たばこの気持ち

The words "You're at your limit? You're just in your head!" written on the T-shirt of Shintaro Sato, a keirin racer from Hanawa-machi, Higashi-Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima Prefecture, are very encouraging.

僕が小さな頃

福島県東白川郡塙町

真夏のチリンコ

鉦の音が遠くから聞こえてくると

僕は5円玉を握りしめ

消防ポンプ小屋前にかけて行く

ポンポンアイスと棒アイスを積んだ風月の自転車がやって来る

そして、71歳になった少年返りしている僕は、今、毎日のようにガリガリ君を楽しみにしている

今日はコーラ味2本

ソーダ味もいい

僕は夏になるとアイスが好きだ

When I Was a Little Boy

Hanawa Town, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima Prefecture

Chirinko in midsummer

When I heard the sound of a gong in the distance

I would grab a five yen coin in front of the fire pump house.

A Fugetsu bicycle loaded with pompon ice cream and ice cream sticks comes along.

And now that I'm 71 years old and a boy again, I look forward to my daily bowl of skinny jeans.

Two cola-flavored ones today.

Soda flavor is also good

I like ice cream in the summer.