【無料で読める】写真集 CRP TOKYO 永田町ＢY TERUYO FUKUMOTO

永田町界隈 BY TERUYO FUKUMOTO
２０２１年最後のCRP撮影会は、暮れも押し迫った１２月１８日開催された。
場所は日本政治の中枢、国会議事堂や警視庁総本部のある、霞ヶ関永田町界隈
でした。
撮影会に先立ち、下見に行った日は銀杏の樹樹がまさに紅葉（銀杏も紅葉と呼
ばれるのか、多少疑問）の見頃を迎へて、この界隈の整備された道路沿いには
美しい銀杏並木が連なり、なんとも美しかった。
ビル、商店、住宅が立並び、ごちゃごちゃ感の強い東京の街並みの中で、この
界隈だけは、広々した場所に、国会議事堂を中心に、整備された広い道路、良く
手入れされた樹木や花壇と、さすが日本政治の中心地だと感じるものがあった。
小学生の頃に議事堂内部を一度見学したことがあったが、赤い絨毯が敷き詰め
られて、重々しい雰囲気だったと記憶する。残念ながら、現在、日本全土から
選ばれし方々が、この立派な建物にふさわしいかは、大いに疑問。
しっかりとしたコロナ対策をお願いいたします。

Tokyo’s Nagatacho Neighborhood
On December 1８, as the end of the year was drawing near, the final CRP
Photoshoot for 2021 was held. The event took place in the area around
Kasumigaseki and Nagatacho, the heart of Japanese politics, where the
National Diet Building and the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police
Department are located.
When I visited the neighborhood for a look around prior to the photo session,
the gingko trees were resplendent in their autumn colors (I think that gingko
may as well be synonymous with autumn foliage); lined up along the well-
maintained boulevards, they looked quite beautiful.
In the midst of the jumbled Tokyo cityscape, with its buildings, stores, and
houses, this area alone is spacious, with the Diet building in the center,
expansive avenues, and well-maintained trees and flowerbeds; it gives the
visitor the sense that it is indeed the center of Japanese politics.
I remember touring the inside of the Diet building once when I was back in
elementary school, and I still remember its stately atmosphere with the red
carpet. Sometimes I wonder just how worthy many of those elected from all
over Japan are of this magnificent building…
Nonetheless, as I stood outside it, I only asked that they handle the response to
the COVID-19 pandemic well.