American dude fixing a Japanese shoji screen?
この間、私がロビーで普通に障子紙を普通に貼りなおしていた。そうすると、知り合いが亀清に顔を出してくれて、「これは変だよ」と言い出しました。「何が？」と聞いたら、
日本の伝統的な旅館のロビーにでかい思い切り洋風なクリスマスツリーの隣に２ｍの白人が日本らしい障子紙を貼りなおしている事だと。
まあ、考えてみればおかしいと言えばおかしいだな。私にはそんなもんです。
The other day, I was going about my normal business fixing the paper on a shoji screen as I normally do, when a buddy of mine showed up. He looked at the whole situation and got a funny grin on his face. "This is weird," he said. "Why?" I asked.
According to him, the whole concept of a traditional Japanese shoji screen being worked on by a huge Western guy in a traditional Japanese ryokan lobby -- next to a totally Western Christmas tree, was a total mismatch.
Hmm. I guess when you think about it, it kind of is. But on the other hand, it works for me.
Drying out the shoji frames
