近所で改修工事をしている大工さんからヒノキの端材をいただきました。以前改修現場でヒノキの端材がゴミ入れに入っているのを見ていたら、大工さんが「これを風呂に入れると体にええらしいで」と教えてくださり少しもらって帰ったことがあるのですが、確かにお風呂に浮かべるとヒノキのいい香りがしてまるでヒノキ風呂に入っているよう。身も心も浄化される思いでした。
遠慮して少ししかもらわなかったのを正直後で後悔。大工さんに手間をかけてはもうしわけないと大きいままでも構わないので、また端材が出たら是非！とお願いをしておいたら、先日端材を抱えて来てくれました。これを何回かナタで小さくしてお風呂にいれると、やっぱりいい香り。大工さんたちはいつも触っているので香りに慣れて何も感じないそうです。
お風呂で木切を手にとって香りを嗅ぐとヒノキの良い香りがします。改修工事も終盤になっているようですが、去年から何かとお世話になっている大工さんたち、このまま終わらなければいいのに…と願うのは虫が良すぎますね。
I recieved Japanese cypress wood waste from carpenters who are working to repair a neighbor's old house. Before when I was looking at wood chips of Japanese cypress in the waste bag, one of the senior carpenters told me if I put those chips in the bathtub, it will be good for the body, so I took some chips to my home and tried in my bath time. It was indeed very good. In Japan, we have Japanese cypress wood bathtub and I felt as if I was in there to purify myself.
I regret that time because I took only a few chips of wood, so I asked them when they will have waste cypress wood again, and they saved some more for me even though I don't mind the size of the wood. ( I didn't want them to take the trouble to cut.) The other day, they kindly came to bring some waste cypress wood for me which made me very happy. I cut them with an ax into appropriate sizes and put them into the bathtub.
It was sooo good. Carpenters are very friendly and sometimes they joke with me. They took care when a strange animal came into the attic of my house, a young carpenter took off the big nail from the wall, etc. they have been so good since the repairing started last year. It seems it is the end of their work. To tell the truth, I wish the repairs will continue for longer. I know that it is too egoistic.
