Wisdom and Harmony

I received a letter from Omiwa Shrine that informs us of the annual Summer purification, and recognized that we are already in June which is the half point of the year 2025.   I watched a move, "Hana Manma" at a theater for the first time in 6 months. It's a very heart-warming story of a brother and younger sister who grew up together in hand in hand after their parent died with an essence of re-incarnation idea. The age setting of the main characters was seemingly almost same as my age, and some scenes over-raps with my childhood memories, however there seems to be a limit to reenact everything as it really was... 早いもので2025年（令和7年）も半分に差し掛かろうとしている。大神神社からの夏越の大祓の案内が届いていて気づかされる。月末に半年ぶりに映画を観に出掛けた。「花まんま」という映画だ。早くに父を、そして思春期の時期に母を亡くした兄妹の物語に輪廻転生の要素を織り交ぜた涙腺の緩む映画だった。映画の主人公たちの設定年齢が自分とほぼ自分と同じだろうと思え、幼少期の風景や情感が今にオーバーラップしてきた。ところどころ再現度に雑さはあったとおもうが・・・。 It may not be right to compare social trends and morals now with old days, but I feel, the era "Showa" in which I grew up had mor...