昨日は小樽で温泉に浸かる前に「海岸沿い」の気持ちの良い散歩10,000歩超。
　晴天で風よけの上着はなんとなく必要と事前には感じていましたが、歩き始めたらやや汗ばむほどの超リラックス散策。やっぱり海を見ながら、対話しながら気ままにあるくというのは、この地球にいのちを得てきた動物としての人間の本然を思い知らされるような気分。
　太古から人間は、なんとなく海に対して「生命の源」という意識を持っていたに違いないと思える。こういう気分にわたしは最近「涅槃感」という言葉を宛てているけれど、そのような気分。そしてまだ肉体の若さを確保して、気分良く歩き回れることに感謝しつつ、まだまだ続けられたらと祈念する。
　で、つい歩きすぎかなぁと思って温泉に入ったら，腰から下がバラバラ感に満たされてしまった（泣）。日頃から１日10,000歩は散歩していますが、考えて見ればそれは朝と日中の２回で達成している。一気に歩き抜くのはあんまり記憶していない。そういう状態にそもそもカラダをバラバラにするような温熱効果が働いて、どうやら、その疲労感が一気に迫ってきてしまった。
　で、温泉入浴で受けた「注意勧告」のダメージから、遅い昼食後の午後４時くらいからベッドインしておりました。・・・ふつうは5-6時間で一度起きたあと、カラダがスッキリしているのですが、昨晩はまったくダメで、さっぱりスッキリしない。で、なんとか５時前にようやくマシな感じになったので起き出して、家の片付け掃除などを済ませていたら、「緊急地震アラート」でスマホが絶叫。
　アラートに驚いて起きてきたカミさんと寄り添ってその揺れの瞬間を過ごしておりました。
　・・・まぁまぁ、の揺れっぷり。
　すっかり寝ぼけアタマが叩き起こされてしまった。まぁ、傍目には違いが無いかなぁ（笑）。
　先般のわたしの旅行中での地震の「後発」地震が予想されていましたが、今回のがそれであるかどうか、地震列島、最近活発なので，油断なく過ごしていきたいですね。

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[Earthquake Alarm Catches Me in the Middle of a 13-Hour Sleep in Bed!]
At first, with my head still foggy, I thought, “Huh, is that the rice cooker beeping?” A message from the earth telling me to wake up. …

　Yesterday in Otaru, before soaking in the hot springs, I took a pleasant walk along the coast—over 10,000 steps.
It was sunny, and I had a feeling beforehand that I might need a windbreaker, but once I started walking, it turned into an incredibly relaxing stroll that even made me break a slight sweat. Walking freely while gazing at the sea and engaging in conversation really makes me feel as though I’m being reminded of humanity’s true nature as animals born to live on this Earth.
　I can’t help but feel that, since ancient times, humans have instinctively regarded the sea as the “source of life.” Lately, I’ve been describing this feeling with the term “nirvana-like sensation,” and that’s exactly how it felt. I’m grateful that my body is still young enough to let me walk around so comfortably, and I pray that I can keep doing this for a long time to come.
So, thinking I might have walked a bit too far, I went into the hot spring—only to find my lower body feeling completely disjointed (sob). I usually walk 10,000 steps a day, but come to think of it, I usually achieve that in two separate sessions—one in the morning and one during the day. I don’t really remember ever walking that much all at once. The thermal effects of the hot spring, which essentially break down the body, must have caused that fatigue to hit me all at once.
So, due to the “warning” I received from the hot spring, I went to bed around 4:00 p.m. after a late lunch. …Usually, I wake up once after 5–6 hours and feel refreshed, but last night was a total bust—I didn’t feel refreshed at all. I finally started to feel somewhat better just before 5:00, so I got up and was tidying up the house when my smartphone started screaming with an “Emergency Earthquake Alert.”
My wife, startled by the alert, came out of bed, and we huddled together through the moment of the tremor.
…It was a pretty decent-sized tremor.
　It completely jolted my sleepy brain awake. Well, I guess it probably looked the same to anyone watching (lol).
There had been predictions of an “aftershock” from the earthquake that happened while I was traveling recently, but whether this was it or not—since we live on an earthquake-prone archipelago that’s been quite active lately—I’d like to stay vigilant.

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Posted on 4月 27th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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