Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Fun Driving

　　Today was a day-off and I went out for a drive to a restaurant located in the mountainous area. It was about an hour drive from my house. My car has no engines and is driven by electricity, which means the inside is very quiet. You can even hear the birds' sound during driving. Additionally, the car-driving assisted by its autopilot function was unspeakably comfortable.

Virtual Happy Hour

　　Just after my bath, I found a popular TV program on air. You are sure to wonder if the program is a fun one, but actually this program is popular in Japan. In the program, a poet just drinks and eats in small, friendly and neighborhood-based Japanese-style bars, chatting with other customers and employees. To tell the truth, my wife and I have come across him during a trip and I feel familiar with him since then. I came to want to drink with him and took out a Japanese sake bottle which was presented from my son-in-law.

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Brandy

　　One day in the golden week - Japan's consecutive holidays - while waiting for the prep of a bath, I took out a brandy from the rack. This brandy is a souvenir from Armenia. This country is not familiar to ordinary Japanese, but I'm interested in its history. When I was a high school student, I knew about Noah's ark. My high school was established by a Christian body. The place which the ark drifted to was said to be the hillside of Mt. Ararat. No matter if it's a fact or not, the Old Testament tells so, anyway. Mt. Ararat originally seems to have belonged to Armenia, but currently it's located in Turkish territory. I learned about the history associated with Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Let us assume that Mt. Fuji is occupied by some other country, and you'll realize the agony of Armenians. I wonder when the unrest of the Caucasian region will come to an end. I hope the area may become peaceful.
　　Now, the bath got filled with hot water. Shall I get in?

Return Ride From A Business Trip

　　I was asked to cover the Okayama Branch from my company since April and I worked in the Okayama Branch today. I visited there by car last time, but I used a JR train this time. The reason why I chose the train is just for relaxation. It takes more than two hours from Okayama to my home by train. What did I do in the train?
　　On the return ride, I enjoyed a movie on Netflix with my small PC as you can see in the following pictures below. Time flied while I was in the movie world and the train arrived in Matsuyama City in a moment.

Air Out

　　My parents are now in two nursery facilities respectively. Their return to their house is thought to be already hopeless. My wife, my daughter, her husband and I went to my parents' house for its cleaning. Opening the door, the air was damp and heavy, so first off, we opened all the windows and aired the house out. After a while working, we ordered pizzas from a nearby shop. We used my mother's favorite plates, which reminded me of my mother's healthy days. My mother turns 90 this year. I know no one can avoid aging, but I became a little sad.

Newborn Baby's First Visit to a Shrine

　　I'm writing about a long-lasting tradition of Japan, "First Visit To a Shrine".
　　"Newborn Baby's First Visit To a Shrine" is celebrated by his/her parents and grandparents on about the 30th day after birth. As you may know, sunlight is harmful for newborn babies, so about 30 days after their birth, babies can go out for the first time while avoiding the direct sunlight. The parents of the newborn baby take their baby to the shrine to wish his/her happiness on this day.
　　My wife and I accompanied the visit. The baby's paternal grandparents were already in heaven, and five of us including the baby sat down on the tatami mat in front of the Shinto priests to receive purification from them. After the memorable visit, we got seated to a special dinner.
　　We flew to Tokyo, where my daughter's family live, with intensive care against the coronavirus pandemic. Our granddaughter can't do anything now, but I'd like to keep an eye on her growth.

China's Act of Spite Against Taiwan

　　I heard about the recent trouble in Taiwan's agricultural industry. The destination of export of Taiwan's pineapples had been mainly China for a long time, but the Chinese government began to harass Taiwan. This news spread across Japan immediately.
　　Taiwan reached their big helping hand to Japan 10 years ago when the enormous earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan. Japanese people never forget a favor offered by others. Ordinary people in Japan moved to express their gratitude and started to buy pineapples produced in Taiwan. Some importers responded in concert with this movement and the amount of import of pineapples from Taiwan increased to 2.3 times compared with last year. Moreover it seems to expand.
　　I looked for them at a few supermarkets near my neighborhood, but I didn't find any, so I bought the processed pineapples of pineapple cakes, which is shown below, via Amazon. I like this cake originally and bought several packages. I brought some of them to my office and my daughter. Hang in there, Taiwan!

(Vocabulary)
spite [U] 悪意, 恨み= harassment 嫌がらせ
out of spite (for spite とも) 悪意［恨み］から, 腹いせに

Yobuko

　　I arrived at a Japan-style inn. Judging from its location, obsolescence, and structure, the inn would be fairly old, but its location was great. Some inns around my inn were closed. It might be due to the suppression of tourism by the outbreak of the Wuhan virus. There was the bay of Yobuko just in front of the inn and I saw lots of squid-fishing boats. A decent ship in the picture was a packet boat connecting small islands off the coast of Yobuko. Looking at the map, there were lots of tiny islands near Yobuko and I didn't know anything about those islands at that time, but I knew a great real history on those islands on the next day. I'll write about it later.
　　By the way, I have to write about the great dinner. Before that, I felt that the inn served a minimum of what they should offer in normal conditions with a minimum number of workers. The Wuhan virus also hit this inn and they seemed to manage to overcome this harsh reality. Additional orders were not accepted. They would buy in just necessary and sufficient food. Our room was tidy but simple. The time schedule of bathing was a little restricted. HOWEVER, the raw squid was really delicious. I've never seen a translucent squid. How fresh! That's all about why we were in Yobuko. Some squid were moving though their body was cut into small pieces. Those tastes made me feel like visiting Yobuko again.

(Vocabulary)
buy in 買い付ける、仕入れる
simple 〈デザイン・装飾などが〉 シンプルな, 簡素な

宿に到着

名護屋城や有名な武将の陣地跡などを見て、呼子の宿に入った。古い部類の宿である。近くの宿の中には休業中の宿もあった。武漢ウイルスの影響だろうか？部屋で少し仲居さんの説明を聞いた後、散歩に出た。写真は宿の前の海である。イカ釣り漁船が並んでいた。写真に写っている客船は近くの島へ向かう定期船。地図を見ると一部は橋で繋がれているが、小さな離島がいくつもある。ちっぽけな島々、このときは知らなかったが、翌日にその驚くべき歴史を知ることになる。

さて、夕食である。最低限のスタッフで最低限のサービスに徹している感じがした。武漢ウイルスの影響がここにも出ていて、何とかこの時期を乗り切ろうという覚悟が見えた。料理は追加注文は不可。その日に必要な分だけを仕入れているのだろうと思う。入浴時間帯の制限もあった。部屋はきれいに片付いていたが質素な部屋だった。しかし、この地の名物、いか料理は絶品だった。イカは透明で、食べやすいサイズに刻まれていてもまだ足を動かしていた。白くなったイカしか知らなかったのでとてもその透明さに驚き、その味にも驚いた。地元の冷酒はまた格別だった。またイカを食べるために訪れたい、そう思わせる味だった。

 

 

Trip to Saga

　　As I've been feeling confined these days due to the outbreak of the Wuhan virus, I decided to make a trip to Saga prefecture, whose level of the virus's prevalence was about the same as my prefecture. The local government issues an alarm to avoid moving into pandemic areas like Tokyo, Hokkaido, and so on. Saga was out of the alarm areas. My purpose was to visit the Nagoya Castle Remains. FYI, this castle is located in Kyushu and is different from the famous Nagoya Castle in Aichi prefecture in central Japan. The place of the remains is called Yobuko, which is well-known for its famous specialty of squid, which is my wife's favorite.
　　There was some routes for Saga prefecture and I chose the ferry boat between Misaki, the westernmost town of Shikoku and Saganoseki, the almost easternmost town of Kyushu. I spent the last two years of elementary school days at Misaki town, so I felt nostalgic to see and find the change of the streets and other scenes. The picture of the chimney below was shot just before the arrival in Saganoseki. Its of a very famous copper refinery and you can see it from Misaki town. The chimney was towering just the same as 50 years ago. Another picture shows the site of evacuation. I learned that such places were called muster stations during my cruise trip. Is this expression "Emergency assembly point" right?

佐賀旅行

武漢ウイルスによる生活の制限のためなんとも息苦しい。気分転換に感染者数が愛媛県と同レベルの佐賀県へ観光に行くことにした。行き先は名護屋城跡。すぐそばの呼子はカミさんの好物のイカで有名な町。

ルートは愛媛県の西の端から九州に渡るフェリーを利用。この土地は小学校時代に２年間過ごした土地。実に懐かしい。下の煙突の写真は目的地の佐賀関港に到着直前に撮影した。天気が良いと四国側からも見える煙突だ。そして最後の写真は緊急時の集合場所を示した看板。英語の表現に引っかかった。マスターステーションという単語は知っているが、この表現も正しいのかな？

Wine Tasting

　　A wine importer told me that their salesperson would visit several restaurants and bars in my city which serve wine to customers for the purpose of sales and the expansion of their sales channel. The salesperson, who had come by my house before, would like to drop in at my house at that time for tasting wines. As the importer is based in Osaka, which is also an epicenter of the outbreak of the Wuhan virus, I had a little anxiety over infection from him. After due consideration I said ok on the condition of his serious carefulness. My friends got together to taste high quality wines, some of which weren't out of our reach. My wife prepared meals which went well with white and red wines. After tasting, we ordered wines which everyone liked.
　　To my surprise, he left opened wines to us. Those bottles seemed to pass a few days after opening. Even if he brought them back to his company, they would pass the freshness date. Anyway, I was grateful. Naturally we enjoyed them and the dishes. Take a look at the following picture. I've never seen such a scene as more than 20 kinds of wines are open at the same time.

ワイン試飲会

大阪からワインの輸入業者が松山に行商に来た。レストランなどの業者相手の売り込みだが、そのついでに我が家に寄りたいと先月連絡があった。大阪は武漢ウイルスの大流行地で、そこからやってくるということで少し心配はしたのだが、感染に最大限注意するということで我が家に来てもらった。仲間の都合を聞き、今日となった。カミさんが簡単な料理を用意し、準備万端。それぞれ気に入ったワインを注文した。

終わりに、なんと驚くことに、残った試飲用のワインを全て置いていってくれた。開封して数日経ったワインばかりだろうから持って帰っても使えないという判断だろう。ありがたや。言うまでもなく大宴会となった。写真を見て欲しい。同時にこれだけのワインが開いている光景は見たことが無い。

Scar of The War and Engee Chicken

　　On the way back to the town, we found several scars of the war which we didn't notice on the way. Some were the caves for cannons, or ammunition dumps. I understood that this island has been very important as a hub of traffic and military actions.
　　We picked up the local food of Engee chicken, for lunch. We dropped in at a restaurant which put up several banners of Engee Chicken, but there was no customer other than us. A waiter said to us, "There are so many customers here in a usual year." This restaurant was also under the influence of the Wuhan virus.

戦争の痕跡

行きに気がつかなかった戦争の痕跡が注意していると次々に見つかった。砲台跡だったり、弾薬庫だったり。この島は古来より確かに交通の要衝、軍事的にも重要な場所だったのだと実感した。
この日のお昼はインギー鶏を食べることにした。大々的に幟の出ている店に入ったが、閑散としていた。本来は人で賑わっているのだが、、、と店主。ここにも武漢ウイルスの影響が出ていた。

An Old Folk House

　　I came across a signboard of an old historic folk house on the way to our hotel. It was getting dark, but I traced the signboards on the narrow path and got to the house. There was no one, even a caretaker. He/she might not think that someone would come in such a time slot. The house was open to the public. Looking at various folk arts that were actually used for living, I recalled the lives of those days. Their lives would have been inconvenient, though inconvenient lives are not always unhappy.
　　I read a few records about the relationship and communication between the locals and those who were saved from wrecked ships in 16th and 18th centuries. I can perfectly declare that the locals were absolutely kind and I thought that such a characteristic of the locals would never be produced by unhappy lives.
　　We were going to visit some other places tomorrow which we didn't visit yet. Then we were supposed to return our car at the airport and leave the island. The hotel served us local dishes on the last night on the island. Everything was new to us.
　　To tell the truth, I thought that we had already visited all the popular spots at that time, but I happened to find very important sites on the next day. This trip memo will still continue for some time.

(Vocabulary)
caretaker (家・土地などの) 管理人

古市家住宅という看板を見つけたので立ち寄った。種子島の伝統的な家屋できれいに保存されていた。夕方だったためか、観光客など来ないと思ったか、管理人はいなかった。今から100年も前のこの島での生活を想った。さぞかし不便だったろうなあと。宿では最後の夕食。島の名物をいろいろと出してもらった。

Reunion

　　I wrote about my old friend living on this island in the previous entry. We visited a ramen restaurant run by his brother. When we met in the hospital after a 30 years' interval, he and I were on duty, so we made a promise to meet somewhere out of the hospital. He, his wife, my wife and I had a very happy time over his brother's local cuisine. If he hadn't been on the island, I'd not have visited the island. We parted after another promise to see each other again.

旧友と約束をしていたため指定の場所へ移動。実兄が経営するラーメン屋でランチ。懐かしい話に花が咲いた。約30年ぶりの再会である。彼がいなかったら種子島へは来ていなかったと思う。食後、再会を期して別れた。

Maenohama Beach Park and Monument for Drumeltan

　　I found a monument for a cargo ship of Drumeltan's distress at Maenohama Beach Park. There apparently were lots of accidents on the southern sea of Tanegashima Island since long ago. In particular, in early spring and the typhoon season (summer to autumn), lots of ships had been washed ashore on the island. It was not guns only that had been brought by the sea accidents, though most people in Japan think the arrival of guns to Japan as a rare case.
　　According to the description, Drumeltan, which was a British trading sailboat, was involved in a heavy storm on the way from Shanghai to Hong Kong in April in 1894 and was washed ashore on Maenohama Beach. Its 29 crew members were rescued by local residents. The residents devotedly took care of them until they left the island. The British Navy vessels arrived at the island in May and repaired Drumeltan, which was towed to Nagasaki Port in August.
　　The crew finally resulted in spending 4 months on the island. On parting, the crew and the residents said a fond farewell to each other and the crew gave the residents something to show their gratitude. One of them was several chickens which were kept in the ship. Their original birthplace was not known, but they are now called Engee chicken and one of the specialties of the island.As you can imagine, "Engee" comes from "English".
　　Six of the British Navy vessels arrived at the port of the island as early as the next month of the accident. Considering the communication levels of those days, their arrival was extraordinarily early! I wondered about its rapidity and I recalled the Japanese-Sino War which broke out in July in the same year. The Drumeltan was taken to Nagasaki in the midst of the war and even in the battlefield. The navy vessels might have been on a reconnaissance mission to investigate the national power of Japan. The social condition on the mainland was getting worse those days and it was just before the Boxer Rebellion. Then the relationship between Japan and the U.K. ascended to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The wreck of the Drumeltan happened in these times. I'll eat Engee chicken tonight recalling those times.

(Vocabulary)
in distress 〈船・航空機などが〉 遭難した
distress signal 遭難信号
say a fond farewell 別れを惜しむ
reconnaissance 偵察
The Boxer Rebellion 義和団事件
the Anglo-Japanese Alliance 日英同盟












前之浜海浜公園　ドラムエルタン号遭難

前之浜海浜公園に立ち寄ったら、また遭難した船の記念碑があった。調べてみると種子島南方海上は昔から海難事故が多く特に春先や夏から秋の台風期には多くの難破船が種子島に漂着している。漂着したのは鉄砲だけでは無かったのだ。

碑文によると、ドラメルタン号は上海から香港に向う途中暴風に遭い明治二十七年四月、前の浜に漂着した乗組員二十九名のイギリス貿易帆船。地区の住民は乗組員を救助し、彼らが島を離れるまで家を提供するなど献身的に面倒をみたという。翌月東洋艦隊の軍艦がやってきて船の修復を行い、8月16日、ドラメルタン号は長崎へ廻航された。

乗組員たちからは離島の際には別れを惜しんでいろいろな記念品が贈られたという。その中に船で飼育していたニワトリがあった。原産地は不明ながら、イギリスのニワトリということで今ではインギー鶏と呼ばれる島の名産品だ。

東洋艦隊が翌月には到着したというが、当時の通信環境を考えると驚異的に早い。訝しく思っていたのだが、この年の７月に日清戦争が勃発している。その最中に長崎へ回航。東洋艦隊は本国から派遣されたのではなく、元々この辺りにいたのだろう。日本の国力確認のための情報収集かな。この後、支那大陸では義和団事件があり、日英同盟へと繋がっていく、、、、今夜はインギー鶏を食べながら、当時の社会情勢に思いを馳せよう。

Tanegashima Akagome Museum and Homan Shrine

　　The next site we stopped by was Tanegashima Akagome Museum and Homan Shrine. "Akagome" means literally red rice. This type of rice, red rice, has long been planted on Tanegashima Island, and is thought to be related to Javanica rice. The traditional rice in Japan is Japonica rice. Taking it into consideration that Javanica rice is widely cultivated from the central part of Java to its eastern islands, red rice is considered as precious evidence to testify the ancient communication between the island and the far southern areas such as present Indonesia. I didn't know at all about this red rice and learnt lots of things about the island's history in this museum.
　　Homan Shrine was located near the museum and it seemed to have been treasured by local people since long ago, but the time of construction was unknown. The traditional ritual on red rice has been conducted there. The shrine honored Tamayorihime, who was the mother of Jin-mu, the 1st Ten-noh, what you call, Japan's Emperor. FYI, the present Ten-noh is the 126th one.
　　Homan Pond, adjacent to the shrine, was thought to be a part of the sea in ancient times. An old way of hunting for ducks and some legends concerning the pond were handed down to us. I wondered that such a mysterious place existed on Tanegashima Island as it is called the closest island to space thanks to the Tanegashima Space Center.

P.S. We ate red rice in our inn on this or the next day. Its taste was so-so, but our usual rice was far better.

(Vocabulary)
Japonica rice　ジャポニカ米
Javanica rice　ジャバニカ米

たねがしま赤米館と宝満神社

日本の基本的な栽培種はジャポニカ米だが、種子島には古来より赤米と呼ばれる米が栽培されていて、これはジャバニカに近いと考えられている。ジャバニカは中部ジャワから東の島嶼域に広く栽培されている米であることから、南方からの文化伝播を考える上で重要な資料だと考えられている。この資料館でそんなことを学んだ。

近くに宝満神社がある。古くから親しまれてきたが、その成立年代は定かではない。祭神は玉依姫命でここでは赤米の神事が執り行われている。神社の隣にある宝満の池、元は海だったと考えられていて、古来からの鴨猟や伝説が伝わっている。日本最大のロケット発射場を持ち、宇宙に一番近い島と言われる種子島だが、意外にもこんな神秘的な場所があったとは。参考までに玉依姫とは初代天皇である神武天皇の母にあたる。ちなみに現天皇は第１２６代である。

At Port

　　Getting my possessions in the hotel, I headed for the port, but I was exhausted by the extreme heat and fled into Tully's coffee shop. Then I took a taxi to the port, though the distance was only 1 km or so. After purchasing my ticket, I wasn't able to get away from beer! The jetfoils which I saw yesterday was waiting with its wing sunken.

ホテルで荷物を受け取り港へ向かうがやはり暑さに参ってしまった。タリーズコーヒーへ逃げ込み１時間を過ごし、気を取り直して港へわずか１ｋｍ程度の距離だがタクシーで。船のチケットを購入してビールを一杯！　昨日見たジェットフォイルは羽根を沈めていた。いよいよ種子島へ向かう！

Wandering in Kagoshima City

　　I entered Kagoshima city by bus from the airport. About 150 years ago, Kagoshima was a nerve center to drive the Meiji Restoration. I'd like to visit several historic places associated with one of the biggest turning points of Japan. Though I got time for sightseeing by the abrupt change of my flight plan, I didn't have preparations, so I decided to walk around the hotel following the recommendation of the front desk.
　　I dropped in at some places relevant to Saigo Takamori with hasty steps. I passed his statue and reached the place of his death, where he killed himself by committing hara-kiri. I don't have enough knowledge on him to write about him. If you are interested in him, search for his records. He is still an existence to receive adoration and respect from most Japanese people.
　　My feet took me to the port of Kagoshima. Sakurajima, an active volcano and a symbol of Kagoshima, magnificently stood off the shore. I understand that we are restricted to reach its summit for security reasons, and I'd like to come to its foot some day.
　　Then I found two weird-shaped boats moored. That's the boat which I would get on board tomorrow. I checked about these boats on the net and knew that they were an improved version of a Boeing 929 Jetfoil. The whale-tale like parts jutted out from the bow, go under the sea and generate floating power like the wings of planes. Anyway, I was surprised to know that Boeing produced high-speed ships as I assumed that Boeing was an aircraft company. I wanted to go downtown at night, but I refrained and ate a simple supper at the hotel for fear of catching Covid-19.

(Vocabulary)
adoration 熱愛, 敬慕 (文) 崇拝, 崇敬
a look of adoration 敬慕のまなざし

空港からバスで移動して夕方に鹿児島に着いた。鹿児島は明治維新の原動力となった土地柄。そのため、歴史フリークの自分としては訪れたい場所が多い。元々夜の便で到着し、一泊して船で種子島に向かう予定だったので、鹿児島市内の観光については何も考えていなかった。取りあえず、ホテルでもらった観光名所の内、近場を回ってみることにした。

とはいえ、夕暮れまでに数時間しかない。駆け足で西郷隆盛にまつわる場所を訪問した。彼の銅像の前を通り過ぎ、切腹した場所へ。今は石碑が建っている。彼のことを英語で詳しく書く知識を持ち合わせていない。興味を持たれた方は是非、自分で調べてみて欲しい。多くの日本人が尊崇の念をもつ偉人だ。

足の向くまま海岸に出た。目の前には活火山、鹿児島県の象徴、桜島がそびえていた。今は山頂までは登れない。危険があるため制限されている。ただ、麓まではいつか行ってみたい。

さらに当てもなく海岸をふらついていると、妙な形の船を見つけた。これこそ、明日乗る予定のジェットフォイル。この夜、その仕組みを調べていて知った。元々はアメリカ製、Boeing 929 Jetfoilという。現在は日本でライセンス生産されているらしい。舳先の前に突き出ているのが海中に入り、羽根となり揚力を生み出す。明日が楽しみだ。夜は街に飲みに出かけたいところだが、ウイルス対策でホテルでじっと我慢、一人飲み。

An Influence Of The Wuhan Virus

　　I was to leave Matsuyama for Kagoshima on the evening direct flight on July 21st, but my flight was cancelled. JAL didn't announce the reason, but I thought it might be due to the small number of passengers. Finally I moved to Fukuoka, then headed for Kagoshima. It would be one of the influences of the Chinese origin virus. It was before the pandemic when I booked the flight. However, I was able to enjoy two flights without any additional fee. I was happy, as I like flights.
　　The plane which I got on at Fukuoka airport was new to me. Its door was set in the rear and it was curious for me just due to my lack of experience, but as far as the plane is secure, it's no problem. One thing, my seat was next to its propeller. It was a nuisance and uneasy to me that such awfully rapidly rotating equipment was beside me. On-flight service was so-so. Only a wet towel and a small bottle of tea were delivered. CAs were mostly seated to avoid the closeness to passengers.

　夜の便で鹿児島へ移動して、翌日の船便で種子島へ行くつもりだったが昼前に出発して福岡空港を経由して鹿児島へ到着。中国発のウイルスによる減便の影響を受けた。飛行機が好きなので追加料金なく２回乗れたのは悪くは無かったが。
　福岡からの飛行機は初めて乗る機材。後ろからの乗り降りにはビックリしたが、安全で効率的ならどの位置から乗っても問題は無い。ただ、座席は写真のような場所。離陸するとプロペラは視界の妨げにはならなかったが、こんなものがすぐそばにあると落ち着かない。
　機内サービスはやはりウイルスのせいで最小限。写真にあるお茶を飲みながら眼下に広がる九州を眺めて過ごした。

 

Link by Model 3

　　I understand that Tesla Model 3 is selling explosively globally, but it is still rare in Japan. There's no Tesla dealer around, so I get information of my car mainly from several users' groups on the internet. Today, I visited a Facebook friend whom I knew in one of those groups. He runs a steakhouse in the neighboring city. I visited his steakhouse outside his working hours. We had a nice chat. There were lots of wines in his steakhouse, and I'm going to visit there to eat his steak! The following picture was shot in front of his steakhouse.

　テスラモデル３は世界中で爆発的に売れている、と聞いているが、日本ではまだまだ少ない。ネット上で情報交換をするユーザーの集まりがあり、そこを通じて知り合いになった人を訪問した。彼は愛媛県内新居浜市でステーキハウスを経営している。しばらく話が弾んだ。店内には数多くのワインがあった。ホテルを予約して食べに来たいと思う。最後に写真撮影。ただでさえ珍しい車なのに、色までレアな色。

Economy Stimulating Campaign

　　The world over has been thrown into emotional, political and economic turmoil by the Wuhan virus. Its terrible influence is spreading not only among patients and hospital personnel but people engaged in restaurant business and tour business. Under the serious condition of virus origin, my hometown of Matsuyama city launched its original travel campaign for those people who are in trouble.
　　As Japanese people are told to refrain from nonessential move across the prefectural border, the city encouraged "their" citizens to use hotels in Dogo Onsen Spa by offering hotel coupons. Dogo Onsen Spa is one of the popular tourist destinations in Matsuyama and also the oldest hot spring in Japan. I had bathed in Dogo Onsen Spa several times, but I've never stayed at any hotel in Dogo district which is 20 minutes' drive from my house. Using municipal coupons, my wife and I stayed at a gorgeous Japanese-style hotel.

世界中、武漢ウイルスの蔓延で大変なことになっている。患者と医療関係者以外にも影響は拡がっており、飲食業や旅行産業は廃業の危機にある。そんな中、松山市は地元の住人に道後温泉に泊まろうというキャンペーンを開始した。費用の一部を松山市が補助してくれるという。ならばと言うことで道後温泉に宿泊した。道後温泉に入ったことはあるが、宿に泊まるのは初めて。観光客気分で楽しんだ。