北海道内のサクラ、例年ならGWに間に合うかどうかというところがことしはたいへん開花が早く、わが家周辺でも先週にはかなり開花していました。
毎年、クルマで土曜日早朝出発で約250km走り抜けて、谷地頭温泉の早朝銭湯から函館・道南の観桜が夫婦での定番ツアーになっております。大沼駒ヶ岳周辺で宿泊して、道南をクルマで散策する旅程。
わたしはクルマ社会の全面展開時代の少年期を過ごしたことから、やはり行動の自由への憧憬が強く、多少の長距離運転でも、旅はクルマで行きたい。行き帰りには多少、疲労感があるけれど着いてからの行動の自由さには換えられない。ただ高齢化もあってどこまで継続できるのか。でもそういうモチベーションを持っていると、健康長寿について努力目標にもなる。
函館は伯父がいたこともあり、母親に連れられて子どもの時から何回も往復している。街並みにも親近感が強く感じられる街。きっと，札幌以外の道内都市ではいちばん縁が深い街だと思っています。そんなことから、年に一度こうやって来ると「かえってきた」感がある。
そしてなぜか、函館に来たら谷地頭温泉に「参詣」するのがお決まり（笑）。あの独特のドロ湯の香りが早朝の250kmドライブの疲労を吹き飛ばしてくれる。地元のみなさんの日常感と触れあえるのも「かえってきた」感には欠かせない通過儀礼なのでしょうか。どうしても、ここに挨拶しないと函館の旅は始まらない気がするのです。公設の日帰り温泉で写真は同HPから。露天風呂も函館らしく「五稜」のカタチになっている。
一方のサクラ。開花はしたけれど気温はその後下がり気味で、ダウンジャケットも用意しての弾丸ツアー。案の定、いちばんの観桜スポット五稜郭公園散策では、すべて着込んでおりました。風はつよく吹いていたのですが、満開のサクラ花は我慢強く、枝を離れることなく凜と咲き誇ってくれていた。さすがに北海道の厳しい冬を越してきたサクラたちは芯が強い。土曜日の朝一番だったので、大変多くのみなさんが楽しまれていました。
五稜郭公園は星形のカタチそのままの土塁に沿って、サクラの海が広がっている。道南あちこちのサクラ名所を歩きまわって、１日目の総歩行数は10,000歩を軽く突破しておりました（笑）。

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I was able to get a good look at the cherry blossoms. Hakodate-Donan Cherry Blossom Bullet Trip
This is my annual cherry blossom viewing custom, which also serves to keep me motivated to pray for good health and longevity. Early in the morning, we departed under a starlit sky, and Komagatake (Mt. Komagatake) greeted us with an interesting and divine presence. The cherry blossom viewing trip is a yearly tradition to maintain motivation to pray for good health and longevity.

This year, the cherry blossoms in Hokkaido are blooming very early, just in time for GW in most years, and they were in full bloom last week around our house.
Every year, we make an early Saturday morning departure by car and drive about 250 km, starting from an early morning public bath in Yajigashira Onsen (hot spring) to Hakodate and the southern part of Hokkaido to see the cherry blossoms, which has become our regular tour. We stay overnight in the Onuma-Komagatake area and explore southern Hokkaido by car.
Since I spent my youth in the era of the full development of the car society, I have a strong yearning for freedom of movement, and I prefer to travel by car, even if I have to drive some long distances. Although I may feel a little fatigued on the way to and from the destination, I would not trade it for the freedom of movement I enjoy once I get there. However, with the aging of the population, I wonder how long I can continue to do so. But having that kind of motivation will help me to make efforts to achieve my goal of a long and healthy life.
I have an uncle in Hakodate, and my mother has taken me back and forth to Hakodate many times since I was a child. Hakodate is a city with which I feel a strong sense of familiarity. I am sure that Hakodate is the city with which I have the closest relationship among the cities in Hokkaido other than Sapporo. For this reason, I feel a sense of “coming home” when I visit Hakodate once a year.
For some reason, when I come to Hakodate, I make it a rule to pay a visit to Yajigashira Onsen (hot springs) (laugh). The unique smell of the hot spring water and its unique aroma will help you overcome the fatigue of an early morning 250-km drive. Being in touch with the daily lives of the local people is also an essential rite of passage for a sense of “return. I feel that a trip to Hakodate would not be complete without a visit to this place. The photo is from the same website. The open-air bath is in the shape of a “Goryo” (five ridges), just like Hakodate.
Cherry blossoms on the other hand. The cherry blossoms had bloomed, but the temperature had been dropping since then, so I prepared a down jacket for the bullet tour. Sure enough, we were all dressed when we strolled through Goryokaku Park, the best place to view the cherry blossoms. The wind was blowing hard, but the cherry blossoms were patiently in full bloom and kept their interesting appearance without leaving their branches. As expected of cherry trees that have survived the long winter in Hokkaido, they have a strong core. It was the first morning of Saturday, so many people were enjoying the flowers.
In Goryokaku Park, a sea of sakura spread out along the earth mounds in the shape of a star. The total number of steps taken by the visitors to walk around the famous cherry blossom viewing spots in southern Hokkaido easily exceeded 10,000 steps (laugh).

Posted on 4月 25th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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いちばん上の写真はこの番所で掲示されていたパネル写真の転載。いまの高知県と愛媛県の県境に位置する立川ですが、高地なのでこんなに積雪する気候条件なのだという。調べてみると１月の最低気温は0°。こういう気候環境では北海道と大差のない建築仕様が求められると思うけれど、建築当時も今も建築専門家は高知市や大豊などの人口集積地の各都市に拠点を持っているケースが圧倒的だろうから、気候条件は温暖〜蒸暑地の平地の感覚でしか対応しなかったことだろう。
事実、積雪寒冷に対応するような建築仕様はもちろん考慮されず、外気に対して写真のように、障子の「紙」だけで対応し主室の殿様も厠にはいったん外に出てアクセスしていた。藩主という資金も権力もある存在の超高級住宅「陣屋」建築でも確かにやりようはなかった。
冷気との戦いということでは、全開放された「縁」のことがまずは考えられる。庭や周辺の山々という「見え」環境条件を最優先しているとはいえ、雨戸のような戸板程度は対応があっただろうが、それでも障子紙１枚＋戸板での「ウチ・ソト」分離仕切りとならざるを得ない。言うまでもなく熱環境的には意味は薄い。
この建物とそう時代が違わない明治初年の北海道開拓使が計画した官営建築では、雨戸の部位にさっそく「ガラス窓」が装置された。開拓使は「ガラス邸」とこの建築を名付けて寒冷地住宅としての「モデルハウス」機能を持たせることを企画し、事実、見学参観者が大量に押しかけて「建築材料として気密性に優れたガラスを使う」実例を学んだ。
当時は輸入専門だったガラス建材は高価だったけれど、北海道では「気密建材」のメリットが評価されて、どんな奥地の貧しい開拓者の家でも採用されたという。当時ガラス輸入を手掛けていた有力企業にその歴史事情をヒアリングしたことがあるが、北海道マーケットがガラス建材市場に占めていた割合は当時50%を超えていたという。
話を立川の番所に戻すと、こういう環境では血圧上昇は避けられなかっただろう。健康面ではかなりハードな環境。参勤交代のようなセレモニーであれば対幕府の外交を通して移動する季節を調整するなども可能だっただろうけれど、幕末の政治動乱期には京都情勢などでいつ何時にも、藩主は移動する必要があっただろう。
こういう環境の中を明治維新動乱の土佐の主要人物、藩主・山内容堂などは実際に移動していたと考えると、維新の激動期の隠れた実相が見えてくるようで興味深い。そもそも幕末の政局要件には南下侵略するロシアから、どう国土を、とくに寒冷地北海道を守り抜くかということが大きなテーマだったのだ。寒冷地住宅についてのその後の政治指導者・黒田清隆の積極姿勢などは、こういう土佐の政治指導者の日常的体験なども多少は関わっていたかも知れないと空想させられる。

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Snow and cold in the highlands of Shikoku.
The Tosa domain lord Yodo Yamauchi repeatedly moved to Kyoto, the center of political affairs, in such snowy and cold weather. Did he influence the concept of defense of Hokkaido, a cold region? …

The top photo is a reproduction of a panel photo displayed at the guardhouse. Tachikawa is located on the border between Kochi and Ehime prefectures. The lowest temperature in January is 0°C. In this kind of climatic environment, architectural specifications that are not much different from those of Hokkaido would be required. However, architectural specialists at the time of construction and even today would have been overwhelmingly based in cities with high population density, such as Kochi City and Otoyo, and would have dealt with climatic conditions only in the sense of warm to hot humid flatland areas.
In fact, the building specifications were not designed to cope with snow and cold, and as shown in the photo, only the “paper” of the shoji screens was used to deal with the outside air, and even the lord of the main room had to go outside to access the restroom. This was certainly not possible even for the construction of the “Jinya,” a super-luxury residence for the feudal lord, who had both money and power.
In terms of fighting against the cold air, we can first think of the “rim” that was fully opened to the public. Even though the “visible” environmental conditions of the garden and the surrounding mountains were given top priority, a door panel like a storm door could have been used, but even so, a single sheet of shoji paper plus a door panel was the only way to separate the “home from the garden. Needless to say, this is of little significance in terms of the thermal environment.
In a government-run building planned by the Hokkaido Kaitakushi (Hokkaido Development Office) in the early Meiji period (1868-1912), which is not so different from this building, a “glass window” was immediately installed as a part of a storm door. The Kaitakushi planned to name the building the “Glass House” to serve as a “model house” for cold-weather housing, and in fact, many visitors came to see the building and learn about the use of glass as a building material with excellent airtightness.
At the time, glass building materials, which were imported exclusively, were expensive, but in Hokkaido, the advantages of “airtight building materials” were highly regarded, and they were used in the homes of poor pioneers in even the remotest parts of the island. I once interviewed a leading glass importer who told me that the Hokkaido market accounted for more than 50% of the glass building materials market at the time.
Returning to the Tachikawa watchtower, an increase in blood pressure would have been inevitable in such an environment. A very hard environment from a health standpoint. If it had been a ceremonial visit, it would have been possible to adjust the season of travel through diplomacy with the shogunate, but during the period of political upheaval at the end of the Edo period, the feudal lord would have had to travel at any time of the year, depending on the situation in Kyoto and other factors.
It is interesting to consider that the major figures in Tosa during the Meiji Restoration, such as the feudal lord Yodo Yamauchi, actually moved around in this environment, revealing the hidden reality of the turbulent period of the Meiji Restoration. The main theme of the political situation at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate was how to protect the country, especially the cold region of Hokkaido, from the invading Russians to the south. It makes us wonder if the aggressive stance of Kiyotaka Kuroda, a later political leader, regarding cold-weather housing may have had something to do with the daily experiences of such a Tosa political leader.

Posted on 4月 23rd, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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四国山地という天然の障害によって土佐は京大阪、江戸といった中心地域からは遠く隔てられた遠国。それをなんとか克服すべく山間を突破する道路開削が古代以来、努力が傾けられていた。そういう努力をあざ笑うかのように、江戸幕府は「参勤交代」という政治制度を強いていた。
参勤交代制度が諸藩の側からは重度の経済負担になり、幕府の側にして見ると諸藩の経済力を削ぐことで国内の政治軍事安定に効果があったことになる。江戸の平和はこのことが最大の要素だったとも思える。よくこういう平和戦略を考えついたと一面で感心する。
いったい参勤交代にはどれくらいの費用が必要だったのか？加賀100万石・前田家に「文化五年御帰国の御入用銀」という支出記録がある。江戸からの帰路の総費用は約5500両。1両＝10万円とすると帰国の総経費が5億5000万円、そのうち人件費7410万円とされている。旅籠代（宿代）、川越賃（川渡りの料金）、他藩の領内を通過する際の贈答品、補償金など多岐にわたった。
加賀藩は土佐藩と比べれば距離は半分以下だろうけれど、収入は加賀100万石に対して土佐は20万石、５倍。石高に見合った「行列」を整えなければならなかったから、総費用は単純計算はできない。が、おおむね推測はできる。土佐藩は江戸初期、船を使っていたが日数が確定しにくかったのでこの立川を通る山間路を使うようになったとされている。たぶん、経済的に安上がりだった理由の方が大きかったに違いない。
この立川番所は土佐領の最北限。勘定方、経済担当にして見れば行きでは「ここから先は他藩領。金もどんどん掛かっていくぞ」と怖じ気づくようだっただろう。また帰路には「ようやく支出が抑えられる」とひと安心できたかのかどうか。自領内でも「権威を見せつける」という政治目的もあるから、それなりに見てくれだけは気遣うのだろう。つくづくムダな権威主義と思うが、そういう世が続いていた。
武士というのは「みてくれ」に異常に敏感な支配層だったのだろう。その習性を十分に骨の髄まで搾り取る制度が参勤交代だった。そしてこの制度は導入されてほぼ幕府滅亡直前まで継続した。こういう無駄遣いしているよりは実質的な国防予算に振り向けるべきだという正論はしかしなかなか実現しなかった。結局黒船ショックまで制度は変化しなかった。既得権益パワーなのか。日本というのはいったん決めたことを変えることが難しい社会なのかも知れない。

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The Falsity of the Daimyo’s Visit to the Tosa Domain, Former Tachikawa Bansho Shoin-2
A “mite” system device that economically deprives the feudal lords of their military authority. While they were saying “down – down – down”, fierce economic hardship struck. …

The Shikoku Mountains are a natural obstacle that separates Tosa from the central regions of Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo (present-day Tokyo). In order to overcome this obstacle, efforts had been made since ancient times to open roads through the mountains. As if to mock such efforts, the Edo shogunate enforced a political system of “daimyo’s visit to and from the capital.
From the perspective of the shogunate, this system was a heavy economic burden on the clans, and from the perspective of the shogunate, it was effective for domestic political and military stability by reducing the economic power of the clans. This was the most important factor in the peace of Edo. I am impressed that the shogunate came up with such a peace strategy.
How much money did it cost to make the trip to Edo? The Maeda family of Kaga, one million koku, has a record of expenditures in the form of “Gokyoku no Goyo Ginyu (silver for the return trip in the 5th year of Bunka era). The total cost of the return trip from Edo was approximately 5,500 ryo, and assuming that 1 ryo = 100,000 yen, the total cost of the return trip was 550 million yen, of which personnel expenses were estimated at 7,410,000 yen. The cost of the journey included a wide range of items such as inns (lodging), fees for crossing the river, gifts and compensation for passing through the territory of other clans, etc. The Kaga Clan was the first clan in Japan to receive such compensation from the Tosa Clan.
The Kaga clan may have traveled less than half the distance of the Tosa clan, but its income was five times that of the Tosa clan, 200,000 koku compared to 1 million koku for the Kaga clan. The total cost cannot be simply calculated, since a “procession” had to be prepared to match the amount of stones. However, we can roughly estimate the total cost. It is said that the Tosa Clan used ships in the early Edo period, but because it was difficult to determine the number of days, they began to use a mountain route that passed through the Tachikawa River. Probably, the reason was that it was economically cheaper.
This Tachikawa guardhouse is the northernmost point of the Tosa territory. The accountant, the person in charge of the economy, was afraid to go there, saying, “From here on, it is another clan’s territory. The money was going to cost more and more. On the return trip, they may or may not have felt relieved that they could finally control their spending. I suppose that even within their own domain, they are only concerned about their appearance because they have the political objective of “showing off their authority. It seems to me that such authoritarianism was a waste of time and money, but such was the way of the world.
The samurai were probably a ruling class that was unusually sensitive to “appearances. The system that fully exploited this habit to its very marrow was the “sankyu-sho. This system was introduced and continued almost until just before the fall of the shogunate. The good argument that the budget should be allocated to actual defense rather than wasting money like this, however, did not come to fruition. In the end, the system did not change until the Black Ships Shock. Is it the power of vested interests? Perhaps Japan is a society in which it is difficult to change what has been decided once.

Posted on 4月 21st, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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鎌倉歴史文化交流館での展示「中世の祈り」展を参観しての雑感、書き足りなかったことその２です。きのうは鎌倉の永福寺のことだったのですが、この展示を見ていて北海道と奥州藤原氏などとの関係性のことが思い起こされてならなかった。
奥州藤原氏は北海道の厚真町に「経塚」の痕跡が確認されている。経塚というのは中世的仏教のひとつの特徴的痕跡。経塚とは平安末期の「末法思想」への宗教的対応。仏教思想がきちんと人々に伝わっていく時代が終わり「末法の世」世も末という状況がやってくる。まともな思想・仏法が人々の考え方から失せていく。そうした世が56億7,000万年続いた後、ようやく世が救われるとされるのですが、そのとき正しい仏法を伝えるためにいわばタイムカプセルとして、後世に残すモノが経塚。
こういう世界観が人びとに深く信じられ、それが政治にも強い影響を及ぼしていた時代。そういう時代の鎌倉−平泉ー北海道をひと繋がりにする感覚が沸き起こっていたのです。
最初に示した展示パネルは死の床に就いた病者が、布団から身を起こして僧侶の相伴を得て仏具に向かって来世での往生を祈願している様子。かたわらには妻女とみえる女性の涙姿。
２枚目の写真は北海道厚真で発掘された経塚埋蔵物。貴重な「常滑焼」の壷が容器として利用されていた。この時代に愛知県常滑で生産された壷が、波頭を越えてこの地まで運搬され、深い願を込めて埋蔵されていた。３枚目のパネル写真は「板塔婆」の立つ風景。中世的信仰心が殺伐とした世相の中で、来世への希望の象徴として空間構成されたのでしょう。仏教寺院のミニチュア的代替装置。一種の仏教建築ともみなせるものなのだと思います。
この時代の、都から遠く離れた平泉、鎌倉、そして北海道での社会の状況・死生観が深く静かに伝わってくるように思われた。どうしても日本史の中心は畿内地域であり、関東が勃興していってやがて取って代わるほどになるけれど、それ以外の地域の状況はわかりにくい。そういうなかでこのような鄙での「祈り」の文化は、現代人のわれわれにも通底する心象として生々しく理解できる。
北海道島は日本史のなかで「ときどき」登場する（笑）。古代の阿倍比羅夫の遠征事業などが関わりの最初期。そういうなかで奥州藤原氏の時期にはかなり活発な事跡が確認されるようになる。やがてこのことが判官びいきの心情とともに義経の島渡り伝説を生んでいったのだろう。

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Hokkaido and Kamakura/Hiraizumi, common traces of medieval Buddhism
On their deathbeds, people pray for a rebirth in paradise in the next life. This wish, which is equal to that of all human beings, is transmitted beyond time and space. The history of the heart that traverses the Japanese archipelago. The history of the heart that traverses the Japanese archipelago.

This is part 2 of my miscellaneous impressions and things I did not write enough about after visiting the “Medieval Prayer” exhibition at the Kamakura Museum of History and Culture. Yesterday it was about Eifukuji Temple in Kamakura, but this exhibition did not remind me of the relationship between Hokkaido and the Oshu Fujiwara clan and others.
The Oshu Fujiwara clan has been confirmed to have traces of “sutra mounds” in Atsuma, Hokkaido. Sutra mounds are one of the characteristic traces of medieval Buddhism. Sutra mounds are a religious response to the “Latter Day Buddhist Thought” of the late Heian period. The era in which Buddhist thought was properly transmitted to the people had come to an end, and a situation called the “Latter Day of the Law” had arrived. The age of “Latter Day of the Law” will come to an end, and decent thought and Buddhism will disappear from the minds of the people. After such a period of 5.67 billion years, it is said that the world will finally be saved, and sutra mounds will be left as a time capsule, so to speak, for future generations to inherit the correct Buddha Dharma.
This worldview was deeply believed by people and had a strong influence on politics. This was a time when people deeply believed in this worldview, and it had a strong influence on politics.
The first panel in the exhibition shows a sick man on his deathbed, rising from his futon, accompanied by a Buddhist priest, praying to a Buddhist altar for his safe passage to the next life. On the other side is a weeping woman who appears to be his wife.
The second photo shows a sutra mound excavated in Atsuma, Hokkaido. A precious “Tokoname ware” jar was used as a container. The third panel photo shows a scene of a “ita-toba” (wooden tablet) standing. It was probably spatially composed as a symbol of hope for the next world in the midst of the bleakness of medieval religious beliefs. A miniature alternative to a Buddhist temple. It can be regarded as a kind of Buddhist architecture.
It seemed to me that the exhibition deeply and quietly conveyed the social conditions and views of life and death in Hiraizumi, Kamakura, and Hokkaido, which were far from the capital during this period. The center of Japanese history is inevitably the Kinai region, and although the Kanto region emerged and eventually took over, it is difficult to understand the situation in other regions. In this context, the culture of “prayer” in such a remote area can be vividly understood as an image that is common to us today.
Hokkaido Island appears “from time to time” in Japanese history (laugh). The first period of involvement was during the Abenohirau expedition in ancient times. In this context, the Oshu Fujiwara Clan was quite active during the period of the Oshu Fujiwara Clan. This, together with the feelings of jealousy toward the magistrate, probably gave birth to the legend of Yoshitsune’s island crossing.

Posted on 4月 19th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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４月も半ばを過ぎて来週末からはゴールデンウィークということで、北海道にもようやくサクラ開花の便りが各地から聞こえてきています。っていうか、わが家のお向かいの図書館の庭でみごとに開花しておりました。
ということで春爛漫気分に誘われ雨模様でしたが昨日はちょっと遠出して、お馴染みの余市の魚屋さんに行って季節の魚状況を参観。余市を含めた積丹半島東岸の海の幸のいま現在がそのまま一目瞭然。まだメインは「カレイ」のようで、ちょっと大きめのヤツを仕入れさせていただき、刺身用におろしていました。
ドライブ道中でもときどき桜の木が開花している様子が散見された。そんなことでひょっとすると連休前にもサクラが満開になるかと思っていたら、一転して本日早朝には氷雨とともに雪が混じっています。気温が昨日から一気に下降して本日は前日比９°低く最高気温５°とのこと。まことに三寒四温in北海道。
しかし、季節の花芽吹きは確実で写真は一昨日の発寒川河川で見かけた野の花たち。一部「フキノトウ」の群舞ぶり。花の名って特徴的な花は覚えるけれど、その土地の季節感の基層で教えてくれる野の花たちの名前はなかなか思い出せない。そこまで関心を持たないのだけれど、無性になつかしさを覚える。
今週以降、仕事上では大車輪でいろいろな進行。新事業の住宅画像データベース関連ではAI技術を活用させていただいているのですが、ChatGPT関連の話題が世界的に急速に盛り上がってきて、弊社の連の立場で主導されている川村秀憲先生はいろいろな場で情報発信されてきている。先般などイベント講演の案内がメールで来ていて、参加しようとすぐにメール返信したらもすぐに「満席」という告知。たぶん日本中から相当の注目が集中しているのだろうと推測されます。
５月にはAI関連の展示会が東京ビッグサイトで開催されるということで連携先が出展されると言うこと。多少は関連していることなのでわたしも参観してこようと考えています。先日のIT関連イベントでは当社のツールが紹介されて好反応が得られたという情報もいただいている。
そんなあれこれ、まだときどき雪が戻って来たりはしますが（笑）、春たけなわに向けて、しっかりと地道に歩んでいきたいと考えています。さて・・・。

English version⬇

The early budding of flowers, then a complete turnaround to freezing rain and snow.
In the business world, a variety of activities are underway on a big wheel. AI technology, such as ChatGPT, is the focus of much attention. It’s been three cold and four warm days, but the season is definitely moving. …

It is now mid-April and Golden Week will begin next week, so we are finally hearing the news of cherry blossoms blooming from many places in Hokkaido. In fact, the sakura (cherry blossoms) were in full bloom in the garden of the library across the street from our house. So, in the spirit of spring, I took a little trip yesterday, even though it was raining, to a familiar fish shop in Yoichi, Nioka Shoten, to see the seasonal fish situation. The current status of seafood from the east coast of the Shakotan Peninsula, including Yoichi, was on display. The main catch still seems to be flounder, and we were able to purchase a slightly larger one, which was being grated for sashimi.
On the road trip, we sometimes saw cherry trees in bloom. I thought that perhaps the cherry trees would be in full bloom before the consecutive holidays, but the situation took a turn for the worse early today morning, with snow mixed in along with freezing rain. The temperature has dropped dramatically since yesterday, with a high of 5° today, 9° lower than the previous day. Three cold and four warm days in Hokkaido.
The photo shows wild flowers seen on the Hassamu River the day before yesterday. The photo shows a group of wild flowers I saw on the Hassamu River the day before yesterday. I can remember the names of characteristic flowers, but it is difficult for me to remember the names of wild flowers that tell me the base of the local sense of the season. Or rather, I don’t have that much interest in them, but I feel an irresistible nostalgia for them.
From this week onward, I have a lot of things going on at work. We have been utilizing AI technology in our new project related to residential image databases, and ChatGPT-related topics are rapidly gaining momentum worldwide, and it seems that the “harmonic system” of AI research at Hokkaido University, with whom we are collaborating, is attracting more and more attention. Dr. Hidenori Kawamura, who is leading AI technology in Japan in terms of scientific research, has been sending out information in various forums. Recently, I received an invitation to an event he was going to give a lecture at, and when I immediately responded to the e-mail to attend, I was told that the event was already “fully booked. I replied to the e-mail and found that the event was already “fully booked.” I guessed that it must have attracted a lot of attention.
I was told that an AI-related exhibition will be held at Tokyo Big Sight in May, and that our partner companies will be exhibiting at the event. Since it is somewhat related to AI, I am planning to visit the exhibition as well. I have also heard that our tools were introduced at an IT-related event the other day and received a good response.
Although the snow still comes back from time to time (laugh), we are determined to make steady progress toward the end of spring. Well…

Posted on 4月 17th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
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