Little forest review / リトルフォレスト 感想

 

 

 

I've feel like in the worst place ever these past few days. Seriously bad thing happened to me, and I've been depressed since then. I tried to recover myself but it wasn't so easy. Then I decided to let myself go. Does anyone know the best way to feel better?

The things I tried were calling my friends, going outside, looking at nature..... Eating always help me, but in this case I have no appetite. Watching movie was a little good for me.

Little forest is a Japanese film which just shows you a beautiful and silent life in Tohoku. Tohoku is northern Japan and actually I've never been to there, because I'm from south. Japan is known for having big cities and they (especially Tokyo) have anything from over the world. There is nothing you can't eat in Tokyo ....... except fresh food. Tohoku is the most important place for Japanese food and covered with deep nature. This film ; little forest is about a girl who makes vegetables and cooks them for herself, just it. But this film focuses on great nature, how hard to make vegetables, and nice meals. Beautiful scenes of Tohoku helped me to feel better. If I watch it when I'm OK, I may not think it is good film. If you are tired or need small help, little forest makes you a little bit OK.

ここ数日苦しいことがあって、もうどうにもならんです。私が招いた結果やねんけど…無理やり大丈夫にしようとしたりしたんですが、どうやら逆効果なので、もう身を任せます。どうしたらええんや…

友達に電話したり、無理やり出かけたり、鴨川眺めたり（サラリーマン風のおっさんらがよく鴨川を永遠に見つめてる気持ちが分かった…）、食欲が1ミリもないのでいつもみたいに食べて癒すことはできず。ただなんかしてないと気が紛れないので、こんなかんじでなんかしてる。映画観てみたら意外と良かった。

リトルフォレストはただただひたすら女の子が農業して、野菜作って、ごはんつくってというのを映しているだけの映画やねんけど、自然がきれいで癒された。音もたぶんすごい綺麗にとってあってほんまに自然の中にいるみたいやった。疲れた都会の現代人にはうってつけです。ほんま。

 

Photo rescue series ~Seoul + Suwon~

2 years ago, my laptop suddenly got so hot and made crazy noise, then died. I tried to rescue my photos in its picture folder again and again, but failed. Finally I gave up. BUT, today I cleaned up my messy room and found the laptop. I tried to open it after 2 years. IT WAS SUCCESSFUL!
That folder has my lovely memories of Seoul, Shanghai, London, and Paris. I'll share a little bit of them;)

It was hot summer of 2011 that I visited Seoul with my mom. We walked around Seoul city, and enjoyed nice Korean food, cute cafes, lot of shopping with my mom's wallet. Many Seoul guide books sold in Japan insists Garosu-gil is the best place for girls shopping, but actually my favorite was Hongdae which has many many small but cute cafes and second-hand shops. I got to know that Hondae is the city of Hondae University students and I understood why that place was so cool. Cities of artistic students must be cool as northern Kyoto city is pretty cool because of Kyoto University of art and design.
Korean foods were also amazing. Some of them were so spicy for me that I couldn't stop crying and my nose running. haha 

ahhhhh...These pictures brings me back so many memories in Seoul. I should go to this cool neighbor country again as soon as possible.


2年前、急に発熱し、意味不明の音を出しながら死亡したパソコンを地味に生き返らせることができました。ソウル、上海、ロンドン、パリの写真が入ってたのでほんまに死にたかった。今日はもう即救出した。

ソウル行ったのももう3年以上前と思うと本当に歳月が過ぎるのは早いですね。韓国ドラマ好きの母と行ったのですが、くそ楽しかった。ごはん美味しいし、カフェかわいいし、買い物するとこいっぱいあるしで・・・・・！ガイドブック一押しのカロスギルは日本人だらけでなんかイマイチやってんけど、弘大というたぶん芸大のお膝下の町がスーパーおしゃれやった。さすが芸大。京都も造形大とかがある北部は無駄におしゃれカフェがある。田舎なのに。
食べ物もすごい良かってんけど、ただめっちゃ辛くて悲惨なケースだと涙と汗と鼻水がアンストッパブルやった。私日本人にしては強いほうやねんけどな…

写真眺めてると当時の記憶がよみがえってきて、ああああああてなる。やっぱもう一回行かなあかんわ。

 

Mitarai water fall in Tenkawa village / 天川村みたらい渓谷

I have muscle pain because of this short trip to Mitarai water fall in Tenkawa village. Tenkawa village is located in southern Nara and it took more than 3 hours from Kyoto station.

I took off at Tenkawa kawaai → 3 hours hiking through deep forest → Dogawa On-sen (hot spring)

Eating noddles and taking a bath after hiking was great. Leaves were still bright green and reflecting of sunshine was so beautiful.
The way from the bus stop to Dogawa On-sen had many up-downs than I expected. And that caused muscle pain today (especially my upper back Why?).


昨日、奈良県天川村のみたらい渓谷に行ってものすごい筋肉痛です。やばい。

天川川合下車　→　遊歩道という名のあんま舗装されてない道3時間　→　洞川温泉

ハイキングの後のうどんと温泉が最高でした。だしが沁みた。木々がまだ割と黄緑できれいで良かったです。
ただ、思ってたより道が険しくて、筋肉痛がひどい。特に肩とか。なんで肩なんやろう…ふつう足ちゃう？

 

Enryaku-ji in Mount Hiei / 比叡山延暦寺

Today, I enjoyed a short trip to Enryaku-ji in Mt Hiei.

Demachiyanagi station → took Eizan railway → Yase (the gate of Mt Hiei) → took a cable car → The top of Mt Hiei → took 30 min walk → Enryaku-ji

It was foggy, so many of these pictures are whitened. The fog was so deep and I felt my skin moisturized. I've tried to keep this condition. Mt Hiei is known for having Enryaku-ji. Enryaku-ji has a long history more than 1200 years. Enryaku-ji was opened by Saicho to train priests, and it is one of the greatest Buddhism places. So Enryaku-ji is located in deep mountain to keep priests away from society.
You can enjoy the way to deep forest and beautiful combination of nature and Japanese old architecture.
In total, I walked more than 3 hours. In the end it was hard for me to move my legs. I'm planning Mt Hiei trail in winter to take beautiful picture. I have to get myself trained to achieve this plan. Mt trail has about 10 km!


濃霧の中比叡山延暦寺に行きました。ほんますごかった。場所によっては10m先は見えないぐらい。

出町柳→叡山電鉄→八瀬→ケーブルカー→比叡山山頂→徒歩３０分→延暦寺

霧が本当にすごくて肌の調子めっちゃ良くなった。結局３時間ぐらい歩いたけど最後のほう足ガクガクになってしまった。来年ひっこすまでに比叡山の登山ルート攻略して冬のきれいな写真撮りたいんやけど難しいかなあ。５時間かかるらしいし。