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The photo shows Ichinoseki Station, where I will change trains along the way./写真は途中、乗り換える一ノ関駅。
This year, my eldest maternal uncle died in a car accident and I and my younger sister were unable to attend the funeral. I had planned to go to express our condolences with my younger sister, but my uncle's second daughter seemed to have difficulty breathing due to fatigue and stress (apparently she would have died if they hadn't called an ambulance) and was hospitalized, so our trip to condolences was canceled.
The interment of ashes ceremony was scheduled for August 12th, which was my grandfather's birthday, but the typhoon hit Iwate Prefecture and ruined the date, so it was changed to the 15th. The change in date resulted in fewer participants. I'm already tired from all the twists and turns.
I'm nervous. I'm worried about changing trains. I have a chronic illness so I'll take a case of medicine with me, but I'm worried about what I'll do if I lose it.
The interment of ashes ceremony will be at the top of a mountain, just like in the past, at the end of a steep hill! I'm also worried about heat stroke.
My uncle who passed away this time was a Shinto priest, so I wonder if we're cursed?
Actually, there was one person who committed suicide on my mother's side of the family. The details of that incident are detailed in a book called "Tamatsubomi" published by Iwate Nippo Newspaper. The woman was my grandfather's older sister, Kuni Oyama. She was suspected of cheating on a test while attending Morioka Normal School. She left a letter declaring her innocence and then cut her own throat with a knife before dying.
Speaking of which, there is a hidden Christian village in the southern part of Iwate Prefecture and the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture, and my cousin took me there in her car. The scenery was so beautiful and fantastical that I couldn't believe what I was seeing was real. In this remote place, there was a Catholic church. Outside there was a white statue of Mary holding Jesus Christ, and I thought it must have endured the wind and rain for many years there.
So I hope that the condolence money and sweets are delivered safely.
Thank you for reading.
今年、母方の一番上の伯父が自動車事故で亡くなって、葬式には参加できず、妹といっしょに弔問にうかがうはずが伯父の次女さんが疲れとストレスで呼吸困難みたいになり(救急車を呼んでいなかったら死んでいたそうです)、入院して弔問行きが中止になりました。
納骨式はおじいちゃんの誕生日にちなんで8月12日に決めたのに、台風が主に岩手県を直撃してダメになり、15日に変更。日程の変更によって参加者が減りました。二転三転してなんか既に疲れています。
緊張しています。乗り物の乗り継ぎが心配。持病があるので薬のケースを持っていきますが、なくしたらどうしようと思っています。
納骨式をするのは昔と同じ急な坂を登った先にある山のてっぺんですと！熱中症も心配。
今回亡くなった伯父は神社の神主だったのですが、祟りでもあるんですかね？
実は母方の一族は1人、自殺者を出しているんですよね。その経緯は岩手日報社から出ている「玉蕾」という本に詳しいです。私のおじいちゃんの姉にあたる小山くにさんという人ですが、盛岡の師範学校在学中にテストでカンニングをしたという疑いをかけられて、無実を訴える手紙を残して小刀で首を切って死にました。
そういえば、岩手県の南部と宮城県の北部にかけて隠れキリシタンの里があって、従姉妹に車で連れていってもらいましたが、幻想的な美しい風景で、自分が見ているものが現実とは思えませんでした。こんな人里離れた所にという所にカトリックの教会がありました。屋外にイエス・キリストを抱いたマリア様の白い像があって、長年の雨風に耐えてここにあるんだろうなと思いました。
ということで無事に香典とお菓子を運ぶことを願っています。
読んでくださってありがとうございます。