Today I went to my late mother’s hometown, Hirakata, Osaka to visit her family grave, which I regularly do twice a year.  It is a good old place that brings me fond memories, however, I am afraid it is moving away from me little by little.  For, I think, people I used to see there have all left me.

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今日は、年に2回の亡母の枚方の実家の墓参りに行ってきました。懐かしい思い出を呼び起こしてくれる場所ですが、段々と遠ざかっているようにも思います。多分、そこにまつわる人たちが全部いなくなったからだと思います。

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Light flows through the/

Hometown to/

Be a river in spring/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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