Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Fishing

　　Two anglers were fishing something at the yacht harbor and I chatted with them for a while. I was disappointed with my listening ability for English in the Cotswolds in the U.K. last autumn, and I was afraid that I would not be able to communicate with them, but they talked slowly for me, and the communication was perfect. The yacht harbor looked off limits to the public, but it looks like anyone can step in until 8 o'clock. Their target was sardines. One of them was using a Japanese sabiki, and the other nothing, just only a hook. It was glittering under the morning sun and it might take a jiggle-fishing like role. Their catch were so-so. Each was catching one per 5 minutes though I felt that it would be smarter to use a landing net. Take a look at the following pictures, and you will be sure to think so.
　　I asked them how to cook sardines, but their real target was not sardines. They are going to aim for bigger fishes at the tip of the breakwater over there, but sardines were also edible. My rods might be in my luggage next year or rather a fish net? Anyway, it's not bad to eat deep-fried or grilled sardines landed in Waikiki over beer in my condo next year.

(Vocabulary)
catch [C] (魚の) 捕獲量, 漁獲物
landing net タモ　玉網　a net on a long handle used for lifting a fish out of the water after you have caught it

https://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2018/10/parking-violation.html

ヨットハーバーでは釣りをしている人がいた。朝８時まではここで釣りをしても良いらしい。網ですくえそうに思ったが、一人はサビキ、もう一人は餌を付けないで針だけで釣っていた。キラキラ光るのでルアーのような効果があるのだろう。５分に１匹程度の割合で釣れていた。魚篭を見ると、十分な海水を入れて生かせている。この魚を食べるのでは無く、すぐ先に見える防波堤の先端まで行って大きなサイズの魚を狙うらしい。ここであまりつれなかったらウォルマートにも餌を売っていると教えてくれた。来年は釣り道具持参、ワイキキで釣りをして、つり上げた獲物はコンドミニアムで料理＋ビール、、、なんて良いなあ。でも、釣り竿よりタモがいいかな。（笑）

Yacht Harbor

　　I took a short walk toward the yacht harbor. Some people were preparing for surfing on the breakwater. I wondered if they felt coolness, but it's Hawaii and the seawater would be not so cold at this time of the day.

(Vocabulary)
breakwater 防波堤

　
少し歩いてみることにした。防波堤にサーフィンに向かう人が数名。こんな早朝から寒くないのかと思ったが、ここは南国。大丈夫なのだろう。

Asuka II

　　The morning of 12th. Japan's cruise ship, Asuka II, was supposed to put into Honolulu. I was going to welcome the ship on the pier, but overslept. I don't use an alarm clock in Hawaii. When I get sleepy, I hit the sack and when my eyes are open, I get up here. While I was drinking coffee idly on the balcony, I saw a white passenger ship, glittering under the tropical sunlight, passing on off Waikiki beach to the west. It appeared off Diamond Head and moved westward. The ship was reckoned to leave Kauai island last night, it must have navigated along the northern coast of Oahu. I didn't expect that I would be able to see it from my condo and was surprised to view it from the balcony. I rushed out to the beach to look at the ship as close as possible. There were few on the beach and Port Hilton, which was used for the starting point of various marine tours and the tip of which I wanted to reach, was closed. The first and second pictures were shot from the balcony, and the others were on the beach.

(Vocabulary)
put into〈船が〉＜港など＞に入る
reckon
be reckoned to be sth ＜…＞と見なされている［考えられる］
The Lawsons were reckoned to be very good farmers. ローソン一家はとてもりっぱな農場経営者と見なされていた．

　　
今日は１２日。予定通りならば日本のクルーズ船飛鳥２がホノルル港へ入港する日。出迎えに行きたいと思っていたが、少し寝過ごして６時頃目が覚めた。こちらでは目覚まし時計などという無粋な物は使っていない。眠くなったら寝て、目が覚めたら起きる。バルコニーでぼ～っとコーヒーを飲んでいたらなんとダイヤモンドヘッドの沖から白い客船がやって来た。飛鳥２だ。昨日はカウアイ島にいたはずだからオアフ島の北側を廻ってやってきたことになる。ワイキキから見えることを想定していなくて驚いた。すぐにカメラを持ってビーチへ向かった。ビーチはさすがに人影が少なく、先端まで行きたかったヒルトンポートは閉鎖されていた。この桟橋はいろいろなアトラクションの出発場所となっている。１枚目と２枚目の写真がバルコニーから撮ったもの。３枚目がビーチから。

Tesla Model 3 and Magic of Polynesia

　　I jogged slowly along Kalakaua Street and the Ala Wai Canal before breakfast. My speed might not be called jogging, but I believe it was faster than walking, maybe. Anyway, I appreciated my friends who gave me the joy of running. After breakfast, we visited the Tesla dealer shop. To tell the truth, I had already booked the test-driving of model 3 on 8th. I got along well with a salesperson last year and I just wanted to say hello and "I came back to Hawaii again" to him at that time. However, as soon as I saw a Tesla Model 3 displayed in the shop, I was fascinated and came to test-drive it today. I drove a model x last year and its function concerning the automated driving was beyond my imagination. I knew that the sales of model 3 had started in this June IN JAPAN. The test-driving was only for 40 minutes, but it was enough for me to learn its additional evolution of automated driving.
　　The pictures of tesla cars below were shot on the next day during shopping for souvenirs. I wanted to look and see the real colour and its atmosphere. Why....? Yes, I decided to buy one on this night of test-driving. My present car, a Mercedes-Benz SLK200, is considerably flashy and I would have the next one a little quiet and chose a black one. One thing, my wife didn't know that at that time. She must have been wondering why I came to this parking lot. I get scared with her stern look, so I have to figure out lots of excuses from now.
　　We made an easy non-walking sightseeing from a trolley in the afternoon. The pictures taken from inside the trolley were really good as the weather was clear and the trolley has no windows. No one would assume that these pictures were shot from the car. After getting off, I found surfboard lockers for the first time and I'll show you them below.
　　The last event of today was the Magic of Polynesia. This magic show was apparently very famous in Hawaii. One of my friends invited us and we knew about the show. The dinner was great and the show deprived us of mutual conversation. Coming back to my condominium, still basking in the comfortable and mysterious afterglow of Polynesian magic and dance, I found myself clicking the order button on the Tesla's website over a glass of wine. My simple visiting the dealer resulted in a costly souvenir. Was that ok? Don't care! Just invent excuses! (As for the magic show, picture taking was not permitted.)

Busy Kalakaua Street https://theta360.com/s/hurxgRvxHAJFHKTg1vdatE5RY

朝は軽くジョギング。歩くよりは速いけど、走っているとは言えないほどのゆっくりスピードでカラカウア通り～運河沿いを観光。走ることを教えてくれた仲間に感謝。そして朝食後、テスラのディーラーへ。実は８日の午後、散歩の途中でテスラ試乗の予約していたのだ。８日はセールス担当のスタッフとどこか気が合うので、一年ぶりにまた来たよと挨拶程度に寄ったのだが、モデル３が展示してあり、なんとなく試乗することに。去年はモデルＸに乗り、１時間半ほどのドライブ。その機能に仰天し、今回は今月(６月)から日本向けの販売が始まったモデル３に乗ってみた。約４０分の試乗だったが、更に進化している自動運転機能と維持費の安さに驚愕した。

下に載せている写真は翌日のショッピングの途中、色見に寄ったときに撮ったもの。色見？そう、買うことにしたのですよ。試乗した夜にオンラインで独断で勢いで申し込んでしまった。１週間以内なら自由に変更できるので色を確認したが、地味に黒で行こうと思う。ただ、この時点でカミさんには内緒。恐ろしくてどう話して良いものか分からない。車が届くまでに言い訳を考えればいいかな。(^_^;)

午後はレアレアトロリーで楽ちんな市内見物。撮った写真は全てトロリーから撮ったもの。天気は快晴で窓がないから車内から撮ったとは思えないほどクリアな写真になった。ワイキキを歩いていてサーフボードロッカーを見つけたので一枚撮影。こんなの初めて見た。

そして夜、今回の旅の目玉の一つ。マジック・オブ・ポリネシアというマジックショー。とても有名なマジシャンによるショー。名前からして日系人かな。豪華なディナーの後、言葉を忘れるほどの不思議さに圧倒された。観客を巻き込んだショーはやはりプロ中のプロのマジシャンだった。この余韻に浸りつつ、部屋でワインを飲んでいて、エイヤーっとクリックしてしまった結果がテスラ、、、あ～～こんなんで良いのか？高価なハワイ土産になってしまった。（マジックに関しては撮影禁止でした。素晴らしいショーは頭の中に記憶しました。）

Fern Grotto and Opaekaa Falls

　　Our next destination was Fern Grotto in Wailua River State Park. It was literally a fern covered lava rock grotto located on the fork of the Wailua River. This grotto was framed as a holy site for ancient Hawaiians a long time ago, but it was used for ordinary peoples' weddings until recently. After a big hurricane in 1992, however, it has been on the brink of collapse and the tourists weren't allowed to approach the cave. Our guide listed up the Japanese celebrities who celebrated their weddings here and I knew some of them. There was no access road to the grotto and we utilized one of the boat tours which were given by several boat companies. The breeze blowing on the boat going up Wailua River in the jungle was really comfortable.
　　Leaving the romantic attraction, our car stopped by Opaekaa Falls on the way to the airport, but the falls were ordinary, nothing special to me. I wanted the tour company to be more concerned about the time distribution. When our minivan passed the biggest spiritual ruin of ancient Hawaiians, I pointed it out and asked the guide about that, and then she started to talk about the ruin, "Heiau". I wondered if the guide might be slighting her work.
　　Though I didn't see even a half of the island, I had to leave the island. Kauai island was a very rural and peaceful place. The lives on the island would be stress-free, but if I lived on this island, this island would get old soon. There remains ancient nature in the northwest area of the island. If you want to visit there, it takes a week on foot and you have to charter a boat or a chopper. I get seasick in a small boat and am acrophobic. What can I do? Anyway, I wish I could be back on the island again.

(Vocabulary)
fern シダ (シダ目の植物の総称)
grotto 小さな洞穴, 洞窟
slight to offend someone by treating them rudely or without respect:
　
River Tours https://theta360.com/s/q1rhWfQc4mdFlw6Kji8dE8SaO
Wailua River State Park Fern Grotto https://theta360.com/s/bkT07OHD7fu0z1J8OZrFpf2mG
jungle https://theta360.com/s/rLXNjaeeqrDCxNF8G83vJoUBU
jungle2 https://theta360.com/s/fAYtQ5NEM6D0uTaoZipOayFNI
Fern Grotto https://theta360.com/s/kxZNgMrdNUBtFpjT43k4A57Ym

　
次に向かったのはワイメア渓谷と並んでカウアイ島を代表する観光スポット「シダの洞窟」。シダに覆われた溶岩洞窟。古代人にとってとても神聖な場所とされ、以前はここで結婚式を挙げることも出来たそうだが、今は、崩落の危険があり立入が禁止されている。ガイドがここで結婚式を挙げた日本の有名人の名前を列挙したが、知っている人が何人もいた。この場所へは道路が無く、ボートでやってくるしかないのだが、南国のジャングルの中を進むボート上は風があって涼しく、快適だった。
　
その後、車でオパエカア滝へ。この滝は特に感動無し。それよりも途中に古代ハワイアンの聖地ヘイアウが残っていることを知っていたので立ち寄るのかなと思ったがパス。ガイドに問うとヘイアウの説明を始めた。このガイド、仕事をさぼっているのではないかと少し腹が立った。
　
島の半分も見ていないが、帰りの飛行機の時間がせまって来た。空港に向かう車の中で考えた。カウアイ島はとっても田舎。ここに住むのはのんびりはするだろうけれど、刺激が少ないかなとも思う。島の北東部分には人跡未踏の土地がある。歩いてはいるには数日を要するため、その自然を堪能するには船で向かうか、ヘリコプターとなる。船酔いするし、高所恐怖症の自分には歩くしかないのだが、十分な時間も取れない。さてどうしたものか、、、まあ、また来ることにしよう。

Lunch

　　Our lunch was prepared at Naupaka Terrace Restaurant in Kauai Beach Resort. The restaurant was good, but our lunch was a kind of a box lunch and wasn't so good. After lunch I walked around the restaurant for a while and took pictures. Take a look at the following pictures. The following urls also show this facility. I believe that the scenes of the tropical island would surely fascinate you.
　　I felt that time was passing slowly. As opposed to the hotels and restaurants in Waikiki, the atmosphere around here was really serene. If you go out of the resort, you'll find nothing but nature. I found myself on the beach and was overwhelmed by the vast magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean.

https://theta360.com/s/g7Wf2hgFLeBpFK7w1SuQ4x3Jo
https://theta360.com/s/mjjtUyaeU8MmpthV2UynRIU08
https://theta360.com/s/qclYeOIn7jLU92Ry7Iu4cRPw8

　
豪華なリゾートホテルで弁当をいただく。ツアー客用の特別メニューだと思う。ちょっとしょぼい。レストランは閑散としていたが、プールは賑わっていた。宿泊してのんびりしている人たちだろう。時間がゆっくりと流れている。ただ、この辺りリゾートの外へ出ても何も無い。ワイキキと好対照のリゾートだが、こんなところへ滞在するのも悪くない気がした。一人歩いてほとんど誰も居ないビーチまで出て見た。広い海に圧倒された。

Kauai Coffee

　　I didn't know about Kona coffee produced in Hawaii island before my first visit to Oahu, but coffee beans were cultivated also on Kauai island. This coffee shop was run by local farmers and offered us several kinds of their products for free. The shop was so cramped with lots of tourists and I refrained from shooting inside. There was a vast garden and coffee bean farm around the shop. I took a walk for some time to look closely at various kinds of trees unknown to me.

ハワイに通い始めるまでハワイで良いコーヒーが採れるとは知らなかった。ハワイ島が有名だが、カウアイ島でも栽培されていた。この店では観光客向けに無料で各種のコーヒーが提供されていて、何種類かをいただいた。店内の撮影をしたかったのだが、観光客でごった返していて断念。ホノルル空港などで買えるというので日本へのお土産にすることにした。コーヒーショップの外にはコーヒー園が拡がっていた。しばし庭を散策。名前も知らない木があちこちにあった。

Soto Zen Temple

　There was a temple of Zen Buddhism adjacent to the armory which I stepped into in all innocence. I asked our tour guide about this temple later, and a funny story came back. The Buddhist monk of the temple originally came from Kitami city which is located on the Okhotsk coast of Hokkaido. He visited his hometown apparently in winter and he told her that Kitami city wasn't suitable for human life. All of us laughed to hear that. It's natural for him, the inhabitant of Kauai island, to think so.
　We had some time before lunch and our minivan headed for a coffee shop run by a local coffee farm. I happened to see a Tesla car passing by us on the way. I really want to have one now. The car was Model X, whose cost was about $120,000 and beyond my reach. To tell the truth, I test-drove it last year in Honolulu and I had been fascinated. It's very rare in my hometown, but I often see them in Honolulu. It's U.S.-made and my frequent encounter with them might be natural. I'm writing about the shop in the next entry.

そうとは知らず立ち入った武器庫の隣には曹洞宗のお寺があった。後でガイドに尋ねると、ここの住職は北海道の北見市出身で近頃一時帰国したらしい。たまたま真冬だったらしく、あそこは人の住む土地では無いと言っていたという。それを聞いて一同爆笑。確かにカウアイ島に住んでいたら北見市は地獄に近かったろう。

さて、ランチに行く前にすこし時間があるという。それで地元のコーヒー生産農家がやっているコーヒーショップへ寄ることになった。道中テスラを発見し撮影した。地元松山市では滅多に見ないのだが、ハワイでは時折見かける。アメリカ産だから当たり前か？。

Around a Souvenir Shop

　　We reached a souvenir shop through a deserted-looking area. A slew of traditional rural crafts made of Niihau seashells were laid out inside, but I didn't have any interest in them at all and I felt I wasted my time as others apparently thought so. I wanted our tour guide to take time to stop by other historic sites like the landing point of James Cook, the ruin of a Russian fort to protect their trade, and so on.
　　I didn't want to waste time in the shop and took a short walk around the shop. I found a beautiful tree, which I hadn't seen in Japan, in front of the shop across the street. I crossed the street and sneaked into the facility through the fence to look closely at the tree. After coming back to Japan, I noticed the letters "HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY" in another photo. I was relieved to know that I had not been challenged by the guard.

(Vocabulary)
armory
1 (集合的に) (国・軍隊の) 兵器, 軍備 [同意] arsenal
2 武器庫 [同意] arsenal

家屋のまばらな道路をしばらく走って土産物店に入った。ニイハウ島の貝殻の使われた民芸品が並んでいた。僕には全く興味が無く、他の客もそうだと思うが無為に時間を使った気がした。こんな時間が取れるのなら先ほどの記事に書いたクックの銅像などによって欲しかった。

で、暇なので外の景色を見て回った。店の向かいに見たことの無い木があったので道路を渡り、塀の中に忍び込んで撮影した。帰国後に別の写真で建物に書いてあった文字に気がついてぞっとした。HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD ARMORYとある。よくぞ見とがめられなかったものだと安堵した。

Niihau Island

　　I saw Niihau island through the window while climbing down. Our tour guide started briefing us on the island. The seashells from this island seemed to be characteristic of the island. After some Japanese entertainer knew of the seashells and made them popular, lots of Japanese people apparently come to buy them, though I didn't know anything about that. The guide was talking only about seashells on Niihau island. I wanted to know about the Niihau incident, especially the opinions of local people on it. She talked with a mask-like face, which you see in the faces of the patients of Parkinson syndrome. I felt uneasy, or scared, and I didn't ask her about the incident.
　　Getting back to about 80 years ago, military planes which took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and got some damage, and weren't able to return to the aircraft carrier, were designated to make an emergency landing on Niihau island and wait for the arrival of the rescue submarine. A zero fighter which was controlled by a young pilot from Imabari city, near my hometown made a crash landing on the way back from Pearl Harbor. While he was sitting unconscious, confidential papers and his handgun were stolen by one of the locals. He tried to take them back, but negotiations didn't work and his lonely war against local people broke out. The rescue unit didn't show up for some reason or other. The news about Pearl Harbor traveled to this island and the conflict got fiercer. A Japanese American happened to be staying on the island at that time. He was moved by the pilot's speech about his mother country, Japan. He cooperated with the pilot and fought the locals, but they were eventually killed.
　　The U.S. Government placed an emphasis on this incident. Japanese Americans who pledged that they shall follow the U.S. rules can easily become genuine Japanese back. The public opinion insisted that Japanese Americans should be taken into custody. Japanese Americans who were living in Hawaii were sent to the mainland and a regiment consisting only of Japanese Americans was formed, which was that famous 442 regiment. The 442 regiment rescued lots of U.S. soldiers in France who were surrounded by German troops and were living on borrowed time or on the brink of annihilation. This regiment is known for the highest rate of mortality in U.S. military history. A man from this regiment lost his right arm in the fight and became a senator in after years. His name is now added on the international airport in Honolulu. I joined my hands in prayer seeing Niihau island from the minivan, for the sake of the young pilot, Nishikaichi and his co-worker, having a hatred for people who had loved the war at the same time.
　　The following pictures were shot by myself. The 1st one is Niihau island. The second and later were shot last year in the Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor. They show the zero fighter at the crash landing site.

ワイメア峡谷から山を下る途中でニイハウ島が見えた。ガイドがニイハウ島の説明を始めた。日本の芸能人が注目したということでこの島の貝殻が有名なのだそうだ。貝殻の話ばかりしていた。そんなことより、ニイハウ島事件について地元の考えを聞きたかったのに一切触れず。パーキンソン症候群の患者のような仮面様顔貌で話すガイドが少し不気味でこの事件のことは質問できなかった。

真珠湾攻撃の日、機関故障などで空母まで戻ることの出来ない攻撃機の一時避難場所がニイハウ島に設定されていて、戻れない場合はこの島へ不時着して救助の潜水艦を待つことになっていた。そして、今治市出身の若者の操縦する零戦が一機不時着した。気を失っている間に機密書類と拳銃が島民によって盗まれ、それを取り返すべく、彼のたった一人での戦争が始まった。救助の潜水艦は何かの理由で現れなかったのだ。ビジネスでたまたま島に滞在していた一人の日系アメリカ人が彼に協力したが、真珠湾攻撃のことがこの島へとやがて伝わり、大きな闘いとなり、二人は結局戦死する。彼はパイロットが熱く語る母国への想いに感動し、彼に味方したのだ。

アメリカ政府はこの事件を重く見た。アメリカ市民として誓いを立てたはずの日系人は、いざとなると日本人に戻ってしまう。日系人を隔離せよ。日系人を信用するな、、、、ということになった。ハワイの日系アメリカ人は本土に送られ、日系人だけの連隊が組織された。その４４２連隊はヨーロッパ戦線でドイツ軍に包囲され全滅直前の米軍部隊を自らの犠牲を顧みず救出した。米軍の軍隊史上、今なおもっとも被害の大きかった部隊である。その戦闘で片腕を無くした男がいる。後に上院議員となった英雄である。今、ホノルルにある国際空港に彼の名前が付けられている。ニイハウ島に向かって同郷の英雄に手を合わせた。戦争を望んだ連中を憎みつつ。

下の写真は今回の旅で自分が撮ったニイハウ島の写真と、去年訪れた真珠湾にある航空博物館に展示されていたニイハウ島の事件現場に残されていた零戦の残骸。

Waimea Canyon

　　Leaving Spouting Horn Park, our minivan ran through a sparsely populated area and started climbing up the hill toward Waimea Canyon. There were several tourist spots on the way, like the statue of James Cook and his landing point, the ditch which was said to have been built by legendary indigenous people, the former Russian fort, and so on. I learned in advance the history and the geography of the island and knew of the existence of the above tourist spots. I hoped that our minivan would stop by on the way back, but passed them. It was really regrettable. We had enough time to see them.
　　By the way, Waimea Canyon was spectacular. It seemed to be called Hawaiian Grand Canyon, and I thought it acceptable. The oldest island of the Hawaiian islands of Kauai was abundant in nature, and I enjoyed seeing its scenery. The sky was clear today, but I wasn't able to view the summit of the highest mountain of Kauai island from the lookout. The tour guide told us that it's only a few days for even local people to see its summit. However I saw its summit about noon for only 10 minutes or so. I was apparently lucky.

潮吹き公園を出てほとんど家の無い市街地を通り抜け、我々はワイメア渓谷へ向かった。途中、キャプテンクックゆかりの場所や銅像、伝説に伝わる水路、ロシア人の築いた砦などをパス。帰りに寄るのかなと思い、往路では気にとめなかったが結局帰りもパスした。時間が無いわけでは無かったのに。キャプテンクックの銅像の周囲には観光客の姿もあり、ここに立ち寄らなかったことで、無表情で淡々と喋る日系人と思われるツアコンに不満が残った。

さて、ワイメア渓谷は予想通り圧感。ハワイのグランドキャニオンと呼ばれているらしく、またそう呼んでもおかしくは無い景観だった。ハワイ諸島で一番古い島と言われるカウアイ島。ゴツゴツとした地形、海岸で見た黒い岩、カウアイ島の自然を堪能した。天気は快晴だったが最高峰の頂上は見えない。ガイドによると見えることは年に数日しかなく、それも短時間とのこと、、、、それが昼過ぎに１０分間ほど顔を出した。幸運なことだったらしい。

Spouting Horn Park

　　A minivan which was waiting for us at the airport picked us up and then other groups at their hotels, then headed for Spouting Horn Park located on the southern coast. It was a rocky and rugged terrain, which was one of the characteristics of ancient volcanic activities. Several cavities were formed in the rocks. Seawater flew in it and blew up in the air from the small hole which was naturally made by the falling down of the ceiling of the cavities. It was a spectacular scene along with the blue ocean.

(Vocabulary)
spout (容器などの) 注ぎ口
a spout of sth ＜水・溶岩など＞の噴出
spout
spout from sth〈液体・炎などが〉 ＜…＞から噴き出る
…を噴き出す
[他]〈クジラが〉〈潮〉を吹く;[自] 潮を吹く

空港に迎えに来ていたミニバンに乗り、２グループをホテルに迎えに行き、まず着いたのが、潮吹き公園。火山活動によって出来た島の特徴でもある、ゴツゴツした岩と空洞。この空洞に波が入り込んで起こる自然現象。なかなかの迫力だった。そして、感動的な青い海！

Take Off

　　The boarding waiting area was unexpectedly crowded. They didn't look like tourists and I asked our tour guide about them. They were public service workers, especially medical personnel. They live on Oahu island and commute every Monday morning and Friday evening. Our tour guide was originally from Okinoerabu island, and her original house was used as a location site of the NHK drama "Segodon".
　　Looking outside, I found a jet passenger plane, a Boeing 717, which I got on-board for the first time. I imagined before boarding that passengers on the seats near the engines would have to put up with the heavy noise of engines, and I found myself on such a seat in the plane. Just after starting running, I found a few military planes on the apron. Judging from their characteristics, folded tip of wings, I assumed that they were the transport aircraft, C-17. According to the post-trip study, Hickam Air Force Base is located adjacent to Daniel K Inoue International Airport and the runway was shared by both.
　　Thanks to the right engine right next to me and the right wing, my sight was restricted, but I could see the westernmost tip of Oahu island. I hoped that I would get the remote seat from the engines on the return flight, though seats in the back rows had no windows and I was luckier at least than those.
　　The plane landed smoothly at Lihue Airport on Kauai island. The sky was clear, which was an indication of a fantastic day.

カウアイ島行きの待合は意外に込んでいた。ツアコンに尋ねると、月曜日は込むとのこと。観光客ではなくて、ホノルルに住んで周辺の島に勤務する公務員、特に医療関係者が多いのだとか。月曜の１便で他の島へ移動し、週末に帰ってくると言うパターン。ところで、ツアコンの女性は沖永良部島の出身。実家はＮＨＫのドラマ「せごどん」で使われたとのこと。

待合室から外を見ると駐機しているのはボーイング７１７。初めて乗る機材だ。エンジンの横は喧しいだろうなあと想像していたら、座席はまさかのエンジンの横。短距離なので我慢するしかないか。離陸直前、軍用機が目に留まった。羽根の先が折れ曲がっている特徴から、多分輸送機Ｃ－１７だろう。後日調べてみると隣接地にアメリカ空軍のヒッカム空軍基地があり、滑走路をホノルル国際空港と共有している。エンジンと羽根のお陰で景色は今ひとつだったが、オアフ島の西端が見えた。帰りの飛行機がエンジンの横でないことを祈った。僕の後ろは窓さえもないのでそれに比べるとまだ良いが。

カウアイ島のリフエ(Lihue)空港に到着した。天気は快晴。良い一日になりそうだ。

Kauai island tour

　　I'd like to visit all the Hawaiian islands open to the public in the not so distant future and started with Kauai Island. We joined a Kauai island tour with some of our friends. A chartered van picked us up at our condominium at 5 o'clock am. After picking other customers up, we were taken to Daniel K Inoue International Airport which was renamed two, three years ago from Honolulu International Airport after the name of a war hero. As you can imagine from the surname,he was a Japanese American. Japanese who had settled in the U.S. had to go through hardships, but gradually came to be valued in the long run. I'm going to write about their life in this trip memo later. The destination of other guests in the same van was Hawaii Island and it was our group only to head for Kauai island by Hawaiian Airlines. This was my Hawaiian Airlines debut and the following picture shows the Airline's check-in counter.
　　On the way to the boarding gate, there was a monument apparently honoring Japanese American soldiers. I was really sorry that I didn't have enough time to elaborately read its descriptions.

いずれ、ハワイ諸島のうち旅行者に開放されている島全てを巡りたいと思っているが、まずはカウアイ島から。友人たちとツアーに参加した。朝５時過ぎにツアー会社のバスが迎えに来た。いくつかのホテルに立ち寄り客をピックアップしてホノルル空港へ。この空港は最近ダニエル・Ｋ・イノウエ空港と改称された。ハワイ出身の英雄の名にちなむ。名前からわかるように日系２世である。ハワイに移住した日本人は辛い生活を強いられるが、努力を重ね、評価されるようになる。ハワイの日系人の歴史についてこの日の最後の方の記事で書くつもり。ピックアップされた他の客は皆ハワイ島で、カウアイ島へ向かうのは我々だけだった。写真は初めて乗るハワイアン航空の隣の島へ向かうグループ客用カウンター。

搭乗口前の途中に日系２世の軍人のモニュメントがあった。ゆっくりと見ている時間は無かったが、彼らの活躍を讃えるためのものだろうと思われた。

Guests to our condominium

　　Today is 9th. My friends who gathered last night went to Pearl Harbor for sightseeing and were supposed to drop by my condo in the afternoon. A friend who acted separately visited us and we went out for shopping for the afternoon party. Just a simple shopping in a strange city is also one of the amusements of overseas travel. We found several stuff whose names we didn't know, and we didn't understand how to eat some of them. Two women in the following pictures were struggling to cook party dishes with unfamiliar food. They are preparing raw sausages, which they assumed to be pre-heated at the supermarket, but they found them raw after unpacking. They were thinking how to cook them. They were apparently good chefs and all the dishes were delicious including the sausages. It was really regrettable. After the party, we went out for a walk to Waikiki beach. A hula performance was being held in a public space in front of the beach. I was fascinated by the elegant dances.

　　 　




　

高所恐怖症の僕はいつも壁際(^_^;)
https://theta360.com/s/bclnEtNHFa2qdiflQtTZleq0W
ホノルルの我が家へ来てくれた友人たち、まずはラナイ（バルコニー）からの景色を楽しんでいます。
https://theta360.com/s/nsZk8RJv5CNebZNi8MpGYLNIG

昨日の仲間のほとんどは９日、パールハーバー観光へ行き、帰りに我が家へ寄るという。昼前にメンバーの一人がやってきて、一緒に買い物に行った。昼からのパーティー準備。海外で普通のスーパーマーケットに寄って買物をするのもまた楽しい。珍しいものを見つけたり、これはどう使うのだろうかと考えたり。写真の中で調理しているのは生のソーセージ。買ってみたら生だった。で、どうやって中まで熱を通すか二人で思案中。幸いうまくいって料理はどれも美味しかった。その後、みんなでワイキキ方面へ散歩に出た。お祭り期間中で、広場という広場では何らかのイベントがあり、ワイキキビーチ前ではフラショー。優雅な踊りにしばし見とれた。

 

Lahaina Noon

　　Do you know the natural phenomenon called "Lahaina Noon"? It's observed in the area between the south and north Tropics, and the status that the sun is located accurately right over or at the zenith. The following picture was shot on the way to the Tesla dealer. The shadow of palm trees was really small. The sun was over my head. Someone who was shooting this scene told me about Lahaina Noon. FYI, the spring lahaina noon was at 12:29 May 27th this year.

(Vocabulary)
tropic (Tropic とも) 回帰線
the Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn 北/南回帰線
zenith (成功・人生などの) 頂点, 絶頂; (専門) 天頂 (天球上で太陽・月が達する最高点)

ラハイナ・ヌーン（英語: Lahaina Noon）という用語をご存じですか？太陽が真上から射す状態を言い、南北回帰線の間の地域で見られるものだとか。写真はワイキキで下車して戻る途中に撮ったもの。影が異様に少ない。太陽が真上。同じように写真を撮っていた方から、ラハイナ・ヌーンという言葉をこのとき聞きました。今年の春のホノルルでのラハイナ・ヌーンは５月２７日（月）12時29分だったとのこと。

 

Tesla

　　I change clothes at least three times a day. Just being outside, I perspire heavily. I jump into the sea or pools at that time. I brought two swimming trunks, but didn't have enough. The washing machine works often. My wife was busy cleaning the room up and drying laundry, as several friends would visit us in the afternoon. As for me, I covertly visited the car dealer of Tesla. My wife is afraid of my buying the tesla car. I walked along Kalakaua Street, the main street in Waikiki, and stopped by the tesla shop to see and say hello to the salesperson whom I had met last year as we knew each other. I asked him to test drive the newest tesla car, model 3 on 12th.

こちらでは一日に３回くらい着替える。外を歩くとすぐに汗をかくし、すぐ目の前が海なので、またプールもあり、涼むために水に入る。海パンは２枚持って来ているが、足りないくらい。この日はカミさんは部屋の片付けに洗濯。午後、来客があるので忙しい。僕は一人でカミさんには内緒の秘密の行動、、、テスラのディーラー訪問だ。ワイキキの街中を散策しながらテスラの店に向かった。そして、顔見知りのセールスマンに１２日の試乗を予約。

Social Gathering

　　Japan has its original calendar and era names, such as Showa, Heisei, Reiwa, and so on. I was born in 1958, and this year falls on Showa 33th. People who were born in this year have been gathering for about fifteen years and holding a party four times a year, on March 3rd, June 6th, September 9th and December 12th. The coincidence of the number of the month and day is derived from the 33th of Showa. I joined this group 5 years ago, or so. In relation to the school year, people who were born in between April 1958 and March 1959 belong to the group.
　　It seemed that a special party in Hawaii had been planned a decade ago, which would commemorate the turning 60 of all the members. The d-day was set on June 6th in 2019 after all the members would turn 60. The age 60 originally means the starting of the living on a pension in Japan, but 60-year-old people are generally vigorous enough to continue to work. Most members weren't able to get day-offs contrary to expectations and it was only 10 people or so that were able to join the party. Today is the d-day. It should be June 6th, but it was changed to Saturday, 8th to make it easier to join the party from Japan.
　　The venue was a restaurant called Kai Market adjacent to the beach in the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. When I entered the hotel, I found a signboard welcoming a company trip from our hometown. It was the Ehime branch of Toyota and apparently the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the branch. Admiring the leading company's employees' trip, we headed for the restaurant. The sky was blue and it was only a step to the brilliant sea. There were so many kinds of dishes and I was busy enjoying them and forgot to take pictures. All the participants ate a lot,drank a lot, and some danced the hula. Most people were supposed to visit Pearl Harbor on the next day and then come to my condo, so we stopped by a supermarket on the way back and prepared beverages for tomorrow's party.

(Vocabulary)
venue (会議・競技などの) 会場, 開催地

What 60-year means in Japan:
https://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2012/10/reunion.html

　

Shot by my whole-sky camera:
https://theta360.com/s/psywobrJ9n70qspevD0iRBFey
https://theta360.com/s/sH96xe45JNR4SF8gTMws5GZSS
https://theta360.com/s/bPhLoTivXY98axAQLWWyTy9ey

日本には独特の年号がある。それで言うと、僕の生まれは昭和３３年。この３３年生まれの同年の集まりがあって、毎年３月３日、６月６日、９月９日、１２月１２日に集まっている。

全員が節目の６０歳（多くは年金生活に入る）を迎えた記念にハワイ旅行をしようという計画が１０年くらい前からあったらしい。６０歳というのは一般的に年金生活に入る年齢なのだが、実際６０歳になってみると、定年後も働いている人が多く、参加は１０名あまりの少人数となってしまった。そのそのパーティーが今日。本来なら６月６日なのだが、日本から参加しやすいように少しずらし、６月８日の土曜日に開催することになった。

場所はシェラトンワイキキホテルのビーチに接しているカイ・マーケットというレストラン。ホテルの入口で地元愛媛に関する看板を見かけた。トヨタの愛媛支店の慰安旅行のようだ。５０周年とある。一流メーカーは違うなと感心しながらレストランへ向かった。天気は快晴、ビーチが目の前に見える。いろいろな料理があったのだが、、、、食べることに忙しく、写真撮影を忘れた、、、皆、大いに飲み、食べ、中にはフラダンスの愛好家がいて、ステージのプロと一緒に踊ったり、、、翌日は大部分はパールハーバー観光に向かうことになった。また夕方からは我が家で食事会をすることとなり、とりあえず、帰りに飲み物だけは揃えた。

Title Transfer

　　One night's good sleep removed the jet lag from me. After a short walk, we went on to the Hilton Customers Service for some legal procedure. My wife and I are now registered as the owners of my condominium, but we transferred the title to three daughters and I as up to 4 people can be registered. In case anything should happen to me, my three daughters are automatically able to succeed the condominium without further procedure. If you want to use the condominium not including any owner, you need some more procedure other than the owner's permission. The Hilton side might be prohibiting the sublease. Anyway, now, every daughter has become able to use the condominium with their acquaintances.
　　In these procedure, the signatures of my daughters were required. I meant to write it for the youngest daughter who lives in Oxford, but the signatures must have been strictly their own. I wondered who would assure it. She apparently has to visit the U.S. embassy in London to get the certificate. It was a great lesson for me who am unfamiliar with such legal procedure. I wrote my signatures on several papers without consideration, obeying the judicial scrivener's words just like as I had signed contracts about my house and its loan. Were they OK?
　　My wife looked so tired with only these procedure, and wanted to stay in the condo and sleep. It seemed that she hadn't yet recovered from jet lag, so I went downtown alone to see how Chinatown was on the weekend. Today is Saturday and most offices were closed. Few people were seen in the streets. I felt uneasy in the streets and didn't get off the trolley. The picture shows the street on which my condominium fronts.

(Vocabulary)
title to sth 　(法) ＜不動産・土地など＞の所有権
transfer the title to sb　 名義を書き替える
write 《a letter》 for sb 　代筆する

コンドミニアムの相続手続き
　
一夜明けて、時差ぼけから回復。軽く散歩の後、ヒルトンの顧客サービスへ所有するコンドミニアムの相続手続きへ。所有者として４人まで登録できるので、紹介された司法書士を通じて娘三人と僕の４人で登録。これで僕に何かあっても自動的に娘三人の共同所有となる。娘のうち誰でも、友人を連れてコンドミニアムを利用することが出来ることになった。オーナー不在で利用するには面倒な手続きが必要なのですが、これは又貸しなど、商用目的での利用を防止するためかもしれません。
　
娘三人の自署が必要というのは理解できるのですが、代筆は認められず。この手続きの際に驚いたこと。三女がオックスフォードに住んでいます。書類を郵送してサインをして返送するだけかと思ったら、この娘本人のサインであるという証明が必要らしく、その証明はロンドンのアメリカ大使館でもらわなければならないそうで、こういう分野に疎い自分には大変勉強になりました。家のローンを借りるときと同様、何枚ものサインが必要でした。言われるままにサインをしましたが、大丈夫かな(^_^;)
　
カミさんはこれだけで疲れたのか、昼寝をしたいというので（快適なベッドなので気持ちは分かりますが）僕は、その間にトロリーでダウンタウン観光。今日は土曜日でオフィスは閉まっていて、チャイナタウンは閑散としていた。少し怖い感じがあってトロリーを降りて歩きたいとは思わなかった。写真はコンドミニアムの前の道路。今日も快晴です。

Fireworks

　　I went out for a walk. So many people waiting for the fireworks on the beach, I wanted to put myself in the lively space. A hula dancing show was being held over the live music at the poolside on the way. I expected a heavy crush and didn't bring my tripod, so all the shooting was done hand-held. The pictures were not so bad for hand-held shooting in the dark circumstances. I swam for ten minutes or so on the way home to cool myself. The last two pictures were shot from my condo. The beer time viewing this scenery was the ultimate happiness.

軽く呑んだ後、花火見物へ。部屋からも見えるのだが、喧噪が好きでわざわざ出かけた。と言っても徒歩５分。途中のプールサイドではフラダンスショー。三脚なしで雑踏からの撮影。画質が悪いのは仕方ない。生バンドの演奏を聴きながらプールで少し涼んで帰宅。夜景を眺めながらのビールはまた格別。