AwamiSmall trips, told twice.

🛫 空の側から

はじめまして

Hello There

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この記事は日本語と英語の両方で書いてあるよ。いま読んでるのが日本語版で、同じ内容の英語版がページの下にまるごとあります。This piece is written in both Japanese and English. You are reading the Japanese; the full English version is further down.↓ Read it in English

はじめましての記事です。

書いてる旅は2種類ある。ひとつは仕事の都合で降り立った街を、1日歩いて、また出ていく旅。もうひとつはその逆で、地元とか、小さな食堂とか、電車とか、予定のない一日。

しばらくは「これ、別々のブログでは?」と思ってた。でも違った。同じ衝動が2方向を向いてるだけだった。ガイドブックが言う姿じゃなくて、実際に立ったときにその場所がどうだったかを見たい、というだけの話。

夕暮れの小さな町の通り。店の明かりがつきはじめる

だからカテゴリを2つに分けてる。空の側から(From the cockpit) と 地上の側から(On the ground)。片方だけ目当てで来た人も、たぶんもう片方のほうを気に入ると思う。

記事はどれも英語と日本語の両方で、同じ内容を最後まで書いてます。英語のほうは練習中なので、あたたかい目で。

🇬🇧 English

A quiet beach with a rocky headland out in the bay

This is the introduction, so: hello.

I write about two kinds of trip, and they end up in the same notebook.

The first kind happens because of work — cities I land in, walk around for a day, and leave again. The second kind is the opposite: my own hometown, small restaurants, trains, days with no plan at all.

For a while I thought those were two different blogs. They aren’t. They’re the same impulse pointed in two directions: wanting to see what a place is actually like when you’re standing in it, rather than what the guidebook says it should be like.

White sand and clear shallow water along an empty shoreline

A small town street at dusk, shop lights coming on

So there are two categories here. From the cockpit is the first kind. On the ground is the second. If you came for one of them, you’ll probably like the other more than you expect.

A bowl of udon with spring onions and a plate of rice with kombu

Every piece here is written twice, in full — English first, then the same thing in Japanese further down. My English is a work in progress; please bear with me.

If any of this makes you want to go and wander somewhere, that’s the whole point. Say hello on Instagram or X any time.

パイロットに興味ある人っている? なりたい人じゃなくてもいいよ。「昔なりたかった」でも「面白いの?」でも。 Anyone here curious about flying? You don't have to be trying to become one — "I wanted to be one as a kid" is plenty. パイロット興味ある? / If you want to fly →

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