【ENG】
These photos were taken when I visited my aunt's house at the end of last year. The area around my parents' house is almost the same size of the town as the view looking down from the tea plantation (second photo from the top).
My mother often says, "People in Tokyo walk a lot".
Indeed, every time I return to my hometown, I think, "There are no humans...". I hardly see anyone walking outside. Maybe I don't see bicycles even more. There are a lot of cars driving around.
On December 30, I took my second son to a hair salon near my parents' house for a haircut. I have been taking care of this hairdresser since I was a high school student. He is very good at cutting hair, so I go there almost every time when I return home. I just looked at this hair salon on Google Maps and found that it is located 750 meters from my parents' house. For me, of course, it is within walking distance, and for my 4-year-old son, too. But when I told my parents that I was going for a haircut, they said, "Walking...? No, I'll drive you there" and they drop me off... lol
They probably ride their cars the same way I ride my bike. I am not trying to tell them to walk more. I just felt that their standard of "walking distance" was very different from mine. And I thought Tokyo was a more appropriate place to MOVE TO EARN than my hometown.
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【JPN】
写真は昨年末、伯母の家に遊びに行った際に撮ったものです。実家周辺も、茶畑から見下ろした風景（写真2枚目）と同じような雰囲気です。同じ市内です。
「東京の人はよく歩くわよね」と帰る度に母が言います。
確かに、帰省するたびに思うのが「人間がいない…」ということです。外を歩いている人をほとんど見かけません。自転車はもっと見ないかも。車はたくさん走っているんですけどね。
12月30日、次男を連れて実家近くの美容院に髪を切りに行きました。高校生の頃からお世話になっている美容師さんで、カットがとても上手なので、帰った時にはほぼ毎回行きます。この美容院、いまGoogleマップで見たら実家から750ｍの場所にありました。私にとっては当然徒歩圏内。4歳の次男にとってもです。でも、両親は私がカットに行くというと、「歩いて・・・？！いや、車で送るわ」と言って送ってくれるんですよね・・・笑
きっと私が自転車に乗るのと同じような感覚で、彼らは車に乗るのでしょう。彼らにもっと歩いた方が良いと言いたいわけではありません。ただ、「徒歩圏内」の基準が自分とはだいぶ違うことを感じたのと、MOVE TO EARNには東京の方が向いているかもしれないな、と思ったのでした！