ミスマッチ?クリスマスツリーに障子貼り Mismatch? Fixing Shoji by the Christmas Tree

December 15, 2010: 日米関係Culture Shock

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


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