I returned to the island on July 25th to mow the grass around my house in time for the Obon festival.
I aim to return to the island once a month, but unfortunately the weather forecast was not good for the ocean cleanup on July 14th, so it was postponed until now.
It had been about two months since I last mowed the grass, and it was in a terrible state. After lunch that day, I started working at around 1pm in the heat of the moment, thinking "If I think about it...". and stopped working at 2:30pm, while planning ‘tomorrow, if I start working early in the morning, I can finish working in morning’.
On the 26th, I started working before 7am and finished just before 9am, which was quite satisfying.
I considered going back to Hiroshima because of the extreme heat, but I decided to take a look at the "Kamuro Sea" for the first time in a long while, so I put my book on the table and decided to gaze at the ships sailing offshore, and the shapes created by the currents, waves, and wind.
I will introduce the sea of Kamuro, which is unchanged as usual.
The book I am reading now is "In the greenery at the foot of Mt. Tenzan" from "10 thoughts of Ryotaro Shiba". When I opened the bookmark of the book, I found myself on this page.
The tide was rising and flowing from Heigun to Yuri Island. I enjoyed the shapes of the tides and the wind, creating ripples and areas with no waves at all. I spent my time watching the large and small cargo ships sailing offshore, the fishing boats heading to the fishing grounds and the fishing boats returning home, and occasionally dropping my eyes to my book. Ships these days seem to be fast, as I take my eyes off them and disappear from view after reading two or three pages of a book. I also passed a rugged ship that looked like an Aegis destroyer.
Suddenly, a canoe appeared from somewhere. At first, it was smoothly paddling in the weak current on the Kamuro side, but just before the lighthouse, it got caught in the current and seemed to be struggling. I also had a longing for canoes at one time, so I was a little interested in watching it. But I wondered if it was too late to see a canoe now...
After noon, the tide flows in the opposite direction. For a moment, there are no ripples and the sea is expressionless. Cargo ships and other vessels continue to come and go offshore, but the fishing boats have finished their fishing trip and are no longer visible.
I was dozing off when I was woken up by a sudden downpour. The rain stopped after about 10 minutes and I tried to look for a rainbow, but the sun was too high in the sky to see one.
I was hoping that the rain would stop and it would cool down, but perhaps due to the wind, no cool breeze came into the house and I had to endure the heat throughout the evening.
For me, Kamuro is all about the scenery interwoven with sake, books, and the sea. I look forward to this and go back to Kamuro once a month for about three days and two nights to enjoy Kamuro.
My next return will be on the 12th, the day before, to perform the Tanagyo Sutra on the 13th and the Obon festival ritual (shoro-nagashi) on the 16th. I hope to interact with as many people as possible and share the old times.
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