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Day 2 with Mark Bookman マーク・ブックマンとの一日(その②)

March 28, 2022: Another day with Mark Bookman

Photo: Peter Weld

Mark in his Hongo campus office
Because of the pandemic, Mark had only been to his little office on Tokyo University’s Hongo campus a handful of times. / パンデミックのため、マークは、東京大学本郷キャンパスにある自分の研究室には、数回しか来たことがないそう。
Bathroom near's Mark's office
This is the bathroom down the hall from Mark’s office, but I don’t remember (or maybe never knew) what he wanted this photo to illustrate about it. / マークの研究室のそばのお手洗い。どうしてこの写真を撮ることになったのか、失念してしまった(または、僕がもともと理由を分かっていなかったのかも)。
Photo of Mark around campus, with the cherry blossoms and school architecture
We took photos here and there around the campus, trying to incorporate the cherry blossoms or the university’s architecture. / 東京大学本郷キャンパスでの写真。桜か大学の建物を絵におさめようとしたもの。
Photo of Mark around campus, with the cherry blossoms and school architecture
Photo of Mark around campus, with the cherry blossoms and school architecture
Photo of Mark around campus, with the cherry blossoms and school architecture
Photo of Mark around campus, with the cherry blossoms and school architecture
Mark rolling past the entrance of Today's hospital.
Mark received regular check-ups at Todai’s hospital, and we did a photo of him rolling past the entrance. I floated the idea of trying to get some photos of one of his check-ups, but he said (and was no doubt correct) that there would be too many hoops to jump through to get permission. / マークは東京大学医学部付属病院で定期的に健康診断を受けていたそうだ。この写真を撮った時、今度の健康診断の時に写真を撮らせてもらおうか、と言ったら、「手続きが面倒すぎて、無理だと思う」とのマークの返事。彼の想像はきっと正しかっただろうね。
More photos of campus scenes. Nearly everywhere on campus was wheelchair-accessible if you knew where to look for the access ramps; sometimes the route to a particular place was a bit circuitous. / 東京大学本郷キャンパスの続き。ほとんどの建物は、最低一か所にはスロープが設置されていて、車椅子でも入れるようになっていたけど、非常に遠回りをしなければいけないような場合もあった。
Photo of Mark at various campus locations
Photo of Mark at various campus locations
Photo of Mark at various campus locations
Photo of Mark at various campus locations
Photo of Mark at various campus locations
Photo of Mark and his caregivers changing shifts.
The care-giver in the center is finishing his shift, and the care-giver on the left is beginning hers. Being a care-giver for the disabled or elderly clearly isn’t something that people do just for money; you’ve got to have a strong desire to make others’ lives better in order to survive in that job. / 右側の介助者(男性)がシフトを終えて、左側の介助者(女性)とバトンタッチするところ。障碍者や高齢者の介助者は、お金のため(だけ)にその仕事をしているのではない。介助を受ける人の役に立ちたい、という強い信念がなければ、決して続かないだろう。
Oedo line train, gap narrow enough to roll across without a special portable ramp
The Oedo Line, like the Yurikamome Line, is unusual in that the gap between the platform and the train is narrow enough to roll across without a special portable ramp. / 大江戸線。ゆりかもめと同じく、電車とホームの境目がなく、スロープなしでも乗車できる、珍しいケース。