After lunch, there was still two things my mother wanted to do. One was to go to the Tora-san Museum. "Tora-san" being a very popular movie series in Japan starring Kiyoshi Atsumi. The other thing was experience a ride in the "yagiri no watashi". Which is a small ferry ride across a river which started in the early ages of the Edo era. The ferry connects Shibamata in Tokyo to Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture.
昼食終わったあと、お母さんがまだ二ヶ所が行きたい。一つは寅さん記念館。うちのお母さんは大の“男はつらいよ！”のファンです。そして、もう一つは“矢切の渡し”。これは江戸時代初期の頃から始まった、川渡しの手段だった。小さな船で川を渡る。東京都柴又と千葉県松戸市下矢切を結ぶフェリーです。
Tora-san awaits at his own museum.
寅さん近年巻で寅さんが会える！
My other enjoyed the various interviews and videos while I enjoyed checking out the replica of Showa era Japan (again). This was not my first visit to the Tora-san museum.
お母さんが結構エンジョイした様子でした。僕にとって、二回目の来館ですが、昭和時代のレプリカが何回見ても凄い！
Part of the original set of the Tora-san movie featuring the
dango shop.
ここは寅さん映画のオリジナルセットだったそうです。
Time slip back to Showa era Japan / 昭和時代にタイムスリップ
We are going to cross that river in a ferry that's been in business since the Edo era.
矢切の渡しはあの川を渡る。
On the river / 川の上
It was quite windy when we crossed the river so the boatman only used the oar to pull away from the shore. It appeared that we were drifting along the current until the boatman fired up the engine (so much for sticking to tradition, but it was a necessity I might add). Oh, and the boat fee is only 100yen one-way.
出航（こういうボートで出航と言うのかね？）の時だけ昔の様な感じがしまたが、川に流されてるだけだった。でもボートにはちゃんとモーターもあるから、川は普通に渡れる。あっ、料金は片道で１００円。
Mom with the boatman in the background. A favorite picture of mine.
僕のお気に入りの写真。
Um, not much to see on the other side of the river.
えーと、川を渡っても、なんもないです。
Check it out - Tokyo Sky Tree as seen from the Chiba side of the river.
要チェック ‐ 千葉県から見える東京スカイツリー。
This is the Chiba side of the ferry landing (unfortunately, it looks more like homeless person's abode).
千葉側の船乗り場。（なんだかホムレスの家みたいですけど）。
Waiting for the boat to take us back to Shibamata.
柴又戻りの船を待つ。
The ferry dock at Shibamata.
柴又側の船乗り場。
I like the old style houses in the foreground with the Tokyo Sky Tree in the back.
良い雰囲気の写真と思いません？
Nagaya-mon at Yamamoto Tei, a place we walked through to go to the Tora-san Museum.
山本亭の長屋門。この中を通って寅さん記念館に行く。
Me and Mom enjoying our day in Shibamata.
柴又を堪能して僕とお母さん。
Oh, I almost forgot. We went back to [Tora-ya] to eat some
kusa dango!
あっ、忘れるところでした。柴又の商店街に戻って「とらや」で草団子たべた！
Yum! / 美味しい！
Spotted these guys on our way back to Shibamata station.
柴又駅戻る途中に発見した彼ら。
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