25/10/07
wed.
明
日は引っ越しのため、今日は朝からオフィスはバタバタとしていた。明日は「通常業務」だが、
「オ
フィス以外」の場所で通常業務をしろという、なんとも不可解な会社の方針だ。
と
いうことで、明日は想像力の訓練という名目で、恵比寿にある写真美術館にいってこようと思う。ふふふふ。
１９
時から、新橋でアンネとフローリアンに会う。フローリアンとは実に４年ぶりの再会。
新
橋には初めて来た。まだ木曜日とあって、ジャパニーズ・サラリーマンの数はいささか少ないように感じられた。
焼
き鳥屋に入る。すっかり日本通になったドイツ人の二人は、焼き鳥はもちろんのこと、「うめきゅう」や「おしんこ」を「これ最高ー」とか呟きながら本当に美
味しそうに食べていた。
フ
ローリアンは現在ドイツの旅行代理店に勤めている。明日は、朝早くから築地市場にいくらしい。「どこかへ紅葉をみにいきたいなあ」と聞くと、
「い
や、まだ紅葉は早いよ、１１月にならなきゃだめ」とフローリアン。
彼
は確実に僕よりも日本通だ。
As
tomorrow is the moving day, the office
was really noisy from the morning, with everybody packing their stuff.
Tomorrow
will be Òwork as usualÓ, but weÕre
not allowed to come into the office, so it will be work as usual
outside the
office, which I have difficulty comprehending.
So,
I am decided to Òwork as usualÓ in a
Photography Gallery in Ebisu, to train my creativity skills, hehehe.
From
19:00, I met Anne and Florian in
Shinbashi. This was my first visit
to Shinbashi. Shinbashi is famous
for the great food and drinking bars where a lot of office workers hung
around
after work.
But
I didnÕt see many Japanese Òsalary menÓ
today, perhaps it being Thursday.
We
went into a Yakitori shop. The two Germans
have became so
accustomed to the Japanese food culture that they seemed to love
eating, not
only Yakitoris (meats on stick),
but
also more advanced Japanese foods such
as ÒUmekyuÓ (sour cucumber) and ÒOshinkoÓ
(vegetables seasoned with special
salty, umm whatever).
Florian,
whom I havenÕt met for 4 years,
currently works for a travel agent in Munich, Germany.
Being able to speak Japanese, he often tour
guides in Japan.
When
I asked him where is the nice place to
see the autumn leaves, he goes ÒItÕs still early to see
the kouyou (autumn
leaves), you need to wait till NovemberÓ.
I
bet he knows more
about Japan than I do.