honshu. As I age, I become totally vulnerable to this kind of natural beauty (laughs).
　In fact, I am taking a two-day vacation from today to go on a cherry blossom tour in southern Hokkaido, and I wonder how Goryokaku and other cherry blossom spots will greet me.
　So, I will write today's blog early and go out early in the morning. Well, let's see.

【謹んで「朝令暮改」します。納豆食継続宣言！】

　昨日掲載したわたしのブログの内容について、謝罪して訂正いたします。
　ある疾病についてSNSなどで納豆が悪い影響を及ぼすかのようなおびただしい情報拡散がありますが、自分自身の体調不良の進行があって、専門の先生への質問・確認をしないまま、いわば「自衛的」に納豆の食習慣を避ける旨、昨日記載してしまいました。
　その昨日、体調が良くなかったので２ヶ月に１回の定期健診より前に先生と面会させていただき、ご指示を承った折りに納豆の件について失礼ながら質問させていただきました。
　そうしたところ先生から「納豆はまったく問題ありません。そういう危険性のある薬剤は投与していません。そうであればキチンと避けるように申し上げます」というキッパリとしたお答え。
　受け取らせていただいたわたしとしては、十分な確信を持たないままブログに書いたことを深く反省しております。そこで、そういった経緯も正直に発信すべきと考えました。
　病名などは明示はしていませんでしたが、読者の方からは推認に基づいた返信もいただいたので誤解は与えた、不正確なことを書いてしまったことを深くお詫びします。
　ということで、数日間納豆は遠ざかっていましたが、本日から再び、朝食のメインメニュー・主役として再度復活していただくことにしました。やはりなんと言っても納豆に申し訳ない。わたしとしてはまさに「断腸の思い」だったとはいえ、惑わされたことに申し訳ない思いでいっぱい。
　で、もうひとつ、写真の「おくすり手帳」についても誤解をしていました。
　お薬手帳アプリというのが出てきて、わたしは軽い気持ちで「あ、これいいっしょ」ということで即採用していました。手帳ではいちいち携行するのが面倒くさいということもあり、忘れることも多いことから、それがスマホアプリに代わるのは合理的と早合点したのですが、昨日、別の薬局でそのように伝えたら、なんとアプリでは薬局によって「使える，使えない」があって、その薬局では使えないということを正確にお知らせいただいた。
　スマホアプリという新システムだからお薬手帳本来の「共通性」はもちろん担保されていると思い込んでいたけれど、実はそういう実態なのだと知らされた次第。これも無知からの誤解。ということでアナログの手帳に再度ご活躍願うことにしました。う〜む、恥ずかしい限り。
　本日は恥を忍んでの自分の「勘違い」２題でありました。誤情報、申し訳ありませんでした。


English version⬇

We respectfully announce our intention to continue eating natto. Declaration of Continuation of Natto Diet!
We obtained a crisp notice from the doctor that "Natto is not guilty for the drug we ordered. We are sorry for the misinformation we sent out, and we will correct it immediately.

I would like to apologize and correct the content of my blog posted yesterday.
　There has been a great deal of information spread on social networking sites about certain diseases, as if natto has a negative effect on them, but due to my own ongoing health problems, I wrote yesterday that I would avoid eating natto as a "self-defense" measure, so to speak, without asking or checking with a medical specialist.
　Yesterday, I was not feeling well, so I went to see the doctor before my bi-monthly checkup and asked him about natto when he gave me his instructions.
　The doctor replied, "Natto is not a problem at all. We are not administering any drugs with such risks. If that were the case, I would have told you to avoid it.
　As the recipient of this answer, I deeply regret that I wrote this blog without sufficient certainty. Therefore, I thought that I should also honestly report such circumstances.
　Although I did not specify the name of the disease, I received some replies from readers based on their assumptions, and I deeply apologize for any misunderstanding I may have caused or any inaccuracies in what I wrote.
　So, after staying away from natto for a few days, I have decided to ask it to return again as the main menu and mainstay of my breakfast again, starting today. After all, I feel sorry for natto. I am sorry that I was misled by natto, even though it was my "desperate decision".
　I also misunderstood about the "medication notebook" in the photo.
　When the "medication notebook app" came out, I immediately adopted it with a light heart, saying, "Oh, this is good, isn't it? However, when I told this to another pharmacy yesterday, I was accurately informed that the app is not available at that pharmacy, because it is not available at all pharmacies. I was informed accurately that the app can be used in some pharmacies and not in others.
　I had assumed that the new smartphone application system would ensure the "commonality" of the medication handbook, but I was informed that this was in fact the case. This is another misunderstanding caused by ignorance. So, I have decided to ask the analog notebook to work again. I am ashamed to say this.
　Today, I am ashamed to report two of my "misunderstandings. I apologize for the misinformation.

【体調管理のため納豆から長芋へ「食の主役」改変】

　みなさん、朝食のお供はなんでしょうか？
　わたしはこれまで写真右側の「朝食セットメニュー」で過ごしてきていました。まぜまぜ系の食材でして、納豆をベースにわさび各種、ネギ刻み、海苔佃煮、なめたけ、そして仕上げに長芋すりおろしを加えて、ごはんのお供としていたのであります。これをメインにあとはカミさんが作ってくれるボリューミーな玉子焼き、野菜あえものなどでおおむね20品目くらいの食材を朝食で摂取したいという健康を考えたもの。
　ところが、最近の体調の変化に鑑みて、管理方針を変更。写真左側のものに変更。って、ようするに「納豆はいいんだけど、わたしのカラダにはちょっと難がある」ということで、納豆を退場させてその分「長芋すりおろし」をメインに据えて、納豆以外のまぜまぜ食材セットはそのままとしているのであります。
　納豆を除外したのですが、これだけのまぜまぜなので、食味にもそう大きな変更感はなく、無事にバトンタッチしてきています。ただ、わたし以外の家人用にこれまでと同じセットも継続して作って提供しております。一種の「生き甲斐」か（笑）。
　やはり人間、加齢してくるとあちこちとカラダから「シグナル」を送ってくる。その都度、主治医の先生にご報告して、総合病院などでの本格的検査チェックを受けてきて、その結果に基づいて先生から適切な投薬などをいただいている。
　他の方からは意外そうな顔をされることもあるのですが（笑）、わたしはそういうことにはまったく、至って従順なタイプですので、ほぼ従って来ている次第。納豆にはなんの罪もなく、わたしの好みとしてはたいへ残念ではあるのですが、朝食のメニューからは退場願った次第。
　そのように食習慣改善をして、さてどうなっているのかは、今後徐々に結果が出てくると思われますが、あわく期待しながら待っていたいと思います。
　人間、一定の区切りを付けたとはいえ、やはり「あれもやりたい、これも」という思いは強い。またそういう「やる気」を持ち続けるのがいちばん大切だと思います。事実、いま着手している構想やプロジェクトは根気と継続性が重要。全体把握だけでももう数週間、かかりきりになっていて、ようやく全体の2/3程度にメドが立ってきた段階。それも「全体把握」だけなので、そこからの作業時間は相当かかるものと思って覚悟しています。
　なにごとも体力が第一。すべての基本とわきまえて、納豆には未練がありますがキッパリ、離れていようと決意をしております。


English version⬇

[Modification of "Mainstay of Food" from Natto to Nagaimo for Physical Conditioning
Sad to say goodbye to natto, a favorite Japanese food. However, a long-time friend called "grated yam" will help us out instead. Health comes first. ...

What do you like to have for breakfast?
　I have been using the "breakfast set menu" on the right side of the photo. I used to eat natto (fermented soybeans), wasabi (Japanese horseradish), chopped green onions, nori tsukudani (seaweed tsukudani), namenake mushrooms, and grated yam to finish off the meal. With these as the main ingredients, my wife would make a hearty omelet and vegetable salad for me, and I would eat about 20 items for breakfast, which I considered healthy.
　However, in light of recent changes in my health condition, I changed the management policy. I changed it to the one on the left side of the picture. In other words, natto is good, but it is a little difficult for my body.
　Although natto was excluded from the set, there was no significant change in taste, and the set has been successfully passed on to the next set of ingredients. However, I have continued to make and serve the same set for my other family members. It is a kind of "joie de vivre" (laugh).
　After all, as we age, our bodies send us signals here and there. Each time this happens, I report it to my doctor and undergo a full-scale checkup at a general hospital, etc. Based on the results, the doctor gives me appropriate medication.
　Other people may look at me surprised (laugh), but I am a very obedient type of person, so I have been following the doctor's orders almost to the letter. Natto is innocent of any crime, and I am sorry to say that it is my favorite, but I have requested it to leave the breakfast menu.
　I will wait and see the results of this improvement in my eating habits with great anticipation.
　Even though we human beings have reached a certain point of closure, we still have a strong desire to do this and that. I think it is most important to keep that kind of "motivation" alive. In fact, perseverance and continuity are essential for the concepts and projects that I am currently working on. It has taken me several weeks just to get a grasp of the whole project, and I am finally at the stage where I have a good idea of about 2/3 of the total project. Since we are only "grasping the whole picture," we are prepared for the fact that it will take a considerable amount of time to complete the project.
　Physical strength comes first in everything. I am still not ready for natto, but I have made up my mind to stay away from it.

【クルマ出現以前、ヒトの自由移動の道具「丸木舟」】

　わたしの年代は日本の戦後社会が起動していく1960年代が青春期。最初の東京五輪に向かって社会が大きく変貌していく時代だったけれど、それは同時に「モータリゼーション」が一般化して行く過程でもあった。わが家は食品製造業で札幌に居を構え、商品の「配送」にクルマが導入されて、事業の拡大に連動してその数が飛躍的に増えていった。
　都市基盤として道路整備が進んで舗装道路が拡張していった。当初は寒冷地用の道路整備の手法に不備があって、冬の間に凍上で凸凹道路被害が頻出した。やがて凍結深度以下までの道路整備が進んで「移動の自由」社会が、本格的に日本列島に根付いていった。
　そういう社会変化の最中に生きてきた人間としては、移動の自由の確保手段はクルマということになるのだけれど、しかし人間社会としては、それ以前、そういう機能を果たしていたものとして一家に一台というように機能していたのは、水上交通を利用した「丸木舟」だろう。
　海の「京町家」といわれる伊根の舟屋の「街並み」海から見る家々のありよう、その海岸線に張り付いた各戸ごとに舟を収容している光景は、まさに現代住宅の「カーポート」さながらだった。
　主に海民文化としての漁撈などに使われたとされるけれど、まことに人類的な「移動の自由」が確保されたものだと目に焼き付いていた。
　今回、大阪豊中の古民家園でこうした丸木舟の展示があったので、ついピンナップした。
　ここでは丸木舟という呼称ではなく「刳舟〜くりぶね」という呼称が冠されていた。「刳」という文字はいかにも「くり抜く」という行為を彷彿とさせる語感を持っているけれど、制作プロセスの開示説明からは非常に直接的な表現と実感させられる。
　上の写真の奥の舟は島根県の「反り小舟〜ソリコブネ」。1970年代くらいまでは島根県の「中海」で利用され赤貝取りには特有の「ローリング」がとても都合が良かったという解説。クルマの「小回りが利く」みたいな「運転感覚表現」と似通っていて、興味深く体感的にも納得できる。
　写真の手前側は奄美大島地方で使われていた「クリ舟（スブネ）」。マツ・イジュ・タブなどの丸木をそのままくり抜いた長さ３ｍほどの小舟で江戸時代後期には200艘地殻が活動していた記録があるという。村人の共同作業で制作されたこの舟で、２−３人乗りでサワラ突き・キビナゴ漁・イカ引きなどの島特有の漁を行ってきた。現代で舗装道路に乗りだして郊外スーパーに買い出しに行く、みたいな生活感覚とも通底するように思ってしまう。
　原初的な人間の「移動の自由」をまざまざと感覚させられる。


English version⬇

Before the advent of the car, the "wooden boat" was a tool for human free movement.
A traditional means of free movement that is metaphorically similar to the modern "personal car. I really sympathize with the unique rolling motion of the boat in the familiar sea, which was used for fishing. I have a lot of sympathy for the "rolling" of the boat in the sea around us.

I was an adolescent in the 1960s, when Japan's postwar society was starting up. It was a time of great social transformation toward the first Tokyo Olympics, but it was also a time when "motorization" was in the process of becoming commonplace. My family was in the food manufacturing business and located in Sapporo. Cars were introduced to "deliver" products, and the number of cars increased dramatically as the business expanded.
　As the city infrastructure was developed, paved roads were expanded. In the beginning, the road maintenance methods for cold regions were inadequate, and uneven road damage occurred frequently due to freezing during the winter. Eventually, roads were built to below freezing depths, and a society of "freedom of movement" took root in the Japanese archipelago in earnest.
　For those of us who have lived in the midst of such social changes, the car is the means of ensuring freedom of movement, but what functioned in human society before that time, as if there was one car in the family, was the "marukibune," a boat that used water transportation.
　The "townscape" of the boathouses in Ine, which are called "kyo-machiya" of the sea, and the sight of the houses seen from the sea, with each house having a boat attached to the shoreline, is just like a "carport" of a modern house.
　The houses are said to have been used mainly for fishing as part of the seafaring culture, but I was impressed by the freedom of movement that was secured in the houses.
　This time, I saw an exhibition of such wooden boats at an old private house garden in Toyonaka, Osaka, and I couldn't resist pinning them up.
　The boats were not called "marukibune," but rather "kuribune," which means "dugout boat. The word "kuribune" is reminiscent of the act of "hollowing out," but the description of the production process makes me realize that it is a very direct expression.
　The boat in the back of the photo above is Shimane Prefecture's "Sorikobune," which was used in the "Nakaumi" region of Shimane Prefecture until around the 1970s, and its unique "rolling" characteristics made it very convenient for catching red clams. It is similar to the "driving sensation expression" of a car, such as "small turn", which is interesting and satisfying from a physical point of view.
　In the foreground of the photo is a "kuri-bune" used in the Amami Oshima region. It is a small boat about 3m long made of hollowed out round pine, iju, tabu and other trees, and there is a record of 200 boats with crusts being active in the late Edo period. These boats were made by the villagers' joint efforts, and 2-3 people used them for fishing such as Spanish mackerel poking, kibinago fishing, and squid pulling, which are unique to the island. It seems to have a similarity to the modern way of life in which people take to the paved road to go shopping at a suburban supermarket.
　It gives us a vivid sense of the primitive "freedom of movement" of human beings.