BGM: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tong Poo
It was a day off, and I went to help the international Halloween festival the city's association held. It was a really fine day. Our booth showed how to make a rat or a dog from a balloon (we call it as the "balloon art"), and also the information for foreign citizens about how to throw the garbage away, etc. I remember that last year we had showed that kind of garbage solution and I had worked as an interpreter, but I couldn't have worked well because I had needed to find any proper words between English and Japanese. Could I say that my skill of English has got better?
Anyway, the festival allowed us to do various cosplaying and I was offered to wear something great. The booth next to us rented me to wear the clothes from Syria, so I wore it. Various people said to me that I was cool, and one of them even said that "the clothes fit you. You look like Hiroshi Abe!". Of course, I was glad to hear that but I must not be so handsome like him (and simply, I am just a short person). At lunchtime, I had a Chinese dish "Banmen" (this was really good. It's a dish of noodle without soup).
I had this impression certainly. The foreign citizens are exactly increasing in our town, and they are trying to live their life as they want. Or... I might have to write that "we are" doing so. Trying to come over the wall of languages, and differences of cultures... How can I do to support them as an English speaker from Japan? Once, I decided to become a bridge between them and us, the foreigners and the Japanese. You might say I should use any mirror. But it is a "practical" dream of me to live this 50s life.
I looked around various booths to enjoy the festival well, and I created an accessory of the country Japan. You might ask me why I chose Japan, and I can't answer it. But maybe, I want to love this country once again. The Japan... You can find any wonderful things from there. For example, I find there Ryuichi Sakamoto's ones.
