L'Étranger 1911120

たまさかの外出記録として

Blue skies over the man-made island

My heart vanished into the sky

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extenz
Campfire
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I felt like going to the sea.
I had been cooped up for a while and the weekly forecast said it would rain for a while if I missed this day.
So I took the Portliner.
The first train from Sannomiya was bound for Kobe Airport.
I decided to go to the end of the line.
I don't fly, so I never come to the airfield.
Still, the concrete spaces that exist only for the take-off and landing of planes are fascinating.
Areas off-limits to outsiders are only to be walked around in dreams.
If I had done my homework, there were a number of places I would have liked to stop off at. It would be an exhausting walk to get there all in one go. I wouldn't mind splitting the fun into several parts.
Decide to have lunch around Civic Square station. There was no restaurant anywhere that I knew of.
A highball and something to eat can be bought at a convenience store, or I can sit on a bench somewhere and watch the sky.
Fortunately, I found a Chinese restaurant and had a buffet-style lunch.The piitang(or century egg), which I hadn't had for a long time, was delicious. The steamed chicken was also tasty.
I strolled around the Citizen's Square Station area and then went straight to Minatojima Station.
I passed through the campus of Kobe Gakuin University and went out to the west side of the man-made island.
It was around 15:00, but the sun was already shining in the west.
Watched boats and seagulls passing in the western sun.
It reminded me of when I was a child, on a Sunday when nothing was going on, I used to take the tram with my mother and sister to Meriken Wharf.
To the harbour, to the water source.
It was a way to spend a holiday without spending a lot of money.

海を見たくなった。
暫く引籠っていたし、週間予報では、この日を逃すと暫く雨。
それならということでポートライナーに乗った。
三宮先発は神戸空港行。
終点まで行ってみることにした。
飛行機に乗ることはないから、飛行場には縁がない。
それでも、飛行機の離発着のためだけに存在するコンクリートスペースは魅力的だ。
人の立ち入りを拒否する場所は、ただ夢の中で歩き回る。
下調べしておけば寄ってみたい場所が幾つか。一回では疲れが出そうな移動。楽しみは何回かに分けてもいいだろう。
昼食を市民広場駅辺りで摂ることにする。心当たりがあるわけではない。いざとなればコンビニエンスストアハイボールと何かを買うことも可能。どこかのベンチで空を眺めるのも良しだ。
結果的には中華レストランでバイキング形式のランチにありついた。久しぶりのピータンが美味しかった。蒸し鶏も美味だった。
市民広場駅周辺を歩き回り、そのまま、みなとじま駅まで。
神戸学院大学の構内を通り抜けて人工島の西側へ。
15時くらいだったが、もう西日。
その西日の中を行く船やカモメを眺めた。
子供の頃、なにもない日曜日に、市電に乗ってメリケン波止場に出かけたのを思い出す。
港へ行くか水源地へ行くか。
お金のかからない休日の過ごし方だった。