写真・構成：岩崎量示
The English translation follows after the Japanese text.
〈タウシュベツよりも先に〉
15年前の今日、2010年3月23日。雪解け水が勢いを増す音更川の岸辺から、対岸のタウシュベツ川橋梁を眺めていた。
橋の形が少しずつ変わるのはもちろんだけれど、このあたりの気候や糠平湖底の様子も、気づけばこの15年のあいだにずいぶん変わった。橋の変化よりもむしろ大きく変わったかもしれない。
当時は3月下旬を迎えてもまだ雪深い土地だったことを、すこし懐かしく思い出している。
Fifteen years ago today, March 23, 2010, I was standing by the bank of the Otofuke River, watching the Taushubetsu Bridge across from me. The flow of melting snow was already picking up speed.
Of course, the bridge’s shape gradually changes over time, but when I think about it, the climate here and the condition of Lake Nukabira’s bed have also transformed quite a bit over these fifteen years.
Back then, even by late March, there was still plenty of snow. I can’t help feeling a bit nostalgic when I look back on those pictures and recall just how deeply winter held on in those days.
Ryoji Iwasaki