房総半島で過ごす、A Day on the Bōsō Peninsula, 20250606

外房の町での現場仕事だった。朝から始めて昼過ぎには区切りをつけ、午後は房総半島を気ままに巡った。

一宮・大原・国吉・安房小湊・鴨川・鹿野山とクルマを走らせた。どの場所にも、どの道にも、コロナ禍の2年間をこちらで過ごしたときの楽しい思い出がある。やはりどう考えても、あの日々は暇だったのだ。

久しぶりに東浪見海岸の砂浜を走ったりして、暮らすにはいい土地だと改めて思う。金の心配がなければすぐにでも越してきて、隠居したいものだ。

さて、潮風をたっぷり浴びて、まさに気分転換といった感じ。とてもさっぱりした。

仕事はこんな場所。木漏れ日とストロボを混ぜて撮りたかったのだが、うまくできたかしらん。
This is the kind of place I work in. I wanted to blend dappled sunlight with the strobe— I wonder if it worked out the way I hoped.

海辺の町のロードサイドのマクドナルド。控えめに言っても最高だ。
A roadside McDonald’s in a seaside town— honestly, it doesn’t get much better than this.

東浪見海岸の波打ち際を走る。これが得難い快感である。
I run along the shoreline. There’s nothing quite like it.

長いドライブの果て、鹿野山・九十九谷展望公園から房総半島を見渡す。
After a long drive, I gaze out over the Bōsō Peninsula from the Kujūku Valley lookout on Mount Kanōzan.

I had a shooting job in a seaside town on the Bōsō Peninsula. The work started in the morning and wrapped up by early afternoon noon, leaving the rest of the day free to wander the peninsula at will.

I drove through Ichinomiya, Ōhara, Kuniyoshi, Awa-Kominato, Kamogawa, and Mount Kanōzan. Each place, each stretch of road, is tied to fond memories from the two years I spent here during the pandemic. Looking back, those days were undeniably idle—but in a good way.

I ran along the beach at Torami for the first time in a while, and it reminded me once again what a good place this would be to live. If I didn’t have to worry about money, I’d move here in a heartbeat and retire quietly.

The sea breeze washed over me. A perfect reset. I feel completely refreshed.