My poor nephew
He is currently working in this city,
and he was a very energetic baseball player
but he looks a little depressed now.
I hope he doesn't fall into mental illness
I'm praying.
I've never lived in Tokyo.
But I think I know the gist of it.
Many of the people working in Tokyo
spend 4 hours every day
for going to work.
And on a crowded train.
I would go crazy in a week there.
There are too many people everywhere you go.
So, speaking of "nature" in Tokyo,
It's about a group of humans.
I'm not talking about forests, forests, or rivers.
A group of humans is "nature"
What a stuffy town.
People are working everywhere 24 hours a day.
Are active.
There are people in this city
who work every day without sleeping.
You won't believe it
This is true.
There is no way a person who works without sleep can think straight.
No, humans don't have to think.
Because in this town, humans are just parts of society.
The town called Tokyo
It's one big computer system.
Of course, many foreign tourists
The fact that they like coming to Tokyo is that
I know too.
since they look like they've wanted to see something scary
They are coming to Tokyo.
They are in the extraordinary space of Tokyo.
Maybe they want to go crazy.
But if I confess honestly
When I was in my 20s, I really wanted to go to Tokyo.
Even in my 30s, I couldn't help but want to go to Tokyo.
That's because I wanted to try something big.
My nephew is currently working in Tokyo.
Probably for the same reason.
Tokyo is such a city.
Absorb the energy of young people
It's a city that's always growing.
When anybody was younger, anybody liked to try fortune slip, I think. But, when it comes to adults, they don’t have an interest in trying fortune slips. Because they know that they have to live according to their destiny.
So, do you like to try fortune slips? What kind of fortune slips are there in your country?
In Japan, we call it “Omikuji”, I mean it’s a fortune slip. Many Japanese try Omikuji in shrines on New Years’ day. They try to know by doing that, if they are happy that year or not. For example, if they can encounter a best partner or not, if they can enter the university where they want to enter.
In Japanese Omikuji, your fate will be suggested by the words below;
大吉 Daikichi : You can get a big happiness
中吉 Chukichi : You can get a middle size of happiness
小吉 Shoukichi : You can get a small size of happiness
小凶 Shoukyou : You may have a bit of unfortunate
中凶 Chukyo : You may have a middle size of unfortunate
大凶 Daikyo : You may have a big unfortunate
So, when my friends got “Daikyo” from Omikuji, they always had dark faces which meant despair, in shrines. Although it was on New Years’ day.
When they tried Omikuji in their youth, they mainly wanted to know their own fate about love. I mean, they wanted to know if they could encounter a good girlfriend or boyfriend. However, even if they got “Daikichi”, they often couldn’t encounter a good girlfriend. That’s not avoidable because it’s a fortune slip.
When you visit shrines in Japan, you would be able to see the landscape like in this photograph. This picture is capturing the scene where the Japanese had tied Omikuji, which they tried and looked at.
In the past, stomach cancer was the most common cancer among Japanese people. Therefore, the main character of this movie also develops stomach cancer and dies in the end.
This movie is one of my favorite Japanese movies.
After his doctor informed him that he had stomach cancer and had only a short time to live, he began to think about the true meaning of ”living''.
What does it mean to “live”?
Actually, I'm 60 years old now, and these days I often wonder how many years I have left to live. Ask yourself, what is the best way for me to live the time I have left?
There is a saying: "Life's downhill." I'm walking downhill now. When climbing a mountain, I'm completely absorbed in walking uphill because I'm just aiming for the top of the mountain. My heart is filled with the desire to reach the top of the mountain as soon as possible. However, when walking downhill, everyone wants to enjoy the hike for as long as possible.
The main character of this film begins to think about what it means to live for the first time when he has less than a year left to live.
No one knows what will happen tomorrow. Maybe you'll get into a traffic accident tomorrow and die. Maybe tomorrow there will be a big earthquake and you will die. It's fate, so no one can predict it.
Work, earn money, eat, and sleep. Many people spend their days like this. Life is a repetition of such things. Living is a cycle of eating and sleeping. However, because we are human beings, we have a heart that is not satisfied with just repeating that process.
After the main character of this film was diagnosed with cancer, he began to think about the meaning of life. As long as he was healthy and alive, he didn't think about it. That's ironic. His illness made him think about the meaning of life.
Health is very important, but healthy people don't necessarily mean they're happy. Money is necessary, but it doesn't necessarily mean that people with money are happy.
A life that does not consider the meaning of life may not be called a happy life.