伝統を守りつつ、健康的な生活を究める

　一日一日何気なく生活していても、人間の生活は同じことの繰り返しではありません。生き方はもちろん、生活様式まで徐々に異なりつつあります。写真のように、平成時代までは畳の部屋に客を迎え、お茶を飲みながら歓談したもので、これが普通でした。昔は親からも行儀よく座りなさいと、正座を躾けられたものです。しかし、令和時代になり、この部屋を利用することはなくなり、昭和時代を懐かしく思う部屋になってます。

　畳の部屋で座布団に座り、実に日本的な落ち着きはあっても客を迎える私自身が正座しなくなりました。もちろん、胡坐をかくこともしなくなりました。理由は足が長いからではありません。膝に相当の負荷が掛かり、年齢を重ねた今、足の健康に不適と考えます。人間は足から弱くなると言いますが、それは日本的な生活様式が原因してるとも言えます。

　このため、近年、この日本間は娘たちの雛人形を飾るくらいで平素の生活には利用せず、椅子に座る生活に切り替えてます。椅子ならば膝や腰への負担がなく、すぐに立ち上げれ、素早く次の行動に移れます。欧米人は昔から背が高く感じましたが、栄養の良さと共に椅子の生活だったからでしょう。最近では日本の若い人も概して背が伸びてます。これからも伝統に拘らず「身体が快適に動くための合理的な生活」を究めます。

Dear my friends who are crazy about a reasonable way of living and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for our mutual understanding will be done after my breakfast in Japan time.

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　Even as we continue daily lives, our lives are not a repetition of the same way. Not only our way of living, but even our lifestyles are gradually changing. As shown in the photo, until the Heisei era, it was normal to welcome guests to a tatami room and chat over tea. In the past, parents would also teach us to sit properly, teaching us to sit in seiza that means sit on the floor with knees bend. However, with the advent of the Reiwa era, this room is no longer used, and it has become a space that evokes nostalgia for the Showa era.

　Even though sitting on a zabuton cushion in a tatami room is a truly Japanese style, I no longer sit in seiza to welcome guests. Of course, I also no longer sit cross-legged. The reason is not because I have long legs. It puts a lot of strain on my knees, and as I get older, I believe it's bad for my feet's health. They say that humans become weaker from the feet, this is due to the old Japanese lifestyle.

　For this reason, in recent years I have only used this Japanese-style room to display my daughters' Hina dolls, and have switched to sitting in a chair. Chairs put no strain on our knees or hips, and we can stand up quickly and move on to the next action quickly. Generally, Westerners have always seemed taller, but this is probably due to their good nutrition and chair-based lifestyle, I guess. Recently, young people in Japan have also been getting taller overall. We will continue to pursue a "rational lifestyle that allows the body to move comfortably" without being bound by tradition.