【English】
This morning was the coldest morning of the winter with a minimum temperature of -1°C. There was ice in the puddles outside and a little snow fell last night, leaving sparse patches of snow on the lawn. It was bitterly cold, but I ran in the morning and walked with my son in the afternoon, staying outside all the time and logging the most steps this year. At the end of the walk, my son fell asleep for a late nap, so I took the opportunity to write this blog.
My running has been working since December and I finally have a body that can run properly. Today I ran 10km non-stop and my average pace was 5 minutes 10 seconds per km. I think my body will feel more fit once I can easily run 10km at a pace of less than 5 minutes per km, so I'd like to work my way up to that point.
Yesterday, I went to a late Hatsumode (New Year's visit to a shrine). I try to go a little later in the year because it is too crowded near New Year's and my two-year-old son could not wait and we would end up leaving without being able to pay our respects properly. However, the line was about 20 meters long, so I guess I was a little naive. Still, I was able to line up quietly with my son in his stroller and we were able to visit the temple properly.
I wasn't really aware of it, but the next day, on the 14th, there was a sign that Dondoyaki would be held. Dondon-yaki is an event where pine decorations, sacred ropes, and good luck charms from the previous year that were displayed during the New Year are brought together and burned. It is said that Dondoyaki is also meant to send off the New Year's gods who came to the house to see the New Year's decorations with the smoke from burning them. I remember that when I was a child, I used to go to Dondon-yaki with my neighborhood friends for the dumplings to be burned together, but as an adult, I don't remember ever participating. I don't have any New Year's decorations or good luck charms to burn, so there is no need for me to go, but I feel a little sad to be indifferent to a custom that has been handed down from generation to generation, so I will try to be a little more conscious of it from now on.
We had a delicious motsu nabe for dinner that evening. We received a set of Fukuoka's motsu nabe as a return gift from our hometown tax payment, so we tried it. I had actually donated so that I could eat it at the end of the year, but I applied too late and it was too late in the year. The taste of the broth and the fat combined with the many cabbages, leeks, burdocks, and the tender fatty motsu was very tasty. The texture of the motsu is different compared to the real motsu nabe at restaurants in Fukuoka, but it is delicious enough to eat at home.
I ended the meal with udon noodles to finish it off.
【日本語】
今朝は最低気温-1℃とこの冬で一番寒さを感じる朝になりました。外は水たまりに氷が張っていましたし、昨晩は少し雪も降ったようで、芝生に疎に雪が残っていました。寒さは厳しかったのですが、午前中はランニング、午後は息子との散歩とずっと外にいて今年一番の歩数を記録しました。散歩の終わりに息子が遅めの昼寝で眠ってしまったため、その隙にブログを書いています。
12月からのランニングの効果もあって、やっとまともに走れる体になってきました。今日はノンストップで10km走り、平均ペースは1km 5分10秒でした。これが今の私の限界に近いペースのようです。4分台のペースで10kmを楽に走れるようになれば体も整ってきたなと感じれるようになると思うので、なんとかそこまでは頑張りたいと思います。
さて、昨日は遅めの初詣に行ってきました。正月近くだと混雑しすぎてて、二歳の息子も待っていられず結局ちゃんとお参りできずに帰ることになるため、少し外した時期に行くことにしています。しかしながら20mくらいの列ができていて、少し見込みが甘かったようです。それでも息子もベビーカーでおとなしく並ぶことができて、しっかりお参りをすることができました。
あまり意識していなかったのですが、翌日の14日にはどんど焼きが行われると掲示がありました。どんど焼きとはお正月に飾っていた松飾りやしめ縄、前年のお守りなどを持ち寄って燃やす行事のことです。正月飾りを目印に家にきてくださった年神様を、正月飾りを燃やした煙とともに見送るという意味もあるそうです。子供の頃は一緒に焼かれるお団子を目的に近所の友達とよくどんど焼きに行っていた記憶がありますが、大人になてからは一度も参加した記憶がありません。燃やすお正月飾りやお守りもないため、行く必要もないと言えばそれまでですが、古くから伝わる風習に無関心なのも少し寂しいなと感じるのでこれからは少し意識してみようと思います。
この日の夕飯はおいしいもつ鍋を頂きました。ふるさと納税の返礼品として福岡のもつ鍋セットが届いたのでそれを食べてみました。本当は年末に食べれるようにと寄付を行ったのですが、申し込みが遅すぎて年明けになってしまいました。たくさんのキャベツ、ニラ、ごぼうとともに柔らかい脂ののったモツを食べるとスープの味と脂の旨みが合わさってとてもおいしいです。福岡のお店で食べる本物のもつ鍋と比べるとやはりモツの食感が違うなと感じますが、自宅で食べるには十分美味しいです。
最後は締めにうどんを入れて最後まで美味しく頂きました。
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