
住宅の取材ということに人生時間をながく過ごしてきていました。
そういうなかでいろいろな「住空間とひとの言葉」を聞いてきているのですが、釧路湿原地域で「終の住み処」として水辺を見晴らす西向きのやや高台に家を建てられた方がいて、その方の「暮らし方」につよく印象づけられたことがあった。
その方はながく首都圏に暮らしてきて、その地での家は処分されて釧路湿原地域に移転新築された。その方の「終の暮らしのたのしみ方」として、ただただ1日の終わりの時間、夕陽をじっとながめられていた。
夕方、それぞれの季節で時間はすこしづつ変化していくけれど、陽が落ちていく自然な光景に「この地球で生きてきた」という実感を味わい続けられていた。西に面している大きな窓辺で、室内は過ごしやすい室内気候を維持しながら、無念無想の時間を過ごされる幸せを語っていたのです。
そういうたのしみ方では、当然室内光は極力控えられ、晴れた日にはまったく落日の夕陽だけがそのご夫婦を包み込むのだそうです。毎日、ほぼ1時間以上、そういう時間を過ごされていた。
そういう年代に自分自身もめぐり会うことになってきて、旅路を過ごしています。
カミさんの決めた旅程で、昨夕、宍道湖の夕陽をじっと2時間以上、見つめ続けておりました。おかげさまで梅雨時とは思えないほどの一瞬の晴れ間が巡ってきてくれた。ハンバーガーとポテトの夕食をつましく味わいながらのうれしい時間でした。
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A time to gaze in silence. The sunset of Lake Shinji]
There is nothing to say when facing the mountains of my hometown... but the setting sun has the vastness and boundlessness of “living on the earth”. The sheer joy of the time when the setting sun sends the sun without a thought. I am so happy to be here.
I have spent much of my life covering housing.
In the Kushiro Marshland area, there was a person who built a house on a slightly elevated hill facing west with a view of the waterfront as his “final home,” and his “way of life” made a strong impression on me.
The person had lived in the Tokyo metropolitan area for a long time, and had disposed of his house there and built a new house in the Kushiro Marshland area. As her “way of enjoying life at the end of life,” she simply gazed at the setting sun at the end of the day.
Although the time of day changes slightly with each season, the natural sight of the setting sun made her feel as if she had lived on this earth. He spoke of the happiness of spending time in a state of uncontemplated contemplation while maintaining a comfortable indoor climate in the large window facing the west.
In this way of enjoying themselves, they naturally kept indoor light to a minimum, and on a clear day, only the setting sun enveloped the couple. They spent more than an hour every day in that kind of environment.
I am spending my journey, having come to encounter such an age myself.
Last evening, I spent more than two hours staring at the sunset over Lake Shinji on an itinerary decided by my wife. Thanks to her, we had a brief moment of sunshine, which is hard to believe during the rainy season. It was a happy time as we enjoyed a dinner of hamburgers and fries.
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