こんな１０連休なんて有史以来では？。休みというのは明日の英気を養うために設けられたものとの認識を持っていたが、１０連休などになると英気を養うどころか、逆に休み疲れで今日など仕事の調子が出ず、戸惑いを感じている人の方が多いのでは。

小生は連休の前半は岡山経由で隠岐に帰り、今年初の海釣りを楽しんだ。久々の隠岐で操船も思うに任せず、不安はあったがそれでも外海に足を伸ばした。釣り果は先ず先ず。

レンコ鯛を中心にアマダイ、ボッカ、メバルなど魚種も豊富で船釣りを満喫することが出来た。

発送用に腸と鱗を取った後で写したため余り綺麗ではないが・・・。

釣ったレンコ鯛とメバルを煮付けにし、浜辺で捕ったナマコと、友達に頂いたアワビを調理し、一人夕食を楽しむ・・・。

Hasn’t there been a 10-day holiday like this since history? I’ve always thought that holidays are meant to cultivate the wisdom of tomorrow, but when it comes to 10 consecutive holidays, instead of cultivating the wisdom of tomorrow, there are more people who are tired of the holidays and feel bewildered because they can’t do their work today.

I spent the first half of the consecutive holidays back to Oki via Okayama and enjoyed my first sea fishing of the year. It had been a long time since I had been on the Oki Islands, and I was not able to navigate the boat as I wanted, so I was uneasy, but I still extended my legs to the open sea. The fishing results are first.

We were able to enjoy boat fishing with many kinds of fish such as red snapper, bokka, and mebaru.

It’s not so beautiful because it was taken after the intestines and scales were removed for shipping…

The sea cucumber caught on the beach and the abalone given by a friend were cooked, and one person enjoyed the dinner….

今年に入り何かと「平成最後」という言葉を耳にしてきたが、今日はまさに平成最後のウィークデー。明日からの１０連休に備え企業は大忙し。我が社もご多聞に漏れずで、この一週間、社員は残業続き。その最後の追い込みが今日であるが、中々に厳しい状況にある。

　本来成ればじっくりと「平成」の３１年を振り返り、「令和」に向かっての方針を確立すべきであろうが、現実は日々の雑事に追われ、目先のことに精一杯というのが小生の今である。

　ただ漠然と考えるに、平成の31年、自分なりには満足、及第点を点けてもいいのかなと思う。さて来る令和は、と考えると、多分に高齢との戦いになるのかな・・。

天風道で心身統一を目指し、日々精進するが、よる年波に打ち勝つには、少なくとも其れ相応の覚悟と努力はいるであろう。

　その準備として、明日は岡山の天風会行修に参加し、明後日には故郷隠岐に帰り、一人大海原に釣り糸をたらそうと思う・・・。

Today is the last weekday of the Heisei era. Companies are busy preparing for the 10 consecutive holidays starting tomorrow. As you may have heard, our company has been working overtime for the past week. The final push is today, but it’s a tough situation.

Normally, I should look back on the 31 years of “Heisei” and establish a policy for “Seiwa”, but in reality, I am busy with day-to-day miscellaneous affairs and am only concentrating on the immediate matters at hand.

However, vaguely thinking about it, I think that I can give my own satisfaction or even a grade in the 31st year of the Heisei era. Now that I think about the coming Reiwa, maybe it will be a battle with the elderly…

In order to unify mind and body in the Heavenly Wind Path, I will strive to do my best every day.

To prepare for this, I will participate in the Tenpukai Tour in Okayama tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, I will return to my hometown in Oki, and I will try to cast a fishing line on the ocean by myself…

島根県立隠岐島前高等学校の同窓会を家督会（アトドカイ）と称する。家督会の詳細ないわれは知らないが、学校が家督山（海士町で一番高い山、標高246.2ｍ）の麓に在ることから名づけられたものと思われます。

この家督会の関西支部同窓会が昨日（４月２１日）開催された。参加者は何と総勢１４０名、中でも私の期がダントツで１５名居た。久しぶりに懐かしい顔に出会い、気持ちは一挙に１８歳。

１１時半から始まった総会は１４時半に閉会となったが、時間というのは不思議なもので、その時の感覚によって随分と違うもの。先輩後輩を含め、今日は・・、ヨ・・と声をかけ一言二言話しているとアッという間にお開きの時間となっていた。当然の事ながら、そのまま終わるはずも無く、昼日中ではあるが、当然そうなるであろうと予測して予約していた店に直行。事前に打合せをしていた訳ではないが、二次会も誰一人欠ける事無く同期１５名が全員参加。

卒業してから早や５４年。それぞれがそれぞれに成長しており、皆がみな元気そのもの。一般に７０歳余の人をみると、それ相応に年寄りで、おじいさんおばあさんと呼ぶに何の抵抗も無い感じになるが、同窓会で集まった７０歳余は、何故か見事に若い。何故だろー？。

外からみると多分に老人であろうが、当人同士は皆１８歳に帰っている。５４年の年月を一挙に投げ捨て、１８歳に帰っているのである。

まーたまには良いものだ・・・。

The alumni association of Okijimae High School in Shimane Prefecture is called Atodokai (family association). I don’t know the details of the family council, but it seems that the school was named after the fact that it is located at the foot of the family council mountain (the highest mountain in Ama town, 246.2 meters above sea level).

The Kansai Branch Reunion of the House of Lords was held yesterday (April 21). There were a total of 140 participants, 15 of whom were in my term by far. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a familiar face, and I’m 18 years old all at once.

The general meeting, which started at 11:30 a.m. and ended at 14:30 a.m., is a strange thing, and time is very different depending on how you feel at the time. After saying a word or two to the senior and junior members of the group, it was time to end the meeting in no time. As a matter of course, it was not going to end as it was, and although it was the middle of the day, I went straight to the restaurant I had reserved as I expected it would be. It wasn’t planned in advance, but the second party was attended by all 15 of us without missing a single person.

It’s been 54 years since I graduated. Each one is growing in its own way, and they are all in good spirits. In general, when you see people who are over 70 years old, they look appropriately old and don’t have any resistance to being called grandparents, but the people who gathered at the reunion were remarkably young. I don’t know why.

From the outside, they may look like old people, but all of them are now 18 years old, having thrown away 54 years of their lives to become 18 years old.

Sometimes it’s good…

春の嵐、芦ノ湖付近では雪景色。東京は昼間の温度が３度とか？。

実は今日、早朝スタートのゴルフコンペが入っていた。ところが昨日昼頃、幹事さんから中止にしようかとの相談電話。開口一番、「そうしましょう・・大賛成」と即答。

このシーズン、春先は結構雨が多く、過去にも何回か大雨の中、ゴルフに興じたことはあるが、流石に７０の声を聞く歳になると雨は応える。特に春先の雨は風を伴っていることが多く、思っているより厳しいんだよね。

再来週の日曜日（２１日）、隠岐島前高校の同窓会「家督会（アトドカイ）関西支部」の同窓会が谷町４丁目のホテルプリムローズで開催されます。百数十名の参加申し込みがあるようですが、まだまだ会場には余裕があります。是非ご参加下さい。

皆で楽しい一時を過ごしましょう・・・。お待ちしています。

A spring storm, a snowy landscape near Lake Ashinoko. The daytime temperature in Tokyo is like 3 degrees?

Actually, there was a golf competition today that started early in the morning. However, around noon yesterday, the organizer called me to ask if I would like to cancel it. The first thing he said was, “Let’s do that…I agree with you.

It rains quite a lot in the early spring this season, and I have played golf in heavy rain a few times in the past, but as you can imagine, when you get old enough to hear 70 voices, the rain will respond. The rain, especially in early spring, is often accompanied by wind, and it’s harder than you might think.

The reunion of the Kansai Branch of the Okijimae High School Alumni Association “Atodokai” will be held at Hotel Primrose in Tanimachi 4-chome on Sunday 21st. It looks like a hundred or so people have signed up to attend, but there’s still room for more. We hope you will join us.

Let’s all have a good time together… We look forward to seeing you there.

新元号「令和」。

昨日４月１日、新年度スタート、朝１０時より新年度の事業計画が発表され、其れを受けての会議後、全社員そろってテレビの前に集合。１１時３０分の菅官房長官の新元号発表を待った。ところが中々発表が無く、官房長官が緊張の面持ちで現れたのが１１時４０分。新元号「令和」。一瞬エッと戸惑った・・・。続いて官房長官から簡単な経緯説明があり、万葉集からの引用であるとの説明。

難しいことは何も判らないが、単純に「令和」の文字から感じる印象は、冷たさ、厳しさ、が感じられエッと思ったのが正直なところ。ところが時間がたつにつれ、徐々にその響きの良さが感じられ、今日になって、極々単純に「素晴らしい元号だな・・」と思えるようになった。

平成は残すところ後１ケ月、５月１日から令和がスタート。何と無く楽しくなってきた・・・。別に何が特にということは無いが・・・。

「令和」、バンザーイ。平成さん有難うございました・・・。

The new name is “Reiwa”.

Yesterday, April 1, the new fiscal year started with the announcement of the business plan for the new fiscal year at 10:00 a.m. After the meeting, all the employees gathered in front of the TV to wait for the announcement of the new name by Chief Cabinet Secretary Kan at 11:30 a.m. However, there was no announcement, and the Chief Cabinet Secretary appeared at 11:40 a.m. with a nervous look on his face. The new name is “Reiwa”. I was puzzled for a moment… The Chief Cabinet Secretary then gave a brief explanation of the background, explaining that it was a quote from the Manyoshu.

I don’t know what’s so difficult about it, but I honestly thought the impression I got from the letter “Reiwa” was coldness and harshness. However, as time went by, I gradually felt the good sound of it, and today, I have come to think, “It’s a wonderful Gengo” very simply.

The Heisei era is only one month away, and on May 1, Seiwa will start. Somehow, it’s becoming fun…. There’s nothing in particular, but…

“Reiwa”, Banzai. Thank you very much, Heisei-san…