Spring

I picked up a beautiful piece of debris that I happened to see at Yuriage Beach in Miyagi Prefecture when I was taken by partner.

I trace the surface, it looks like a piece of tile. The entrance, the bathroom and the kitchen, it is glassy so I guess this was wet area. The glassy section remains sharp. imagine the fragments of memory. The earth is piled up, the breakwater is built, and the time around is moving, but This fragment is slow as if it were stopped.

It is a close and far piece of reality, and I found feeling that piece stuck in the back of my throat.

 

Summer

August 11th

Take the train to Odate, rent a car and head to the Ani Matagi Museum.  

At a shop that looks like a convenience store on the way, I ate a big salt-soaked boiled egg with a sign saying that most twins are served.

Young hens after spawning start to have unstable ovulation rhythm, so it is easy to lay double yolk eggs.

It was raining and the greenery was beautiful.

The exhibition at the museum started with a newspaper article about a Matagi going in search of a 'Yukiotoko', and it was interesting. After looking around, We went to the nearby 'Bear Bear Garden'.

Watching the moon bear climb a tree, I thought there was a human inside. Because they has soft spine.

Watching the fight between brown bears from a distance of about one meter through a piece of glass made me even more afraid of bears.

Return to Odate and go to the Ijinkan that you passed on your way. I saw a large mass of hishimanganese shale that was taken from the mines of Ani.

It was a mineral like a mass of life, like a red sinew or viscera.

I ate horse meat omelet rice at 'Koguma-tei' in Ani Station, which was taught by old woman. very delicious . I also liked the horse meat ramen.

Head to the Oyu Ring Stones. There was an electric fence around the circle of stones to keep out bears.

We met up with Tomoko and went to the entrance of Mt. Kuromata, but since the sun had set and it was dangerous, We returned to Odate. The three of us go to the Odate Daimonji Festival.

There was a line at every stall, and a great number of people had gathered. There are many young people. It was uncomfortable and scary to see so many drums being beaten in perfect harmony. It was a local festival where an announcement was made before the fireworks were set off to show which company contributed how much money.

Jupiter flows in the collaboration of laser beams and fireworks.

In night, We had stay in the car at LAWSON, which has a large parking lot.

 

August 12th

Go to the nearby Shakanai Onsen. A hot spring with an open-air bath for 300 yen.

I headed for the Hanaoka Peace Memorial Hall, but it was in front of the hall, so I went to the Kyorakukan and the cemetery first.

Kyorakukan was just preparing for the fireworks display that will be held at night, and only that one place was lively and lively. Currently, the mine-related facility seems to be a recycling center, and from the chimney that can be seen a little away, white smoke is coming out, and it seems to be connected to the clouds.

I meet a smooth black snake on the roadside.   I thought it was dead, but when I approached it, it ran away very quickly.

There was a 600-year-old ginkgo tree in the cemetery, with a pillar support that was as big as a human torso. We searched for the graves where the Chinese people held memorial services, but could not find them. I couldn't hear half of it while laughing in Akita dialect, but I can still clearly remember the moment when the old lady's expression changed when she told me to be careful of bears because there was bear feces.

Return to the Peace Memorial Museum. I knew very little about the Hanaoka Incident, so it was a shock to me. After looking for the grave by car again, head to Kosaka. No grave was found.

Kosaka, in contrast, was a gorgeous and touristy place. I was impressed by the poster, saying that mining towns are now making a lot of money by recycling rare metals. The atmosphere is similar to yesterday's Daimonji Festival.   Turn around and move to the next.

Kuromatayama revenge. climb to the top of the mountain. Go through the torii and follow a path that looks like an animal trail. Cedars grow densely except for the road. I saw the mountains of Ani from a matagi's point of view, but in this mountain I had a strong sense of being seen and being eaten, so I climbed up while being surrounded by mosquitoes and horseflies. 10 minutes to the summit. There was nothing but a hut and a small shrine.

Head to Osarizawa Mine. I'm not good at caves, so it was a place I would never go alone. If all the tunnels are connected, it will be as far as you can go from Aomori to Tokyo. It was very cold inside and the water was dripping and it smelled a little like bat droppings. Many times I have the image of being trapped or crushed by the wet and cold rocky surface after an earthquake. I couldn't understand even if I saw the panel that wrote how to dig. It's impossible to work here.

I found out that the grave of my aunt, who had been close to my family since before I was born, was nearby. I asked my parents to tell me the specific place, and I went to Mt. Kuromata for the third time. Head to Daienji Temple in Oyu. I remember that on weekends, she would come over to stay at my house, call her "Baba," and we three brothers and sisters would treat her well.   They weren't related by blood, but they were family. Baba died of hepatitis B 12 years ago at the age of 70. It was the first time in 12 years that I had visited a grave in Akita after cremation. I can see the scene where the ashes are scattered under the grave. not yet digested.

 Next to the cemetery stood a tall cedar with a 2000 year old written on it.