Trip to Iwate Part1~ Morioka City ~ Kenji Miyazawa

 

 

Trip to Iwate

11.5~7.2012

 

 

 

Mt.Iwate

 

 

 

 

Arrived at Morioka.

This city is known for its associations with Miyazawa Kenji.

The monument of his work " Gaushe the Cellist ".

There are other monuments on a street in this city.

He is one of my favorite writers.

 

 

 

 

 

His famous poem "I will not give in to the rain"

(Ame ni mo Makezu)

 

 

 

"I will not give in to the rain.

I will not give in to the wind.

I will have a healthy body

that won't give in to the snow

or to summer's heat.

I will not have a desire.

I will not get angry.

I will always be smiling quietly. 

..........

 

In everything,

I will not count myself.

I will look, listen and understand well,

and I won't forget.

..........

 

When there is a drought,

I will shed tears,

When the summer is cold,

I will walk around helplessly.

 

I will be called useless by everyone.

I will not be praised or thought a pain.

 

This is the person

I want to be."

 

 

 

 

 

"This is a poem that most Japanese people know by heart,

and has given them courage

through many terrible periods of adversity,

like those now afflicting the Tohoku region."

 

 

 

1月 January

 

しばらくパソコンがどうも調子悪く、

いろいろ更新したかったことがもうはるか昔のことになってしまいました。

 

新しい年になって、１月ももうすぐ終わりますね。

みなさまいかがお過ごしでしょうか。

 

去年は念願の岩手旅行へ行き、

先日はまた旧騎西高校へボランティアに行ってまいりました。

 

相変わらずいろいろと考えさせられることの多い毎日を送っています。

 

今年はどんな一年になるでしょうか。

 

すべては自分次第。

毎日を大切に、丁寧に、穏やかに。

 

そして、陽のあたる方を向いて歩いていきたいと思います。

 

 

 

 

 

Hello.

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

My PC didn't work well and I couldn't write new blog.

 

How is your new year?

Enjoy? Good.

 

I want to tell you many things about my trip to Iwate

and volunteer work at Kisai high-school.

Someday I will. Maybe...sorry.

 

Have a wonderful and fruitful year!

See you soon.

 

 

P.S.  I will brush up my English.