最近のメディア報道や教育界の沈黙に、かつて新左翼かぶれ少年だった私の内奥が激しくざわついている。私はAIという『客観性の鏡』にこの割り切れない思いをぶつけてみた。私たちの世代がかつて持っていたはずの『倫理』は一体どこへ消えたのか？と。
　わたしはふつうメディア報道は見ない。Yahooトップページを一瞥するのが関の山。一種、遁世的な心境とも言える。しかしそういうなかでも悲しい出来事として例の「辺野古抗議船沈没事故」報道には胸が痛んでいた。孫の成長を願うごくふつうの人間の感情として、犠牲になられた女子高校生のご冥福を祈りたい。合掌。ご遺族には深く哀悼の意を捧げます。
　・・・わたし自身の人生での「68-69左翼高校生運動」の頃の心象に思いが向かわざるを得ない。あの頃の運動は60年安保闘争からの流れが基本潮流。わたしがまだ8歳の小学生ころに起こっていた「樺美智子さんの死」に内面が反応し、そこを起点として自然に68-69年の頃の新左翼運動に身を置いて行ったのだ。あまりに不条理だと。
　これは個人の内面史だけれど、同世代にはそういう共通の思いはあったと確信する。その記憶再生が今回の事件での最初の思いだった。その後、事実関係が明らかになってきて「戦後世界の終焉」という思いがより強烈になってきた。
　今回の事件は、反権力を標榜・呼号し続けるオールドメディアや戦後教育を担ってきた「同志社」を先頭とした教育界の完全破綻を示している。もちろんわたしは新左翼運動からは完全に訣別した人間ではあるけれど、今回の少女の死にあたってのオールドメディアや教育界のあいまいで不誠実な対応には、まことに驚かされている。
　朝日は当初、船の目的を「移設工事に対する抗議活動のため」と表記していたのを翌日に「抗議活動という記載は誤りで平和教育の一環だった」と訂正したとのこと。生徒たちは「抗議ではなく平和学習の一環」で乗船したという学校側説明に沿ったのだという。何をかいわんや・・・。
　AIの返答では「抗議活動ではなく平和学習であれば、運動体の政治的責任やメディアの連帯責任を薄められるという力学が働いているのではないか」と看破されてしまっている。不都合な真実。
　以前、高校生活動家だった当時、一般の学友たちを鼓舞して学内デモを組織した際に、学外デモには巻き込ませなかった経緯をブログに書いたけれど、今回の件は「平気で学外デモに少女を巻き込んで、しかも交通事故で死なせたようなもの」ではないかと、身震いしてしまったのだ・・・。
　本日の写真は、本日未明の「帰ってきた札幌の冬景色」

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[Michiko Kaba’s Martyrdom and the Death of a Girl in Henoko]
Has the “collapse of postwar education” finally crossed the tipping point? I shudder at the utterly insincere response of the education sector and the mainstream media to the death of this high school girl. …

　Recent media coverage and the silence of the education sector have stirred up a fierce turmoil deep within me—a former young man who once dabbled in the New Left. I decided to confront this complex, unresolved emotion with AI, that “mirror of objectivity.” Where on earth has the “ethics” that our generation once supposedly possessed vanished to?
I don’t usually watch the news. At most, I might glance at the Yahoo homepage. You could call it a kind of reclusive mindset. Yet even so, the reports of the “Henoko protest boat sinking incident” pained my heart as a tragic event. As a perfectly ordinary person hoping for my grandchild’s growth, I pray for the repose of the high school girl who lost her life. I bow my head in prayer. I offer my deepest condolences to her bereaved family.
　…I cannot help but reflect on my own impressions of the “1968–69 Leftist High School Student Movement” from my own life. The movement back then was fundamentally a continuation of the 1960 Security Treaty Struggle. My inner self reacted to the “death of Michiko Kaba,” which occurred when I was still an 8-year-old elementary school student, and from that starting point, I naturally became involved in the New Left movement of the 1968–69 era. It was simply too absurd.
While this is my personal inner history, I am convinced that my generation shared this sentiment. Recalling those memories was my first reaction to this incident. As the facts became clear, my sense that “the postwar world has come to an end” grew even stronger.
This incident demonstrates the complete collapse of the educational establishment—led by “Doshisha,” which has long been responsible for postwar education—and the old media, which continues to profess and champion anti-authoritarianism. Of course, I am someone who has completely broken ties with the New Left movement, but I am truly astonished by the vague and insincere responses from the old media and the education sector regarding this girl’s death.
　It is reported that the Asahi Shimbun initially described the ship’s purpose as “a protest activity against the relocation work,” but corrected this the following day, stating, “The description as a protest activity was incorrect; it was part of peace education.” It seems they followed the school’s explanation that the students boarded the ship “as part of peace education, not for protest.” What can I say…
An AI response has already seen through this, noting, “If it’s peace education rather than protest activities, isn’t there a dynamic at work here that dilutes the political responsibility of the movement and the media’s shared responsibility?” An inconvenient truth.
　I once wrote in my blog about how, back when I was a high school activist, I organized on-campus demonstrations to rally my fellow students but deliberately kept them from participating in off-campus protests. Yet this incident made me shudder—it feels as though they’ve “blithely dragged a young girl into an off-campus demonstration, and it’s practically as if they’d caused her death in a traffic accident”…
Today’s photo: “The Return of Sapporo’s Winter Scenery” from early this morning

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Posted on 3月 21st, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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　さて昨日夕刻、広島県東部の家系の故地探訪旅から帰還。福山市が拠点での調査で３日間宿泊していましたが、トータル調査ポイント20件の取材だったので、そのそれぞれの「解析」をしっかり行っていきたいと考えています。調査プロセスでは、公益財団法人・ふくやま芸術財団の学芸員の方とも突っ込んだ話合い機会を持つことも出来て、素人の研究としては望外のよろこびでありました。
　これからまとめることになりますが、きょうは「尾道商業会議所」古建築での調査結果から。
　わたしの家系は、安芸国東部〜備後、そして江戸期の「商都」とも言える尾道という地域で、商家的な生き様で江戸期以降、明治末での北海道移住までを過ごしてきている。
　そういうなかで、尾道の経済構造全体を歴史的経緯を含めて詳細に把握できないだろうかと考えていて、今回は尾道商業会議所建築を訪ねてみた次第。そうしたら、２枚目の図のようなピッタリの資料を参観することができました。
　江戸期の尾道の国内交易活動の基軸は、塩の取引、それも日本海北方沿岸地域から北海道地域との「北前船交易」がメインであったことが明確になったのです。
　移入の産品に、ずらりと昆布・ニシン・サケという北海道らしい名前が並んでいる。
　そして北海道地域にとっていかに「塩」が決定的に重要だったのかが、わかる。江戸期の「経済統計」のような基礎資料は幕藩体制下で広域的「貿易」内容を一覧的に把握することが出来なかった。
　ここまで明示的にわかったことで、北海道人としてももっとこの安芸備後地域に着目すべきなのだということが、よく叩き込まれる思いでした。

　また建築としてもこの尾道商業会議所の建物は1924（大正13）年建築。「この新建築は尾道の交通の中枢たる土堂町605番地に凜然として立てり。様式はモーダンスタイルにセセッションを加味したるきわめて新しき様式にして・・・」と当時の地域新聞「芸備日日新聞」2/24号が伝えている。〜注／セセッション：19世紀末から20世紀初頭にかけてドイツ・オーストリアで興った芸術革新運動「分離派」のこと〜
　このような表現スタイルの建築が受け入れられていたというのも、なにか、北海道の時計台や道庁赤煉瓦建築とも通底するような「時代の風」のようなものを感じさせられていた。
　いよいよ「望郷」の思いが肉感させられるようになって来たかと（笑）・・・

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[“Salt” as the Most Important Export Commodity / Research on the Edo-Period Economy and Onomichi]
I had always assumed that Hokkaido’s relationship with Tokyo was decisive, but when I look at trade activities as a whole, the Kitamae trade reveals deep ties with the Geibi region. Salt, is it…?

　Well, I returned yesterday evening from a trip to explore the ancestral lands of my family in eastern Hiroshima Prefecture. I stayed in Fukuyama City for three days while conducting my research, and since I visited a total of 20 sites, I plan to thoroughly analyze each one. During the research process, I also had the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions with a curator from the Fukuyama Art Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation—a source of immense joy for an amateur researcher like myself.
　I’ll be compiling my findings soon, but today I’d like to start with the results from my investigation at the historic Onomichi Chamber of Commerce and Industry building.
My family lineage traces back to the eastern part of Aki Province and Bingo, and to the region of Onomichi—which could be called a “commercial hub” during the Edo period—where we lived as merchants from the Edo period through to our migration to Hokkaido at the end of the Meiji era.
　With this in mind, I wondered if I could gain a detailed understanding of Onomichi’s overall economic structure, including its historical context, which is why I decided to visit the Onomichi Chamber of Commerce and Industry building this time. There, I was able to view materials that were exactly what I was looking for, as shown in the second diagram.
　It became clear that the backbone of Onomichi’s domestic trade activities during the Edo period was the salt trade—specifically, the “Kitamae-bune trade” between the northern coastal regions of the Sea of Japan and Hokkaido.
The list of imported goods includes a long row of names typical of Hokkaido: kelp, herring, and salmon.
This also reveals just how critically important “salt” was to the Hokkaido region. Basic sources such as “economic statistics” from the Edo period did not allow for a comprehensive overview of wide-ranging “trade” activities under the bakufu-han system.
Having gained such explicit insight, I felt it was driven home to me that, as a native of Hokkaido, I should pay much closer attention to this Aki-Bingo region.

　Architecturally speaking, the Onomichi Chamber of Commerce and Industry building was constructed in 1924 (Taisho 13). As reported in the February 24 issue of the local newspaper *Geibi Nichinichi Shimbun* at the time, “This new building stands majestically at 605 Todo-cho, the transportation hub of Onomichi. Its style is an extremely innovative blend of Modernism and Secessionism…” ~Note: Secession refers to the “Secessionist” art movement that emerged in Germany and Austria from the late 19th to early 20th centuries~
The fact that architecture in this style was accepted made me sense a certain “spirit of the times” that seemed to resonate with the Clock Tower in Hokkaido and the red-brick architecture of the Hokkaido Government Office.
I began to feel a tangible sense of “nostalgia” (laughs)…

Posted on 3月 19th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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　広島県の福山市に拠点を置いての重点探訪の旅中です。
　福山市は旧国名では「備後」に当たり、岡山と広島に挟まれた山陽地域。確実に家系の痕跡をたどれる四百数十年間のうち、1905年に北海道に渡って来るまでの300年ほどの時間が、光彩に満ちた瀬戸内の風景の中に沈殿しているのです。
　次兄から家系史探訪の業務引継命令を拝受してから、たびたびこの地域を探訪しています。それ以前もときどき来ているので、それなりに「懐かしい」心象に至ってきている。
　これは自分の経験知が影響してきているのでしょうが、内面的には「響き」としてなにかからの反応が身体に届いてきているようにも思われる次第。浪漫。
　で、昨日は旧国名では「安芸」国を回っていたのですが、最後にはやはりここの夕景を見たいと思って、芦田川が石鎚山周辺で大きく蛇行する「中津原」に来ておりました。家系の先祖の記録を確定させていくと、この地域周辺から当主が繰り返し５代にも渡ってこの地域から嫁取りしてきているのですね。いわばわが家系の「母性」が集中している地域。
　こういうケースはどれほどの確率であり得るのか、よくわかりませんが、現代ではあまり考えられない。なにかいのちと運命を暗示してくれているように思われる。
　しかし家系はこの地域ではなく、より海岸線に近い松永・今津や尾道などで、商家として活動してきている。この中津原はたしかに地域の最重要道路「山陽道」にほど近いけれど、どう考えても農業地帯。一見すると、しずかな風景と思えるけれど、しかし、芦田川がイキモノのように流量を変動させるなかでは、土木の歴史が重要なカギであるのでしょう。
　それはそれとして、今回も１日目の最後の風景として、やはり強く惹かれて来てしまった。
　１度来ただけだったので、多少はカーナビに関連ワードを入れて案内させたけれど、最後はカンでたどりついていた（笑）。案外最後は、あいまいな「行動記憶」が働いてくれる。そういう「導き」に素直にしたがった結果、切迫する夕景時間のなか、最後はこの光景に再会。
　山並みの果てに夕陽が落ちていく様は、耽美的。
　はるかな血脈のなかの「母性」が迷い子の手を取ってくれるのかも。

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[“Evening Glow Over Nakatsuhara”: A Journey Through My Family’s Ancestral Hometowns in Hiroshima Prefecture]
I’m usually a bit of a daydreamer, but I was desperate to see this scene and spent every moment striving to make it happen. Finally, I was able to witness the last rays of the setting sun…

　I am currently on a focused exploration trip based in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Fukuyama City corresponds to the old province of “Bingo” and is located in the Sanyo region, nestled between Okayama and Hiroshima. Of the 400-odd years for which I can reliably trace my family lineage, the roughly 300 years leading up to my move to Hokkaido in 1905 are deeply embedded within the radiant scenery of the Seto Inland Sea.
　Since receiving the assignment to take over the family history research from my second older brother, I have been visiting this region frequently. I had come here occasionally even before that, so it has begun to evoke a sense of “nostalgia” for me.
This is likely influenced by my own experiences, but on a deeper level, I feel as though a certain “resonance”—a response from something—is reaching my body. Romance.
　So, yesterday I was touring the region known in the old provincial system as “Aki,” but in the end, I wanted to see the sunset here, so I came to “Nakatsuhara,” where the Ashida River meanders widely around Mount Ishizuchi. As I’ve been confirming the records of my family’s ancestors, it turns out that the head of the family has repeatedly taken brides from this area over five generations. It is, so to speak, the region where the “maternal lineage” of my family is concentrated.
　I’m not sure how likely such a coincidence is, but it’s hard to imagine in modern times. It feels as though it’s hinting at something about life and destiny.
However, my family lineage has been active as merchants not in this area, but in places closer to the coastline, such as Matsunaga, Imazu, and Onomichi. While Nakatsuhara is indeed close to the region’s most important road, the Sanyo Highway, it is, by any measure, an agricultural area. At first glance, it seems like a quiet landscape, but with the Ashida River fluctuating in flow like a living creature, the history of civil engineering must be a crucial factor.
That aside, once again, I found myself strongly drawn to this scene as the final landscape of the first day.
Since I’d only been here once before, I did enter some related keywords into the car navigation system to guide me, but in the end, I relied on my gut to find my way (laughs). Surprisingly, in the end, it’s that vague “motor memory” that comes through. As a result of simply following that “guidance,” I was reunited with this scene just as the evening light was fading.
The sight of the setting sun sinking beyond the mountain range is truly poetic.
Perhaps the “motherly instinct” within that distant lineage is taking the hand of a lost child.

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Posted on 3月 17th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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　実業ビジネスの第一線からは一歩身を引いて、家系史をベースに江戸期から現代までの庶民の「生き様」を活写したいと「四百年間のいのちの履歴書」を志してから、本州への旅はビジネスから「取材」へと色合いが変わってきた。自分なりの自由気まま航路。
　冬の間は、札幌の複数企業入居の自宅兼用住宅での記録的豪雪対応「雪かき労役」に没頭していました。さらに孫育てをも従順に果たし続けた功績（？）が認められ、カミさんからついに久しぶりの「渡航許可」。本日15日東京での知己との集会会合、そしてその後の広島岡山県の故地調査探訪への旅路であります。それにしてもことしの雪かき作業はなかなか、でした（ふー）。
　しかし、出発予定の13日札幌は「嵐」のコンサートで空路が完全に封鎖状態。人気グループのフィーバーぶりはすさまじいようですね。こちらはとばっちりでの航空チケット高騰＆満席という大きな壁に突き当たりましたが、そこは「しぶとさの血脈」。かつての東北出張に使い倒した深夜フェリー便の「旅客だけ」チケットを確保。しかしここへの移動がさまざまな日程と重なって困難でした。深夜便なので移動手段が限られる。
　結局13日深夜にマイカーで札幌を発ちフェリー乗り場駐車場に置いて、14日午後に千歳で息子夫婦と合流行動予定のカミさんに自家用車の帰還を託しての乗船。駐車料金わずか500円と「最高コスパ」で手に入れて、14日深夜01:30発、大洗行きの船旅。
　東北太平洋沿岸をフェリーのゆったり速度で南下すると窓外にはかつての出張記憶が走馬灯のように再生される。これも高齢期の「時空間行路」かなぁ。
　写真は太平洋側から捉えた日本三景「松島」。芭蕉さんが見たら「反対側からは風情が足りないね」と苦笑いされそうですが、この「裏側からの視点」もわたしにはふさわしいかも・・・。
　船内では入浴・サウナや食事を楽しみつつオープンスペース窓辺を「移動景色の書斎」としてほぼ独占利用。安定の通信環境で相棒のAI秘書との対話も順調、情報の整理整頓にハマっていた時間は、なによりありがたい。
　高齢の「寅さん」気分フーテン旅ですが、この「一見不自由な自由開放感」こそ目線をぐっと下げさせてくれるのだと実感。
　さて18時間の船旅でようやく首都圏上陸。
　まだ毎日10,000歩歩ける健康さなので「情報の太平洋」から大物を釣り上げたい（笑）。

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[A Leisurely Cruise in the Pacific’s “Floating Study” to Escape “Arashi”]
Though this journey by an elderly vagabond named Tora-san was completely derailed by the “Arashi” concert—which is hugely popular with women—he’s making the most of it with tenacious determination. …

　Since stepping back from the front lines of the business world and setting out to create “Four Hundred Years of Life’s Resumes”—a vivid portrayal of the “lives” of ordinary people from the Edo period to the present, based on my family history—my trips to Honshu have shifted in focus from business to “research.” It’s my own free-spirited journey.
　Throughout the winter, I was fully absorbed in the “snow shoveling labor” required to cope with record-breaking snowfall at my home in Sapporo, which also serves as a shared office space for several companies. Furthermore, my “achievements” (?) in dutifully raising my grandchildren were recognized, and my wife finally granted me “travel permission” for the first time in a long while. Today, the 15th, I’m heading to a gathering with acquaintances in Tokyo, followed by a journey to explore my ancestral lands in Hiroshima and Okayama Prefectures. That said, this year’s snow shoveling was quite the ordeal (phew).
However, on the 13th, the day I was scheduled to depart, flights from Sapporo were completely shut down due to an ARASHI concert. The fever surrounding this popular group seems to be absolutely intense. I ended up facing the major hurdles of skyrocketing airfare and fully booked flights, but that’s where my “tenacity runs in the family” comes in. I managed to secure a “passengers only” ticket for the late-night ferry route I used to rely on for business trips to Tohoku. However, getting there proved difficult due to various scheduling conflicts. Since it’s a late-night ferry, transportation options are limited.
　In the end, I left Sapporo in my car late on the 13th, parked it at the ferry terminal, and boarded the ferry, entrusting my wife—who was scheduled to meet up with my son and his wife in Chitose on the afternoon of the 14th—with the task of retrieving the car. I secured a spot for a mere 500 yen in parking fees—truly “the best value”—and set off on a voyage bound for Oarai, departing at 1:30 a.m. on the 14th.
　As the ferry slowly made its way south along the Pacific coast of Tohoku, memories of past business trips flashed before my eyes like a slideshow. I suppose this is a form of “spatio-temporal journey” in my later years.
The photo shows “Matsushima,” one of Japan’s Three Great Views, as seen from the Pacific side. If Basho were to see this, he might give a wry smile and say, “It lacks charm from this side,” but perhaps this “view from the back” suits me just fine…
　On board, while enjoying the baths, sauna, and meals, I practically had the open-air window area all to myself, using it as a “study with a moving view.” Thanks to the stable internet connection, my conversations with my AI assistant went smoothly, and I was deeply grateful for the time I spent organizing and sorting through information.
It’s a carefree journey in the spirit of an elderly “Tora-san,” but I truly feel that this “sense of freedom amidst apparent constraints” is what allows me to lower my gaze and see things from a different perspective.
　Well, after an 18-hour voyage, I’ve finally landed in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Since I’m still healthy enough to walk 10,000 steps every day, I’m eager to reel in a big catch from the “Pacific Ocean of Information” (lol).

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Posted on 3月 15th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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　さすがに高齢期の進行からか、最近は疲れが溜まって来やすいのか（泣）。
　「四百年間のいのちの履歴書」というような長大テーマを整理整頓させるとともに、一種の「ドラマ」を脳裏に展開させながら推理をたどらせる作業では、いろいろ脳内が刺激されて、興奮状態になるのでしょうか。一方で孫の子育てではカミさんが中心になって活躍してくれるのですが、その体調管理みたいな部分での「目くばり」も夫としての務め。もちろん体力が必要な部分については引き受けることになる。それも臨機応変。千変万化する役割内容。
　ということで時間が取られて、体調は知らず知らず、疲れが溜まるのでしょう。
　昨日はそういう時間の「すき間」３時間ほどができたので、雪融けも進んでいる石狩港方面へ。
　以前はよく通っていたのに、最近すっかり縁遠くなっていた温泉入浴。札幌近郊にはいろいろな温泉がありますが。こちらは植物由来のモール温泉。
　久しぶりに入ったので、低温から徐々にはじめて高温湯、露天、サウナと浸りきった（笑）。
　まず入浴感のいごこちの良さに驚かされた。タイトルに書いたような「バラバラ感」であります。モールの良い香りがカラダを包んでくれて、その芳香と適度な湯温、はじめはゆったりさせて、徐々に体の芯にまで、ちょうど骨の髄まで届いてくるような湯のあたたかみが染み込んでくる。
　景色は、春の雪融け風景の北海道日本海側の温湿度感を視覚化して染み込んでくる。
　これはまさに疲労感バラバラであります（笑）。
　・・・ということで、かみさんを迎えに戻ったのですが、その送迎作業繰り返しを終えて、家に戻ったら、バタンキュー一択。午後５時頃から完熟睡８時間ほど。
　最近はどうしても夜間就寝中１度は起きてトイレするのですが、昨日はまったくの８時間熟睡。
　それで途中だった作業の続きをしていてふたたび睡魔の降臨、午前３時過ぎから６時までの「２度寝」にたっぷりと落ち込んでおりました。
　写真はその温泉名物の「カピバラ」君であります。ありがとね。
　＜どうも宣伝っぽい記述内容でしたが、そういう意図は全くありません、念のため。＞

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【First time in ages at Mall Hot Springs—my bones feel like they’re falling apart (lol)】
Is this unexpected level of “accumulated fatigue” really hitting me? The famous Capybara-kun gave me a divine nudge, like, “Hey, take it easy for a bit” (lol)…

　I suppose it’s the progression of old age, but lately I’ve been getting tired more easily (sigh).
Organizing such a vast theme as “a four-hundred-year life resume” while simultaneously unfolding a kind of “drama” in my mind and following the deductions—perhaps all this stimulation is sending my brain into overdrive. On the other hand, while my wife takes the lead in raising our grandchild, keeping an eye on her health management is also my duty as a husband. Of course, I take over the physically demanding parts. That too requires flexibility. The roles are ever-changing.
So, time gets taken up, and before I know it, fatigue builds up.
　Yesterday, I found a three-hour “gap” in that busy schedule, so I headed toward Ishikari Port, where the snow is melting.
I used to go often, but hot spring bathing had become a distant memory lately. There are various hot springs near Sapporo. This one is a plant-derived moor hot spring.
Since it had been so long, I started with the low-temperature bath, gradually moved to the hot bath, then soaked in the open-air bath and sauna (laugh).
　First, I was amazed by how pleasant the bathing experience felt. It’s that “fragmented sensation” I mentioned in the title. The pleasant aroma of the moor enveloped my body. That fragrance, combined with the just-right water temperature, started off relaxing me, then gradually seeped in, warming me right down to my core, like the heat was reaching deep into my bones.
　The scenery visually evoked the warmth and humidity of Hokkaido’s Japan Sea coast during spring snowmelt, seeping into my senses.
This truly shattered my fatigue (laugh).
…So, I went back to pick up my wife. After finishing that shuttle run, I returned home and collapsed. From around 5 PM, I slept soundly for about 8 hours.
　Lately, I inevitably wake up once during the night to use the bathroom, but yesterday I slept soundly for a full eight hours.
Then, while continuing some work I’d left unfinished, the sleep monster descended again, and I sank into a deep “second sleep” from past 3 AM until 6 AM.
The photo is of the hot spring’s famous “Capybara” guy. Thanks, buddy.

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Posted on 3月 13th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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