Around two years have been passed after returning back from Brittany where there was full of nature. I love both Yokohama and Brittany and I don’t want to say my preference but obviously there is a big gap between two places. My place is/was at a part of urban area and as you can easily imagine, a lot of buidings are/were still under construction. It should be unavoidable things. A big difference is that you can see big farms or forest next to the urban area still in Britanny but not in Yokohama. It would be likely to disappear even a small farm.
Yokohama is a historical town known as a place of re-opening a door of the country of Japan to other countries in 1858. There was no downtown 170 years ago. It is said that was the reason to use the place of Yokohama. Now, there seems no free spaces. around 3 milllion people live there. It should be too huge number.
It was the end of a hot day, someone use a blue hose to water and put it under a tap. No one was interested in such a thing and it should be out of focus. It was left in the backyard next to a rusty metal container. Who cares? I’m not even interested in it either. That’s why I took it out of focus, to keep only those colors.
人の感性なんてそれぞれ違っていて当たり前で、生まれ育った環境によるところもあれば、環境というだけでは説明のつかない個人的な感性みたいなものもあることはよく分かっています。このポストの写真をもし不愉快に感じているのであれば大変申し訳ないと思います。 このBlogでは、考え方の違いとか、文化の違いとか、あるいは多少の感覚の違いとかは許容していただく前提で、なるべく感性に幅のある内容は扱わないようにしてきました。ゴミ収集車を取り上げたことがありますが、その場合でもなるべくクリーンな内容となるよう気にして書いたつもりです。 今週は、それを少し破ってトイレや下着に関連したりする内容を含みますので、そうしたことが嫌だなと感じる方は、このページまでにしてください。大変申し訳ありません。ある意味、そのための冒頭の写真ですし、あえて文体を変えています。 この写真には、”FOR SALE, TRES TRES SALE”と書かれたシトロエンが写っています。つまり、「売り出し中、めちゃめちゃ汚い」と英語とフランス語でダジャレ落書き（for saleはもちろん英語、tres saleのsaleはフランス語で汚いとか嫌なの意味でサルと発音、もしかしたら輸入塩でご存知のsaléはフランス語で塩辛いの意味でサレと発音）があります。フランスでは、こんな汚い車が時々走っています。綺麗に磨かれた車は、個人所有というより社用車の方が多いようにも思います。さすがにここまでくると誰が見ても汚いと思いますが、日本人の感性からするとあり得ないほど汚いという感じでしょうか。
First of all, I must state that I am not a researcher of the Triskel or Triskelion, nor do I have any knowledge of them. In fact, it seems that there is no definitive research result on what the Triskelion is. In other words, it is better not to take what is written here at face value. If I were to say something that sounds simple, the Triskelion is called a “三脚巴紋” in Japanese. The meaning of the Triskelion is that three legs（三脚） of a human with a slightly bent knee are seen from the side, and are connected at 120 degrees around the base of the leg, forming a Tomoe（巴） pattern（紋）, and it can also mean three spirals connected together. I understand that this explanation is unclear to begin with. Aren’t legs and spirals completely different? I’m sure I’ll be scolded. However, the pattern in the shape of a foot is found all over Europe, and in a sense it is a typical Triskelion pattern, and sometimes there are horns instead of legs. This forms a spiral in the case of the Celtic peoples of Ireland and Brittany, France. This spiral pattern is found not only in Europe but all over the world; for example, the one in Japan is called the “左三巴紋”. So, if you’re wondering “so what is that?”, it’s best to read up on Wiki. The top photo is part of a flower bed in a park in Brittany. Begonias are planted in the shape of a triskelion. The triskelion is the symbol of the Brittany peninsula and is a common pattern used in many places. The photo below was taken at one of the historical sites of Notre Dame Abbey, and traces of the triskelion remain. There are apparently parts from the 12th and 15th centuries remaining, but it is not clear which part this pattern belongs to.
Now, it’s not a good time to visit any gardens in Japan. The temperature is extreme and exceptionally high for one month compared to common years. The weather forecasting company says it is indeed 4-5 degrees Celsius (7-9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher. When I visited the garden shown in the photo above, it was 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit). I could say it is crazy. I gave up on staying there just to take photos. The next photo was taken at the Japanese Pear Orchard next to the garden. I returned to my car right after taking this photo for the record.
I would like to show a bottom picture taken last summer. A picture itself looks not so beautiful. You would see one butterfly and quiet flowers. I prefer to those type of garden. It was rather natural and wild. The flowers were indigo, which is completely different from the color we know. In fact, indigo is made from leaves. And the important thing is that the temperature was below 25 degrees.
l'atelier tanu | tagnoue 