Thursday, September 16, 2010

Aomori ・ Hakodate - Day 3 (Hakodate 3 Hour Tour) / 青森・函館 ‐ 三日目 (函館市内ツアー)

Our Hakodate City Tour is off to its last spot - Takuboku Park and the Hijikata Takuboku Roman-kan. Well, I can fairly say that most of my American readers wouldn't know who these two people are - I certainly didn't. First, there is Takuboku Ishikawa who was a famous poet and teacher and was also known to have written in a letter, "When I die, I wish to die in Hakodate."  There is also a short film shown about the life of Takuboku. The other person is Toshizo Hijikata, a member of the Shinsengumi (a special police force of the late Shogunate period - according to Wikipedia).

函館市内ツアーの〆は啄木小公園と土方・啄木浪漫館。アメリカの読者はこの二人は誰だけ分からないと思いますが(だって、自分も知らなかった)。日本人は誰でも知ってるらしい。とりあえず、土方は土方歳三のことです。新撰組の副長でした。もう一人、啄木は石川啄木のことです。有名な詩人。手紙で残した“死ぬ時は函館で死にたい”でも知られてる人物。浪漫館の中で啄木に関するフィルムもを見るのが一つのポイント。啄木本人と生徒たちの人形もある。


Hijikata/Takuboku Roman-kan / 土方・啄木浪漫館


Takuboku's students / 啄木先生の生徒たち


Takuboku gets a transfer student / 啄木先生のクラスに転校生がやってきた


Statue of Takuboku Ishikawa / 石川啄木の像



This may look like another building related to the Hijikata/Takuboku Roman-kan, but if you look closely at the sign in the middle of this building, you would realize it is a public toilet!

この建物は土方・啄木浪漫館の一部と思われる感じがしますが、ビルの真ん中に貼ってるサインを良く見ると“公衆便所”と書かれてます。


Uh...nope, I can't read it so no translation.


Oops, looks too small to read in Japanese / あれ、ちょっと日本語でも読むにくいですね


I could only read parts of this, so once again, my American readers are forced to see this without a translation. I can translate the first two lines - "The Sea of the North, the color of rainbow" but that's about it.



The Hijikata/Takuboku Roman-kan is located right along the ocean where you can get a great view of Hakodateyama.

土方・啄木浪漫館の裏に海がある。ここから函館山も見えます。


On a clear day, you can see Aomori Prefecture across the Tsugaru Strait / 晴れた日に青森県も見えます



Kind of artsy don't you think with the lone girl walking along the beach / 自分のお気に入りの写真、なんだか女性一人がビーチを歩くのが魅力的じゃない?


My sister walking along the beach / ビーチで散歩する妹


Tomorrow we head back to Aomori and will watch Aomori Prefecture's most famous festival, the Nebuta Festival.

明日は青森に戻って、夜は東北三大祭りの一つ、ねぶた祭りを鑑賞します!

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