ナイトクルーズ
船旅は最高の贅沢という。私は海育ちという事もあって子供の頃から船に乗る機会は多く、小・
中学生当事はテンマ船の艪をよく漕いだものである。ところが隠岐之島から本土に渡る船は大の苦手であった。今は、高速艇で１時間、
フェリーだと約３時間程で渡るが、私が高校生位までは６時間を要した。しかも、５００トン位の小さな船（当事は凄く大きく思っていたが・・）
で日本海の荒海を渡るため、一寸時化ていると船室で寝ていてもズズズッ、ズズズッと端から端まで滑り落ちる。可笑しな表現と思うでしょうが、
実際「滑り落ちる」という表現がピッタリとくる凄まじい揺れであった。船酔いの苦しさは経験した者しか判らないが、それはきつい。
その経験があるだけに親の死に目意外は冬は田舎に帰らないと固く決意していた程である。
その私が２８・２９日の一泊２日、にっぽん丸でののワンナイト・クルーズを楽しんだ。
ロータリーの友人から飛鳥やにっぽん丸での船旅の話を何度か聞かされており、一度は乗ってみたいとひそかに思っていた。そんな折、
たまたま知人から「にっぽん丸」のワンナイト・クルーズの案内があった。
船酔いのトラウマがあるだけに一瞬躊躇するものはあったが妻に話すと、「それいいじゃない、行きましょう」の一言。
瀬戸内のナイトクルーズであり、先ず船酔いは大丈夫・・・と決意し申し込んだ。
夕方５時、神戸港の中埠頭で乗船。総トン数２１９０３トンで８階建、超豪華客船の名にはじない素晴らしい船であった。
船内に一歩足を踏み入れたとたん何となくフワッとゆったりとした雰囲気があった。船も豪華だが、
それにも増してお客をもてなそうとする心が船員の一人ひとりに強く感じられ、すごく良いムードが船内一杯に漂っていた。
そんな中で食事やゲームやショーを楽しむ。船はゆったりと貴婦人の如く瀬戸内を行く。
下船は翌日１４時であったが陸上とは別の時間が流れているかのような一時であった。
これで世界一周など夢のまた夢であるが、船旅のとりこになる人の気持ちは判るような気がした。
中埠頭の夜景
明石大橋を真下から写す
They say that a boat trip is a luxury of the highest order. I grew up on the sea, so I had many opportunities to go on a boat since I was a child.
When I was a junior high school student, I used to paddle the fulls in the paddles of the tenma boat. However, I was not very good at sailing from Oki-no-shima to the mainland. I’m on a speedboat for an hour.
The ferry takes about 3 hours, but it took 6 hours until I was a high school student. Moreover, the small ship weighs about 500 tons (I thought it was very big…)
In order to cross the rough sea of the Sea of Japan, if the time is a little wicked, even if you are sleeping in the cabin, you will slide from one end to the other. I know it sounds like a funny expression, but
In fact, the tremor was so severe that it could be described as “sliding down”. The pain of seasickness can only be understood by those who have experienced it, but it is severe.
Because of this experience, he was determined not to return to the countryside in the winter, except for the death of his parents.
I enjoyed a one-night cruise on the Nippon Maru for two days and a night on the 28th and 29th.
My Rotary friends had told me several times about their boat trips on the Asuka and Nippon Maru, and I had been secretly hoping to try it at least once. at that time
By chance, an acquaintance informed me of a one-night cruise on the Nippon Maru.
I hesitated for a moment because of the trauma of seasickness, but when I told my wife, she said, “That’s good, let’s go.
It was a night cruise in the Seto Inland Sea, so I decided that I wouldn’t get seasick, so I signed up.
At 5:00 p.m., we embarked at Naka Wharf in Kobe Port. It was a wonderful ship with a gross tonnage of 21,903 tons and eight stories, not to be confused with the name of a super luxury cruise ship.
As soon as I stepped inside the ship, there was a vaguely fluffy and relaxed atmosphere. The ship is gorgeous, though.
In addition to that, I felt that each of the crew members had a strong desire to entertain the guests, and there was a very good mood that filled the ship.
Enjoy the food, games and shows in the midst of it all. The ship goes through the Seto Inland Sea like a noblewoman at a leisurely pace.
We disembarked at 14:00 the next day, but it was a moment in time that seemed to be different from the time on land.
This is another dream of a round-the-world trip, but I felt that I could understand the feelings of those who are captivated by the boat trip.
