Hideki's Yuruyuru Nagisahouki/ep2 -Bottle Message-

Message in a bottle

Hello everyone. This is Hideki, who has been walking on the beach on the weekend and is still blazing black even in October.
The seaside walk, which can be said to be the stage of "Hideki's Yuru Yuru Nagisa Aruki", which started from the last time, is the same feeling as visiting my favorite aquarium or museum.
Among them, the “wreckage” can be said to be “exhibition content” that shows various aspects such as nature and human culture. Every weekend, I enjoy this random museum that was created by coincidence.

By the way, in the previous episode1 , I talked about "the biggest attraction of walking along the beach is the unexpected encounter with a drifting object", but this time it's a story of such an "accidental encounter".

message to the sea

When you write "deai" in letters, there is a somewhat romantic atmosphere.
Isn't [bottle message], which encloses one's own message in a container and entrusts it to the flow of the sea, one of the romantic communication tools expected from chance encounters?

It is also called [bottle mail], but unlike e-mail that is delivered instantly and to the correct destination, it is an uncertain e-mail that you do not know when it will reach anyone due to ocean currents and waves, that is the bottle message. It is the biggest feature. An interesting point is that it is the same as e-mail through the Internet in that it is widely connected to the world through the ocean.

However, please be aware that throwing bottles into the sea is considered “dumping into the ocean,” which has an impact on the natural environment.

* Various factors such as waves, wind, and currents determine the destination of the bottle.

Now, let's move on to overseas.
In January 2018, it seems that the world's oldest bottle message was discovered on the coast of Australia.
There is a message written in German on old paper inside the bottle, and from the contents written there, the name of the ship, the date, etc., it is believed that it was sent by the German Naval Observatory in 1886 during a marine survey. got it. After that, when the Australian museum investigated the paper quality, bottle shape (it seems that it was a Dutch gin bottle), ship's logbook, etc., it was proved that it was written 132 years ago. It broke the record of 108 years until its discovery.
When I hear this story, the image that comes to mind is "It's like a time capsule floating in the sea!"​

In fact, I have found bottle messages twice on the coast of Chigasaki, where I live.

My-1st bottle massage

The first time was in March 2018 when I found a bottle of instant coffee (?) containing a letter on the beach.
In the letter was a piece of writing paper with the words “happiness is just around corner” written in several colors of highlighter pens, but unfortunately there was a message in the bottle. The contents were almost illegible because water had penetrated and the text of the highlighter was blurred. I wonder if it was written by a Japanese elementary school girl or junior high school girl from the readable characters? I got the impression. It seems that it is not something that has passed for years from the state of stationery and ink.

*I was a little disappointed with the illegible message in the bottle.

My-2nd bottle massage

The second time was on July 28, 2019, this time in a wide-mouthed plastic container instead of a glass bottle.
Surprisingly, this was truly a wreckage that made me wonder if it was a miracle!
On the lid of the bottle, "To Ei-chan" And my name (Hideki when written in kanji) was written!

Is this a coincidence, is it addressed to you? ! In addition to the name, the lid has the date “2019.7.15”, and you can see that it arrived at me two weeks after being swept out to sea.
I will open it because it is addressed to me. (I didn't know the address last time...)
This container was also full of water, but it seems that there is something in addition to letters and seawater.

*The message in the bottle addressed to you is truly a surprise!

When I took it out, I found several sheets of pink letter paper folded in four with the words "To Ei-chan" written on them, as well as an unopened Bikkuriman chocolate and Poiful. It was a bottle message enclosed with sweets.

The letter this time was written in magic ink, so the letters weren't blurred and seemed to be legible, but it was wet with seawater and looked like it would tear if opened, so I decided to dry it in the sun.

Then, when I casually looked at Poiful, the bag contained “Love it!!” Is the character serious?
Hey, this might be a love letter to me who goes to this beach every week! The letter has a ♡ mark! No, I have a wife and children, but don't worry.

* If you find it on an uninhabited island where food is scarce, a very valuable message in a bottle.

No letters were written on one Bikkuriman chocolate. I rarely buy sweets, so I didn't know Bikkuriman Choco was still on sale. At first, I thought it was a time capsule from the past. And when I looked at Poiful, "Nnnnnn!!?"
Surprisingly, there is a letter that says “I hope it reaches Ei-chan”! It wasn't "To Hide-chan~"!

* Re-recognize that Ei-chan is also read as "Ei-chan" in addition to "Hide-chan"

Now that I know it's not addressed to me, I can't read this letter or receive sweets.
After the letter is dry to some extent, return it to the container with the sweets. However, if it is thrown into the sea as it is, it will be dumped in the ocean, so I gently put it on the driftwood on the beach, hoping that "Ei-chan" will find it.
Ah, I'm glad I didn't eat sweets. Although I felt a little embarrassed, I went home that day.

*I hope you can find the addressee, "Ei-chan"!

after that…

In fact, I personally post photos of things I find on the beach with short sentences on SNS, and one person who read the SNS said, ``This is for the child who died at the sea during New Bon in July. Was it addressed to you?" I received a comment.
The idea of ``a message to those who died at sea'' came to mind, but when I thought about the sweets that were enclosed, it made sense that ``Ei-chan'' might be a young child. To go.
 
The next weekend, the bottle was still there on the same piece of driftwood.
I wanted to know the truth as someone who was involved, so I decided to read the letter.

To start with the conclusion, this bottle is for YouTuber “Ei-chan” who died in an accident overseas at the beginning of this year on July 15, “Marine Day”. It turns out that they were thrown into the sea with their favorite sweets as a token of gratitude and sorrow. It wasn't a young child, but it was still a message to those who died at sea.

*Please refrain from actions that lead to marine pollution! Especially not plastic products!

tales of the flotsam

In the second half, it has become a little sad development, but there was such a drama even with one drifting object. Bottle messages can tell us about the reason why they were released into the sea to a certain extent from the letters contained in them.
At the beginning, I mentioned that "wracked objects" are "exhibition contents" that show various aspects of nature and human culture. is not. From the next time onwards, I would like to continue to share my thoughts and stories based on my delusions and imaginations through this "nomlog".

(Text & photo by Hideki Sato)

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ep5 "Encyclopedia of Garbage Ashore"　​ ​ep4 "Encyclopedia of Living Things"　​ ​ep3 "Natural Perception"　​ ​ep2 "Bottle Message"
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