Shoji Rise

Since childhood, I have always been drawn to the view from my window.
I would often sit and look outside, sometimes taking photographs of the scenery beyond it.
Even after moving to Tokyo for university, that habit has never really changed.
Without realizing it, I still find myself searching for windows, and quietly looking through them.
Somewhere beyond these views lies the place where I was born. And there, perhaps,
is the window of the house where I grew up.
I wonder how many different cities I will live in from now on.
And even in unfamiliar places, I feel that I will continue to look out through windows, just as I always have.

幼い頃から自分の家の窓から見える景色が好きでよく眺めては写真に撮っていた。大学入学を機に上京してからもそれは変わらず、日常的に無意識のうちに探し、見入ってしまう。この窓の先の景色の遠くには私が生まれた地があり、そこには私が生まれ育った家の窓があるはずだ。私はこれからいくつの街に住むのだろうか。新しい街に行っても窓からの景色を見るのだろう。