２月３日節分。暦の上では立春ということですが日本経済と同じで全く実感はない。未だまだ寒さには気をつけましょう。

ところで節分と言えば豆まき。豆まきと言えば成田山。我が家はその成田山明王院の直ぐ西側に所在する。従って、
節分は当然成田山へという事になるが、勤め人の悲しさで節分が休日に重ならないとそうは行かない。
ところが今年は土曜日が節分で小生も６１歳の本役。早速妻と二人で成田さんに向った。豆まきは３回行われ、朝一番が１０時３０分開始の予定。
１０時には行ったが既に数千人の人で境内は超満員であった。

成田山明王院の豆まきは、例年ＮＨＫ朝の連ドラの役者が顔を揃えることで知られているが、
その他にもお笑い系の芸能人や政財界の年男、京都の芸子さん達がズラッと顔を揃える。紋付袴に身をかためた年男、
年女が舞台狭しと並んだ姿は壮観である。

１０時半過ぎ、フウちゃんこと大田房江大阪府知事の挨拶の後、いっせいに豆まきが始まった。
押すなおすなの揉みくちゃの中で豆をゲットするのは容易な事ではない。
成田山の豆は皮付きの落花生であるが落ちたのを拾うのは最も危険な行為。従って、手お伸ばして直接ゲットしるしかないがこれは難しい、
そこでベテランは風呂敷や紙袋を頭上に掲げゲットする。小生は、そんな事とは露知らず手ぶらである、ところが流石は我妻、
キッチリと紙袋を持参していた。成果は、歳の数には少し足らなかったが、そこそこ満足できるものであった。

例年、我が家でも豆まきは必ずしている。但し、今年は妻と二人だけの一寸淋しい豆まきであった。
子供が未だ小さかった頃は節分の日は大変であった。会社帰り、玄関を開けるや否や鬼の面を被らされ、家の周りを走り回らされ、
豆を投げつけられたものである。大変ではあるが、それなりに楽しく賑やかな豆まきであった。しかし、今では全く相手にしても貰えず、
「お父さん、恥ずかしいから小さな声でして・・」と、文句を言われるのがおちである。

話は変わるが、成田山の豆まきは「福はうち！」のみで、「鬼はそと！」は言わない。何故なら、成田山の境内に鬼は居ないから、とか？
。それはそれとして、「福はうち」「鬼はそと」の掛け声は、心の鬼と福ではないかと私は思っている。すなわち、自分の心の中にある、「怒り、
怖れ、悲しみ、煩悶、妬み、嫉妬」などの消極心を「鬼」とし、「親切、正直、喜び、感謝、平和、思いやり」
など人間誰しもが生まれながらに持っている真心を「福」として、「鬼はそと、福はうち」と大声を出し、
幸せな一年を願うのではないかと思っている。

February 3rd, Setsubun. It’s called “Risshun” on the calendar, but like the Japanese economy, I don’t really feel it at all. It’s still cold, so watch out for that.

By the way, speaking of “Setsubun,” we have bean-throwing. Speaking of mamemaki (scattering of beans), it is Narita-san. Our house is located just west of the Narita-san Myoo-in Temple. Therefore, the
Of course, we have to go to Narita-san on Setsubun, but it is not possible if Setsubun doesn’t fall on a holiday due to the sadness of the workers.
This year, however, it was Setsubun, and I was 61 years old. My wife and I immediately headed for Narita-san. There will be three bean-throwing events, with the first one scheduled to start at 10:30 in the morning.
I went by 10:00 a.m. The precincts were already overcrowded with thousands of people.

The bean-throwing ceremony at Mt. Narita Myoo-in is known for having the actors of NHK’s morning drama series in attendance every year.
In addition, comedian entertainers, old men from the political and business world, and geiko-san from Kyoto are all in attendance. An old man in a hakama with a crest
The sight of the 2-year-old girls lined up on the narrow stage was spectacular.

A little after 10:30, after a speech by Fusae Ota, the governor of Osaka Prefecture, and a bean-throwing ceremony started at once.
It’s not easy to get the beans in the middle of a mess that you can’t even push.
Naritasan’s beans are peanuts with skins, but picking up a fallen one is the most dangerous thing to do. So you have to reach out and get it directly, which is hard to do.
So the veteran gets a furoshiki or paper bag over his head. I was unaware of such a thing and was empty-handed, as expected of my wife.
Kitchiri had brought a paper bag with him. The results were a little short of their age, but reasonably satisfactory.

Every year, we always have a bean-throwing ceremony in our house. This year, however, it was just the two of us, my wife and I, who were a little lonely.
When my children were still small, the day of Setsubun was very difficult. As soon as I opened the front door on my way home from work, they made me wear a demon mask and run around the house.
It was a bean thrown at them. It was hard work, but it was fun in its own way. But now they don’t want to deal with me at all.
Dad, you’re too embarrassed to speak up,” he complains.

By the way, the bean-throwing ceremony at Narita-san is called “Fuku wa uchi! Only, “Oni there! is not said. Because there are no demons in the precincts of Narita-san, or something like that?
. However, I think that the shouting of “Fuku wa uchi” and “Oni wa soto” is the demon of the mind and Fuku. In other words, the “anger,
A reluctant mind such as “fear, sorrow, agony, envy, jealousy” is a “demon” and “kindness, honesty, joy, gratitude, peace, and compassion
The sincere heart that every human being is born with is called “Fuku”, and you can shout out “Oni wa soto, Fuku wa uchi” (Oni wa soto, Fuku wa uchi).
I’m sure you’re wishing for a happy year.

昨日は、香里天風会の越年会であった。
天風会では忘年会とは言わず越年会と称しており、毎年１２月の第三土曜日を香里天風会の越年会に当てている。

朝９時から通常の日曜行修を行い、１１時から越年行事に入り、一部が天風先生の講演テープを聴く会、２部が鍋を囲んでの懇親会である。

講演テープは、月始めの月例会では通常時間の関係で聞き難い長いテープを聴くようにしており、２時間２５分の相当長いものであった。

題は「十牛訓解明」。十牛訓、
十牛図は中国の宗代に書かれた禅の修行過程を牛に例え説明した解説図であり、尋牛、
見跡、見牛、得牛、牧牛、騎牛帰家、忘牛存人、人牛倶忘、返本還源、入テン垂手と十の図と説明からなっており、
それを天風会流に解説したお話で、昭和４０年・天風先生が９０歳の時に京都の補正行修会で講演したものである。

内容もさることながらとても９０歳とは思えない気力溢れる話しぶりで、
２時間半にも及ぶ長いテープであったが時間を全く感じさせない素晴らしいものであった。

二部はガラッと指向を変え、香里園駅前のちゃんこ屋で、先ほど聴いた先生の教えなどコロッと忘れ、
ちゃんこ鍋と焼酎に舌づつみをうっていた。出来の悪い子（弟子）ほど可愛い・・・？、と、苦笑しながら許してくれる事を信じて・・。

Yesterday, it was the Yue-Nen party of the Kori Tenpukai.
We call it the year-end party, not the year-end party, but the New Year’s Eve party, which is held on the third Saturday of December every year.

We had the usual Sunday service at 9:00 am and started the Yuejian event at 11:00 am. Part of the party was to listen to a tape of Dr. Tenpou’s lecture and part of the party was to get to know each other over a pot.

The tape of the speech was a long one, two hours and 25 minutes long, which was difficult to listen to because of the normal time of the monthly meeting at the beginning of the month.

The title is “Elucidating the Ten Cows”. The Ten Oxen.
The Ten Bulls is an explanation of the process of Zen training written by the Chinese sect reigns, comparing it to an ox.
It consists of ten figures and explanations, including the following: scenic spots, seeing oxen, gaining oxen, maki oxen, returning oxen, forgetting oxen, forgetting oxen, returning oxen, returning oxen, and entering oxen.
This is a story about the Tenpukai style, which he gave in 1965 when he was 90 years old at the Correctional Goshuikai in Kyoto.

He was so full of energy that it was hard to believe that he was 90 years old, not to mention the content.
It’s a long tape, two and a half hours long, but it’s a great one that doesn’t feel like time at all.

In the second part of the show, I changed my focus and went to a chanko shop in front of the Korinoen station, forgetting about what I had just heard from my teacher.
They were eating chanko nabe and shochu. The less good he is, the prettier he is…? I hope you’ll forgive me with a bitter smile…

我が家のテレビは2代目である。１０数年前に初代の１８インチから跡目相続して以来、
キッチンと居間の間にドデカイ顔で主の如く鎮座している。

ところがよる歳波には勝てず３ヶ月程前からかなり体力が弱り、ボケ症状も出てきて中々いうことをきかない。
スイッチを入れて暫くすると先ず横に一線光を成す、それから徐々に波のような波紋が広がり微かに画面らしきものが見えてくる。
寝起きが良い時はそのまま鮮明な画面になり声も発するが、少し機嫌が悪いと下半分だけがまともで上半分は３倍位に間延びしている。
各局の美人アナもかたなしである。

そこで目覚まし代わりに頭をポンと軽く叩く、するとビックリして正気になる。そんな状態が１ヶ月ほど続いていたが、
それ以後急激にボケが進み、最近では縦、横、斜め、と強烈なパンチを喰らわせないとダメ。
一端正気になっていても一寸した事でまたボケ症状がでる。

そこで可哀想には思うがその度毎に強烈な刺激を与え叱咤激励ししなければならない。そんな姿をみるに耐えないのか、子供は、
「いい加減にお役を解き３代目をたてろ」と矢の催促である。ところが１０数年も生活を共にして来た戦友である、
愛着があって中々その気になれない。

何とか今年いっぱいはもたせたいと願っている今日この頃である。

This is the second generation of TV in our house, since I inherited it from the first 18″ TV more than 10 years ago.
It stands between the kitchen and the living room with a huge face like the Lord.

However, I couldn’t win against the age wave, and my physical strength weakened considerably from about three months ago.
After a while of turning on the switch, a line of light appears on the side, and then a ripple like a wave gradually spreads out and a faint screen-like object appears.
When he is in a good mood, only the bottom half of the screen is decent and the top half is three times longer.
The beautiful anchors at each station are also in a state of disarray.

So, instead of waking up, I tapped my head lightly, which startled me and made me come to my senses. It had been like that for about a month, but
After that, the bokeh progressed rapidly, and nowadays, you have to throw a strong punch vertically, horizontally, and diagonally.
Even if you’re sane for a moment, the slightest thing can make you feel lightheaded again.

So I have to give a strong stimulus and scold and encourage you every time though I feel pitiful. You can’t stand to see that.
The arrows are urging him to get rid of his role and start a third generation. But my friend, who I’ve lived with for more than a dozen years…
I’m so attached to it that I can’t bring myself to do it.

I’m hoping that I can make it last for the rest of the year.

翌日曜日は早々に朝食を済ませ、ＡＭ９時には熊野本宮の大鳥居（日本一）の下に立っていた。そこを出発点に本宮にお参りし、
そのまま往復約８キロの熊野古道を歩くことにした。鬱蒼とした杉林の中をただただ黙々と歩く。聞こえるのは野鳥と虫の声だけ、
都会の喧騒を忘れ、古代人のごとく自然の中に遊んだ２時間半であった。

本宮前の小奇麗な食堂で昼食を済ませ、岐路に着く。途中、文武館があったという十津川高校に立ち寄ったが既に文武館は無く、
高校のグラウンド横に中沼了三先生の立派な碑が建っていた。幕末の頃、戸津川郷士の血気盛んな若者が尊皇攘夷、
勤皇の心に燃え立ち上がった旨が記されていたが、隠岐騒動（明治元年、松江藩の隠岐郡代を追放し、自治政権を行う。無血革命による隠岐維新）
の思想背景ともなった中沼了三先生の凄さを改めて思い知らされた。

十津川高校を後に暫く走ると、玉置山１２キロの看板が目に入った。エッ、１２キロで玉置山、それならとＵターンして玉置山へ、
ところがこれが大変、急勾配のＳ字カーブを延々３０分、やっと駐車場についたが、玉置神社にはそこから未だ徒歩３０分。しかし、
標高千メートル以上の玉置山に創建された玉置神社は霊気に包まれた幻想的な眺めであった。往復２時間を要した大変な寄り道であったが、
２時間で１年程命が伸びたかも・・・。

そんなこんなで帰宅したのは２０時近くなっていた、２０数年ぶりの楽しい二人旅であった。

The next Sunday, I finished my breakfast early and was standing under the Great Gate of Kumano Hongu (the largest gate in Japan) at 9:00 am. From there, you can visit the main shrine and
We decided to walk the Kumano Kodo, which is about 8 km round trip. I just walk silently through the dense cedar forest. All I can hear is birds and insects.
It was two and a half hours of forgetting the hustle and bustle of the city and playing in the nature like an ancient man.

We had lunch at a neat diner in front of the main shrine and came to a crossroads. On the way, we stopped at the Totsukawa High School, which was said to have had a Bunbu-kan, but there was already no Bunbu-kan, and it was the only place where we were able to go.
There was a splendid monument of Ryuzo Nakanuma next to the high school ground. Towards the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, a young and energetic Totsukawa samurai made the case for the reverence of the emperor and the expulsion of the foreigners.
It was written that he had risen to his feet in the spirit of the emperor, but the Oki Disturbance (in the first year of the Meiji era, the Oki county head of the Matsue clan was expelled and an autonomous government was imposed. (Oki Restoration through Bloodless Revolution)
I was once again reminded of the greatness of Ryuzo Nakanuma, who also became the background of the thought of “I’m going to do this.

As we drove after Totsukawa High School for a while, we saw a sign for 12 km from Tamaki Mountain. Tamaki in 12 km, then I made a U-turn and went to Tamaki.
However, this was very difficult. It took us 30 minutes to reach the parking lot on the steep S-curve, but we still had 30 minutes to reach Tamaki Shrine on foot. However.
The Tamaki Shrine, built on the 1,000-meter-high Mt. Tamaki, was a fantastic view surrounded by spirituality. It was a hard detour that took two hours for a round trip, but
Two hours could have added about a year to your life…

It was nearly 20 o’clock when we came home, and it was the first time in more than 20 years that we had enjoyed our trip together.

週末久し振りに小旅行に出かけた。しかも妻と二人である。団体旅行に二人で参加というのはあるが純粋に二人というのは記憶にない。
多分２０数年前の新婚旅行以来では無かったかと思う。

土曜日の朝８時過ぎ、「そろそろ出かけようか・・」と妻に声を掛けると、「エッ、あれ本当だったの」との反応。
２人での旅行など計画もしたことが無かっただけに、事前に一言「週末に熊野へ行こうか・・」と声は掛けていたものの、半信半疑であった様だ。

考えていたのは奈良県天川村の龍泉寺をお参りし、
十津川村の文武館に行き、川湯温泉で１泊、
翌日本宮にお参りし、熊野古道を少し歩こうとの計画。
ただドライブを兼ねて１泊しただけで旅行という程の事ではないが、これが中々良かった。

天川村の龍泉寺、近畿３６不動尊霊場巡りの一つとして立ち寄ったが思っていた以上に素晴らしく、
表現は悪いが面白いお寺であった。修験道のお寺であるが、怒りを露わにした不動明王が片目をつぶっていて何処と無く愛嬌があり、また、
ひょうきんな顔の狛犬の背中に子供が何匹も乗っかっていたりと、独特の味があった。また、
５０回記念とか１００回記念とかの碑が沢山あるのには驚いた。多分水ごりや滝行の回数を記念しての碑と思われるが・・。

十津川村の文武館。これは私の郷里、
隠岐の島の出身である中沼了三（文化１３年生、国学者、明治天皇侍講）
が孝明天皇の命により創立した文武館である。今回の一番の目的は、この文武館を観ることであった。
ところが十津川村の観光案内や観光掲示板を見てもサッパリ出てこない。
マー適当に走っていれば案内くらい有るだろうと思っていたがいっこうに見当たらない。途中みやげ物店に立ち寄って聞くが「知らない」という、
「中沼了三先生を知らないの・・」、”ほんとにモー”と云う心境である。暫く走ってＧＳで給油しながら尋ねると、
「今の十津川高校が昔し文武館と呼ばれていた」とのこと。やっと分かったが既にそこは通り過ぎていた。
結局帰りに立ち寄ることにして一路川湯温泉へとひた走る。十津川村は日本一大きな村と言われるだけあって走っても走っても十津川村である。
ところが、十津川の眺めが何とも素晴らしく、幾ら走っても苦にならない爽快なドライブであった。

川湯温泉着１７時４５分。可愛い女将の出迎えを受け、温泉にゆったりと浸り、美味しい料理に舌包みを打ち、「代は満足じゃ・・」
とご機嫌で部屋に帰り、日本シリーズの観戦に挑むやいなやどうも爆睡状態にはいたらしい、お目覚めは丑三つ時であった。

多忙につき明日に続く

I took a short trip for the first time in a long time this weekend. Moreover, he and his wife are alone. I can’t remember a time when two people participated in a group trip, but it was purely two people.
It was probably the first time since our honeymoon more than 20 years ago.

When I called out to my wife after 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, “Shall we go out?
They had never planned a trip with us, so they seemed to be half-heartedly skeptical though they had said, “Let’s go to Kumano on the weekend…” in advance.

I was thinking of visiting Ryusenji Temple in Amakawa Village, Nara Prefecture, and
It went to the Bunbu-kan of Totsukawa village, stayed one night in Kawayu Onsen, and
The next day, we paid a visit to the main shrine and planned to walk a little on the Kumano Kodo.
It’s not so much a trip that just doubled as an overnight drive, but this was pretty good.

I stopped by Ryusenji Temple in Amakawa Village as one of the 36 Fudo-son sacred sites in the Kinki area, but it was more wonderful than I had expected.
The expression is bad, but it was an interesting temple. It is a temple of Shugendo, but Fudo Myoo, who shows his anger and closes one eye, is somehow charming and
There were many children riding on the backs of these cheerful-looking komainu, and they had their own unique taste. Also.
I was surprised to see so many monuments to the 50th and 100th anniversaries. It seems to be a monument to commemorate the number of waterfalls and waterfalls.

Bunbukan in Totsukawa Village. This is my hometown.
Nakanuma Ryozo, a native of the Oki Islands (b. 13 in Bunka, scholar of Japanese history, lecturer to the Meiji Emperor)
It was founded by Emperor Kōmei at the order of Emperor Kōmei. The main purpose of this trip was to see the Bunbukan.
However, even if you look at the tourist guide or the tourist bulletin board in Totsukawa Village, you can’t find anything.
I thought there would be a guide if I was running properly, but I couldn’t find it at all. We stopped at a souvenir shop on the way and asked him about it, but he said he didn’t know.
I don’t know Ryuzo Nakanuma-sensei,” he said, “I’m really in the mood to say ‘Moo’. After a while of driving and refueling at the gas station, I asked him
The current Totsukawa High School was called Bunbukan in the past. I finally figured it out, but I had already passed by there.
After all, I decided to stop by on the way home, and I ran to Kawayu Onsen one way. It is said that Totsukawa Village is the largest village in Japan, so it is Totsukawa Village no matter how much you run.
However, the view of the Totsukawa River was so wonderful that it was an exhilarating drive that I didn’t feel bothered no matter how much I drove.

Kawayu-onsen arrival 17:45. After being greeted by the lovely proprietress, taking a relaxing dip in the hot spring, wrapping your tongue around the delicious food, “I’m satisfied…
He went back to his room in a good mood, and as soon as he tried to watch the Japan Series, he seemed to have fallen asleep, waking up in the middle of the night.

We’ll continue tomorrow.