投稿の詳細: 田中さんの旅たち　A friend moving to an island

午前中羽田空港から田中さんが電話をくれた。
いよいよ奄美大島に旅立っていく。齢60にして
の移住。その決意は何年も前から聞いていた。
その日が来たのだ。

奄美大島に完全に移住して農業をやるのだと熱い
胸の内を会うたびに語っていた。

田中さんが銀座のテーラーにカッターとして
働いていた時からのお付き合い。｢楠君、いいものを
身につけなきゃだめだよ｣と東京でサラリーマン生活を
始めたころの田舎出の私に身につけるものの大切さ
を教えてくれた。

私が前の会社をやめた時、たまたま同じ週に田中さんも
会社を辞め介護の道へ。｢楠君、俺も会社を辞めたよ｣と
電話をくれた。

｢いよいよ出発だよ｣と、田中さんにとっては3度目か
4度目の挑戦。次に会うときには真っ黒になって、
一層自信をみなぎらせているんだろうな。

グッドラック、そして健康で充実した人生を！

Tanaka san rang me up from Haneda Airport this
morning. He was about to leave for Amami Oshima Island
at the age of 60. The day has come which he repeatedly
told me whenever we had met.

He always told his enthusiasm in life and agriculture in Amami
Oshima Island.

I have known him for long time since we had met at the time when
he was working as a cutter at a made-to-order tailor in Ginza.
I started my life in Tokyo after university and he taught me
about how important the wearing items like suits, tie, shoes,
bags, watches, etc.,

In the same week when I quit the company he called me saying that
He also quit his company. He moved on to care business which was not
so popular as it is today.

Today he said,"Now I am leaving as I used to say." This is his third
or fourth challenge in his life. I wish him good luck. Next time when
I meet him, he will be tanned and full of confidence for sure.

Good luck and good health, Tanaka san. I wish your success and good
life there.