親父驚く鹿威し Surprised at Shishiodoshi

2016.11.26

題名の鹿威しについては後ほど。
Shishiodoshi is a general name for devices used to intimidate and drive away agriculture-damaging birds and animals. Especially, it means a bamboo tube rotated by pouring water that clacks against a stone. The picture below is from Wikipedia.
I will go back to Shishiodoshi later.

昨日東山植物園に行きました。地下鉄で行くのは多分50年ぶりぐらいです。それは兎も角、昨日は紅葉のライトアップを見たかったのです。
Yesterday, I went to Higashiyama Botanical Garden. The last time going there by subway was probably about 50 years ago. Anyway, yesterday I wanted to watch night illumination of colored leaves.

着いた時はまだ明るかった。地下鉄の駅に近い東山動物園に入り、その中を歩いて植物園に行きました。
When I arrived, it was still bright. I entered the Higashiyama Zoo nearer to the subway station, and walked through it to the botanical garden.

動物園の池。
A pond in the zoo.

植物園に付く頃には、日が傾き。
When I arrived at the botanical garden, it sun went lower.

寒くなってきたので、ライトアップを待ちながら熱いコーヒーを飲んでいたら、鹿威しに驚かされました。これが今回のタイトルです。
As it got chilly and when I was drinking hot coffee while waiting for the illumination, I was surprised at the sound of Shishiodoshi. That was the title of this article.

ライトアップは5時からです。日本らしく時間ぴったりに。
The illumination started from five PM. It started right on time in typical Japanese style.

 植物園を出て、地下鉄の駅に行く途中の道で、道路の片側にもライトアップの飾りがありました。
Going out of the botanical garden, on the way to the subway station, a side of the road was decorated.

これは駅の隣のショッピングモールの飾り。
This was a decoration at a shopping mall next to the station.

良いクリスマスをお迎え下さい。
Have a Merry Christmas!