My wife and I made a trip to Malaysia from the end of August to Sept. 5th. I'm writing this article after coming back to Japan. I will compose various writings on the journey just as they occur to me without any organization. Later I'm arranging them in chronological order.
Our eldest daughter lives in Tokyo. We saw her for the first time in 8 months, who looked as if she was living her fulfilling life. We took a walk around the Monzennakacho area, which is one of old streets in Tokyo.
Several houseboats were moored. They were not for private-use. People enjoy the night view of Tokyo from them on the surface of the river, of course with a delicious dinner and some beverages. I'd like to get on board some day. The next picture shows Tsukishima street, which is well-known as the home of monjayaki, about which I can't explain in English so google that, please. It looks like a okonomiyaki, but they are totally different from each other. My wife and I ate some kinds of monjayaki for the first time, and I found that they went well with beers!
By the way, as I walked around after lunch, I came across a considerably old-fashioned police box, Koban, about which I wrote here(link). The signboard on the desk read "This is the oldest active Koban in the Metropolitan Police Department". I wondered at the fact and peered into the room. Just at that moment, someone spoke to me behind. Turning back, he was a real policeman with a big smile. I was afraid of being suspected of a wrongdoer, but it seemed that lots of sightseers did the same thing. The policeman told me to be seated for taking a picture and to observe inside. Anyway, I believe that keeping the neighborhood secure is a fundamental condition for our peaceful life.
(Vocabulary)
writings written just as they occur to one, without any organization
思いつくままにとりとめもなく書きつづった文章
suspect 〈人〉に嫌疑をかける
suspect sb of (doing) sth ＜人＞に＜…＞（したこと）の嫌疑をかける
The police suspect him of murder. 警察は彼に殺人の嫌疑をかけている．
http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2007/07/koban.html
８月末から９月５日までマレーシア旅行をした。この記事は帰国後に書いている。いつものように思いつくままに旅行記を書いて、後で時間の順に並べる。
出発前に東京に住む長女と門前仲町、深川辺りを散策。屋形船の桟橋があった。水面の高さから東京の夜景を眺めながら料理と酒を楽しむ。一度やってみたい。そして通りかかった月島商店街。まだ昼過ぎで人通りは少ないが、名物のもんじゃ焼きの店は混んでいた。今日のお昼はもんじゃ焼きを食べたいと思いここへやってきた。
ここで古びた交番を見つけた。以前、交番についてこのブログに書いたことがある(リンク)。中には誰もおらず、机の上にあった説明を読んで警視庁管内で一番古い交番だと知った。中を覗いていたら後ろから声を掛けられた。本物の警官だった。交番を覗き込むという不審な行為をとがめられたのかとぎょっとしたが、ニコニコしている。どうやら観光地化しているようで、中に入って座って写真を撮るよう勧められた。言われるままに、、、(^o^) 安全な国はいいなあとつくづく思った。
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