金沢 (Kanazawa)

　先週の土曜日、妻と私は墓参のため、郷里金沢を訪れた。私たちの先祖の墓は野田山墓地、寺町の大円寺、野町の因徳寺の三カ所にあり、因徳寺には二つの墓がある。これらの墓を全部訪れるのが、わが家の年中行事の一つである。金沢駅前のホテルから、まず、タクシーで、低い山地をなしている野田山墓地へ向う。再びタクシーで大円寺へ。次いで、徒歩で因徳寺へ行く。そこからは、バスでホテルへ戻る。郷土料理の夕食を楽しみ、翌日の午前は観光をするのが常である。しかし、今回は雨天のため、翌朝はホテルに10時頃まで留まり、金沢駅で買い物と食事をして、12時53分発の列車で帰途についた。上のスケッチは、ホテルの部屋から見た金沢の街。前方に霞んで見えるのは、卯辰山。向山（むかいやま）の別名がある。

Last Saturday my wife and I went to Kanazawa to visit our ancestors' graves. We have graves in Nodayama Graveyard, Daienji Temple on Teramachi Street and Intokuji Temple on Nomachi Street (two graves at the last place). To visit all these graves is one of our annual events. First we go to Nodayama Graveyard, located on a low mountain, by taxi from the hotel in front of JR Kanazawa Station. Next we go to Daienji Temple again by taxi. Then we walk to Intokuji Temple, from which we return to the hotel by bus. It is also customary to enjoy local dishes in the evening and sightseeing in the next morning. This time, however, it was rainy on Sunday too, and we did not go sightseeing. We stayed at the hotel until about 10 o'clock and took the return train at 12:53 after shopping and lunch at the station building. The sketch above shows the view from the hotel room. The mountain seen through the mist is Utatsuyama (also called Mukaiyama, which means "the mountain in front of us" or "the mountain over there").