Small happiness

We come here to see a movie today.
As usual we bought the tickets of a movie starting around 6 pm to enjoy our nice and free time till the time.
Since this place has many shops, restaurants and a game arcade besides a cineplex, we can spend our free time here. Of course, my wife is spending her own time in the game arcade now. As for me, I enjoy sitting on a chair and taking a nap in a resting space here. Soon I’ll buy an ice cream that is one of my favorites here. And after seeing a movie, we are dropping in an tavern to have some meals and drinks.
Isn’t it a small but nice happiness ?

今日も午後から映画に来てしまった。いつものように6時過ぎからの映画の切符を買って、それまでの時間を好きなように過ごすのです。妻はもちろんゲームセンターです。私は待合室の椅子でうつらうつら気持ちのいいときを過ごしています。でもそろそろソフトクリームを買いに行くつもりです。ここのソフトクリームが気に入っているです。そして映画の後は居酒屋で食事です。
ささやかな幸せ！

Calm and relaxed

It’s chilly today raining one whole day here in Osaka.
As it was extremely hot this summer, I still prefer this weather to the heat of the summer.
It’s not bad to have a rainy day once in a while. I spend calm and relaxed time.
今日はひんやり一日中雨です.
この夏が極端に暑かったので夏の暑さよりこの気候の方がましです。
たまには雨の日も悪くはない。

自然との距離が近い Living near nature

Yesterday I had a chance to visit a northern area in Osaka where some information of bears is reported. There are possibilities to come across not only bears but some other wild animals such as wild borers, foxes, monkeys and so on while going for a walk with dogs and hiking. In those areas, forest lies just beside a road. And moreover, nowadays we have an aging society with a small number of children, which makes our town much more quiet than before and those wild animals started coming into town areas.

昨日は大阪北摂地域に出向く機会があったが、その地域で目撃情報が出ている熊の話題になった。でもハイキング中や犬の散歩中の熊と遭遇も現実味を帯びてきた。熊だけでなく猪や鹿、猿、タヌキ、キツネなどの野生動物は危険です。
大阪近郊でも道路の横が森林だったり街と自然との距離が近いので注意が必要ですね。

近年の少子高齢化で街が静かになっているのも野生動物が町に侵入始めた要因かと思います。
野生動物にはかわいいからと安易に関わらない方がいいようです。