One day＠somewhere #DAY15 - Family trip to Iwamuro hot spring in March.
One weekend in March, my younger brother and his wife, along with their children and our father, went on a trip together for the first time since last October. This time, our destination was Niigata again, it was a traditional Japanese inn "Takashima-ya" in Iwamuro hot-spring.
This is the Sayama Parking Area on the Kenoh Expressway. Even though it's just a little over an hour from home yet, I'm already in vacation mood. Since I got my current car, there is no place to put an ashtray in the car, so I stopped smoking in the car. Because of that, I take a cigarette break every 1 to 2 hours.
ここはまだ自宅を出て1時間ちょっとの圏央道の狭山PAなのにすでになんだか行楽気分。今の車になってから車内に灰皿を置けるような場所もないし車の中でタバコを吸わなくなった。それもあって1時間〜2時間に1回はタバコ休憩。
Once I passed through the Kanetsu Tunnel, it was a world of snow. When I was smoking a cigarette seeing a view like this at the Shiozawa Ishiuchi Service Area, my iPhone that rarely gets phone calls, got a call. It was about work. I may've ended up being here for about an hour or more than that dealing with that.
関越トンネルを抜けたら雪世界。塩沢石打SAでこんな景色を眺めながらタバコを吸っていたら、普段は電話が来ることなんて滅多にない iPhone に着信。仕事だった。その対応をしていたりして結局小一時間くらいここにいたかも。
I arrived at the inn safely, though a little later than planned. My nephew (the older one) who had grown fond of the camera that I always carry with me took photos again. My Leica Q has already become almost exclusively for my nephew to use when we gather for family trips. It seems like my younger brother and his wife were worried so much that he might break the camera, but well, if it breaks, it can't be helped.
ちょっと予定より遅くなってしまったけど、とりあえず無事に旅館には到着。すっかり自分が持ち歩いているカメラを気に入ってくれた甥っ子（上の子）がまた撮ってくれた。家族旅行で集まった時に Leica Q はもうほぼ甥っ子専用になりつつある。弟夫婦が壊さないかってヒヤヒヤしてたみたいだけど、まあ壊れたら壊れたでしょうがないでしょう。
The next morning, before departure, I took some photos at the main building of the inn that has been around since the Edo period. The photo at the beginning of this article is also one of them.
翌朝、出発前に江戸時代からあるという旅館本館で何枚か写真を撮っておいた。この記事の冒頭の写真もその中の一枚。
Here, there was also a strong sense of what can be called "Taisho Roman" atmosphere. Well, it's already existed even in the Meiji period or the Edo period, before the Taisho period.
ここも所謂『大正ロマン』的な雰囲気がすごかった。まあ大正どころか明治時代、江戸時代にはもうあったんだもんな。
This is a photo taken at Echigo-Kawaguchi Service Area, leaving the inn and heading back home. On the Niigata side of the Kanetsu Tunnel, it was snowing quite heavily just like the day before around Echigo-Yuzawa. However, even further away from the mountains than Echigo-Yuzawa, Echigo-Kawaguchi was also still covered in this much snow. I think snow will disappear next time I travel. I'm looking forward to seeing them again.
See you then.
旅館を出発して自宅への帰路、これは越後川口SAで撮った写真だな。関越トンネルより新潟側、越後湯沢辺りは前日と同じく結構な雪が降っていたけど、その越後湯沢よりもずっと山から離れている越後川口もこんなに雪が積もっていた。次の旅行の時はさすがに雪もなくなっているかな。またみんなに会えるのが楽しみ。
ほなまたー！
