アメリカの旅 USA vol.9 / Los Angeles (1997)

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- to Los Angeles -

I spend the last train ride slowly, slowly, slowly, thinking about what have led me to this present moment.

この現在に導いてくれたものを想いながら、ゆっくり、ゆっくり、最後の電車移動。

- Los Angeles  ロサンゼルス -

Terminal station.

終着駅。

For example, the world seen by an office worker and a student is completely different. There is more influential things than physical location.

例えば会社員と学生で見える世界は全く違う。物理的な位置よりもっと重要なことがある。

- UCLA -

I was a genuine student as I had not been frustrated by being a student.

学生であることに苛立ちを感じない。僕は生粋の学生だった。

Maybe it's the homeless who know the city better than anyone else. They would find a stone even about 30 cm in diameter in a second.

誰よりも街を知っているのはホームレスかも。直径30cmの石くらい、すぐに見つけてくれそう。

Teriyaki chicken bowl at YOSHINOYA. I don't miss it, but it relaxed my body a little.

YOSHINOYAでテリヤキチキンボウル。懐かしくはないけど、少し身体が落ち着いた。

Shooting a car chase in Hollywood. I don't feel that it is extraordinary because there is no everyday life for me here.

ハリウッドでカーチェイスのロケ。 非日常と感じないのは、ここに僕の日常はないから。

Ah, so much, summer.

あぁ、すごく、夏。

Everyone has something hidden.

秘めている、誰もが何かを。

A colorless sunset time, mixed with a sense of undoing and okay.

やり残し感と、まぁいいか、混ざって無色の夕方。

I said "Thank you very much" and she said "You are very welcome", with a big smile.

Thank you very muchと言ったら、You are very welcomeと返ってきた。大きな笑顔つきで。

The joy of returning home can only be obtained by going out.

帰る喜びは、出かけないと得られない。

Just a 10-hour flight will make this place the other side of the ocean.

たった10時間飛ぶだけで、此処が対岸になる。

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アメリカの旅 USA vol.8 / Los Angeles - Flagstaff - Grand Canyon (1997)

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- Los Angeles  ロサンゼルス -

When I visited again, I noticed the overwhelming lightness of this city. It was a robust lightness that seemed never hunger for weight.

再び訪れて気付く、この都市の圧倒的な軽さ。重さに飢えなどしない、力強い軽さ。

Showing confidence is one of the techniques to hide something.

堂々とするのは、何かを隠すテクニックのひとつ。

- El Pueblo De Los Angeles -

Lively Mexican music from the speakers, mixed with the sparse figure of people, distorts time and space. I get the feeling that my heart is in the past while my body remains in the present.

スピーカーからの賑やかなメキシコ音楽が、疎らな人影と混ざって時空を歪める。身体は現在、中身は過去にいるような感覚へ。

- to Flagstaff -

The trip is coming to an end. This tender time is only for a few more days.

旅も終盤。この優しい時間も、あと少しだけ。

- Flagstaff  フラッグスタッフ -

A place where you can't help but play "Stand by Me".

スタンドバイミーごっこせずにいられない場所。

- Grand Canyon  グランドキャニオン -

When I stepped into the valley, my sense of reality disappeared by being surrounded by too big things.

谷に踏み込んだら、自分を包むものが大きすぎて、現実感が消えた。

The people are like pieces spilled from a rock face.

人が、岩肌からこぼれた欠片のようで。

Because this is a valley, the place where people live is upward. But if this is a mountain, the place where people live is downward. If I had been dropped here without knowing anything, would I have been able to choose the right direction?

ここは谷だから、人の住む場所は上方。でも、もしここが山なら、人の住む場所は下方。何も知らずにここに落とされたら、正解を選べただろうか。

Even the steel bridge looked like a natural object, being surrounded by overwhelming rocks.

鉄橋すら自然物に見えた。圧倒的な岩に包囲されて。

The comfort of being embraced in a little closer place to the bottom of the earth.

地球の底に少しだけ近づいて、包まれる心地よさ。

The nights are longer at the bottom of the valley.

谷底は夜が長い。

People are small. But even smaller is the time of one's existence. It is not even a stratum as small as a toe.

人って小さい。でも、もっと小さいのは一人の存在する時間。爪先ほどの地層にもならない。

The best cola of the summer after a mid-summer climb up the valley.

この夏で一番うまいコーラ。真夏の谷登りの後で。

The emptiness and pleasantness of engraving the scenery on my body.

景色を身体に刻む、虚しさと気持ちよさ。

- Flagstaff  フラッグスタッフ -

Maybe I don't have to look for another daily life as the one I have now will soon be far away again.

たぶん、別の日常なんて探さなくても、今の日常がまたすぐに遠くなる。

I try to think of it not as having lost it, but as having been able to lose it.

失くしたのではなく、失くせたと思ってみる。

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アメリカの旅 USA vol.7 / El Paso - White Sands - Carlsbad (1997)

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- El Paso  エルパソ -

The best part of a slightly longer trip is that it gives me a taste of "just an afternoon" even in a strange place.

少し長めの旅行の醍醐味は、見知らぬ土地で「ただの午後」が味わえるところ。

- Ciudad Juárez, Mexico  シウダード・ファレス -

My first time in Mexico. The smell of the mercado inspires me.

初めてのメキシコ。メルカドの匂いに新しい旅情。

Delicious, seafood cocktail.

美味、シーフードカクテル。

Eating all of it is the courtesy of the carnivore.

隅々まで食べるのが、肉食の礼儀。

Incoherence is the natural state of cultures and people. They are even more incoherent in their attempts to make the incoherent more coherent. That's why we never get tired of it.

文化も人間も支離滅裂こそ自然。支離滅裂を整えようとして更に支離滅裂。だから、いつまでも飽きない。

- The Border  メキシコ・USA国境 -

The large amount of luggage carried by people crossing the border bridge reminded me of the significance of this boundary.

国境の橋を渡る人々が抱える大量の荷物を見て、この境界線の意味の大きさを思い出した。

- New Mexico -

200 kilometers to the next town, just driving along a line drawn on the earth.

次の街まで200km。大地に引かれた一本の線をひたすら走る。

- White Sands  ホワイト・サンズ -

White as if bleached.

漂白されたような白さ。

I learned that I was ignorant about the earth.

地球のこと、まるで知らなかったらしい。

- Carlsbad Caverns  カールスバッド -

Tens of thousands of bats fly out of the limestone caves at sunset. I learned that bats are stinky.

日没と共に鍾乳洞から飛び立つ数万羽の蝙蝠。蝙蝠は臭いという事実を知った。

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アメリカの旅 USA vol.6 / Miami - New Orleans (1997)

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- Miami  マイアミ -

Over 110 degrees Fahrenheit, hilariously hot.

華氏110度以上。潔く暑い。

Taste local specialties while listening to rock music. SUSHI and TEMPURA in Roman alphabet flavors.

ロックを聴きながら地元名物に舌鼓。アルファベット風味のSUSHIやTEMPURA。

Neon and Latin music, homeless people without showing their sadness. It's a tropical night where everyone is floating.

ネオンとラテン･ミュージック、悲壮感を見せないホームレス。熱帯の夜、皆浮かれてる。

A warm breeze blowing on a sandcastle, a candle flame flickering without being excessive.

砂のお城に温い微風、控えめに揺れるキャンドルの炎。

- New Orleans  ニューオーリンズ -

After flowing 3,780 km, the Mississippi River seems to be getting tired.

3,780Kmを流れ、そろそろお疲れのミシシッピ河。

Mixed scenery is an interesting feature of a country of immigrants.

混ざる景色。移民の国の面白さ。

Take a break in the tram.

ひと息、路面電車タイム。

- Preservation Hall -

The fact of being old is a compelling evidence.

古い、という揺るぎない証明。

I fell in love with listening to it. I didn't need any knowledge of jazz music.

聴き惚れた。知識なんていらないな。

Just drunk and drifting, in the long night of Bourbon Street.

ただ酔い、漂う。バーボンストリートの長い夜。

- to El Paso -

A spreading marshland. In a corner of it, there is a jazz city that seems to be without context.

広がる湿地帯。その片隅に脈絡のなくジャズの街。

The extraordinary comfort of the inside, separated by a sheet of glass. While I was fascinated by the great invention of the train, I still felt as if I was just being rolled around in the earth's palm.

ガラス一枚隔てた内側の異常な快適さ。電車という偉大な発明に酔いながら、ただ大地の掌で転がされているような気もした。

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