和アップの工作 Another project to add more "Wa"

June 7, 2010: 亀清旅館 Kamesei Ryokan

New Bamboo Screen

子供達は今日、学校が休みだったのでまた新しい工作に手伝ってもらった。亀清旅館の中庭の角に洗濯機が置いてあります。ラティスの塀で隠されたが、ラティスが日本の旅館に会わないし、渡り廊下から丸見えでした。
そして、子供たちと以前に頂いた竹を割って、ラティスの変わりにこの塀を作りました。思ったより倍ぐらいな時間がかかったけど、まあまあ良くできました。洋風のラティスより、竹が日本の旅館、日本の庭に合うし、手作り感もあるし、ちょっとした亀清旅館のプッチ改善です。

亀性旅館は昔からの伝統的なつくりなので、直す所が沢山あります。ちょっとずつ、ちょっとずつ、改善していきます。

Our kids had the day off from school, so I had them help me with a little project. In the corner of our naka-niwa garden, we have a clothes washer. It was hidden behind a lattice fence, but was still visible from the watari-roka corridor. So with the help of our kids, I split a bunch of bamboo and used it to make this new screen.
It took twice as long to finish as I thought, but I am pretty happy with the results. Bamboo fits in much better than lattice with the "Wa" of our Japanese inn and the Japanese garden. And the fence has a nice "hand-made" touch to it. Hopefully our guests will enjoy it more than the tacky lattice predecessor.
Our inn is an old building with so many places that need fixing. I hope to be able to continue to make improvements like this!





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