裏と表｜Back and Front｜2021/02/09

家の隣の空き地に賃貸マンションがたった。いかにも賃貸ですという白いパネルでつくった安っぽいつくりだ。以前は緑の木々に朝は小鳥たちがさえずるのが心地よかっただけに残念だ。「隣のマンション意外といいじゃない」なんていう声があってびっくりした。あの白さがいいのかなぁと思っていたら、正面のファサードは全く違う。石風に木のルーバーっぽい感じで確かに悪くない。自分がみていた裏側が別棟の倉庫かと思うくらいだ。どうせ住んでいる人には白い裏側を見ることはないからいいのかもしれないけれど、ボクとしてはなんだかしっくりこない。しかしお金をかけるところ、かけないところのメリハリをちゃんとつける方が正解なのかもしれない。（絵と文：サカキテツ朗） 

A rental apartment was built in the vacant lot next to my house. It's a cheap kid made from white panels that are really for rent. It's a shame that I used to feel comfortable hearing little birds' singing in the green trees. I was surprised to hear a voice, "It's not bad looking of the apartment." I was wondering if that whiteness was good, but the front façade was completely different. It looks like a stone and wood louver is certainly not bad. I think the back side I was looking at looks like a warehouse in a separate building. It may be okay for people who live there to never see the white back side, but for me it doesn't feel right. However, it may be the correct answer to properly add the sharpness of where I spend money and where I don't. -Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki