昨日は昼頃から移動開始して午後３時前に仙台着。本日からの「東日本大震災」関連イベント参加の前乗りでありましたが、ついつい「あそこもここも」と歩きまわってしまった（泣）。写真は仙台を中心に活動していた時期に、参観していて「今度じっくり見たいな」と思っていた「地底の森ミュージアム」。
　約2万年前、石器時代の頃にこの仙台市南部のこの場所に３人の石器時代人が獲物を追ってやってきて、キャンプをしていた痕跡が発見され、それが一般に公開されている施設。ちょっとマニアックすぎないかと不安に駆られるほどの「歴史遺物」ミュージアムなのですね。
　人間の行動履歴痕跡としてはキャンプをしていただけなのですが、その痕跡が２万年の時空を超越して発見されてしまった、という奇跡。わたしも日本中をあちこち歩いているけれど、そしてこういう博物館記念館の類いは数寄なのですが、さすがに石器時代痕跡というのは他に知らない。いわゆる「歴史」というスパンを超える人類痕跡ですが、非常に刺激的。ついつい閉館時間までじっくり参観。しかしそれでも「２万年前の森の復元ぶり」までは時間がなくて見られなかった。また再チャレンジ要・・・。
　空港鉄道線と地下鉄線を乗り継いで移動していましたが、昨日は朝はふつうに札幌の自宅周辺で「朝散歩」6,000歩超は歩いていて、なるべく公共交通機関利用で移動していたのでドンドン歩数が増える。

　そこからさらに仙台中心部・仙台駅に来て駅そばのホテルに投宿後、さらにあちこち駅周辺で行脚してしまっていた。さすがに疲れを感じて恐る恐る歩数を確認したら、ごらんの数値。ヤバい。
　最後はさっさとホテルで身体を休める一択。
　やはり「歳相応」と言うことを考える必要がありますね。
　本日からの視察がメインなので頑張りたいと思います。
　わたしは、東日本大震災に際しては「東北の住まい再生」という雑誌を県の公共情報誌としてそのルートで被災者のみなさんに「住宅再建」のための情報をお届けする活動を３年間、行っていました。
　知人から今回誘いを受けて、その「ボランティア」的活動のひとつのケジメ機会とも思えた次第です。15年の時間を超えて、被災地域の状況をしっかり目に焼き付けたいと思います。

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[Back in Sendai after a long time. Walked all over the place—over 20,000 steps (lol)]
Fifteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. It was the ultimate manifestation of “impermanence” I’ve ever encountered in my life. An opportunity to reconnect with my feelings from that time, transcending time and space…

　I set out around noon yesterday and arrived in Sendai just before 3:00 p.m. I was there early to attend the “Great East Japan Earthquake” related events starting today, but I couldn’t help wandering all over the place, thinking, “I want to see this and that” (sigh). The photo shows the “Underground Forest Museum,” which I visited during the time I was active in the Sendai area and thought, “I’d like to take a closer look at this next time.”
It’s a facility open to the public where traces were discovered of three Stone Age people who came to this location in southern Sendai about 20,000 years ago—during the Stone Age—to hunt and camp. It’s a “historical relic” museum that makes me worry it might be a bit too niche for the average person.
　As traces of human activity, it’s just a campsite, but the fact that these traces were discovered after transcending 20,000 years of time and space is a miracle. I’ve walked all over Japan, and while I’m quite the enthusiast for museums and memorial halls like this, I honestly don’t know of any other Stone Age traces. These are traces of humanity that go beyond the span of what we call “history,” and it’s incredibly stimulating. I ended up spending the entire day there until closing time. Even so, I didn’t have enough time to see the “reconstruction of the forest from 20,000 years ago.” I’ll have to come back for another try…
I was getting around by transferring between the airport railway line and the subway, but yesterday morning I took my usual “morning walk” around my home in Sapporo, walking over 6,000 steps. Since I was trying to use public transportation as much as possible, my step count kept rising.

　From there, I made my way to central Sendai and Sendai Station, checked into a hotel near the station, and ended up wandering all over the area around the station. By then, I was definitely feeling tired, so I cautiously checked my step count—and there it was. Oh no.
In the end, my only option was to head straight back to the hotel and rest.
I guess I really need to start thinking about acting my age.
The main focus of my trip is the inspection starting today, so I’m going to do my best.
　In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, I spent three years working on a magazine called “Tohoku Housing Reconstruction,” published as a prefectural public information journal, to deliver information on “housing reconstruction” to disaster victims through that channel.
When I received this invitation from an acquaintance, I felt it was an opportunity to bring closure to that “volunteer” work. Fifteen years later, I want to take in the current situation in the disaster-affected areas with my own eyes.

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Posted on 6月 10th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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