しばらく戻っていないアメリカ入国のための手続きが大変で、今日は滋賀県警察本部に書類の申請に出かけました。先ずは交番で大津警察署の道順を教えてもらい、大津署で警察証書購入後、県警本部へ。警察関連の建物を３軒も訪ねることは珍しいと思いながら雨の中をひたすら歩きました。県警本部の受付で私の行き先は「カンシキカ」と言われ出された書類に書き込むも漢字分からず「ひらがなでいいです」と言われ恥ずかしながらそのように。係官と一緒にエレベーターで８階へ。必要書類を提出し次は指紋。両手の親指と残る４本指は経験ありですが、今回は加えて一本ずつの指紋、さらに一本ずつを係官が右左に回して撮影。私の指紋は東京の本部に送られて犯罪歴がなければすぐに抹消されるとのこと。帰りに子供の時父が大津へ会議にでかけた際お土産に必ず買って帰ってくれた「走り井餅」を見つけ買い求めました。県警でのドキドキ指紋体験と「走り井餅」で父を懐かしむ、そんな大津行きでした。
The process of my reentry to the US which I haven't done since Oct. 2019 because of the coronavirus is very complicated. Today, I went to Shiga prefectural police headquarters to apply for a document. First I went to the police box near the station to get directions to the Ohtsu Police office. There I got a kind of revenue stamp issued by the Police office, and then I headed for Shiga prefectural police headquarters. As I walked in the rain, I thought to myself that it is a rare case for me to visit three police-related buildings in a day. At the reception desk of the headquarters, I was told that I needed to go to the Identification Section. Officer came to me and went up to the 8th floor. After submitting some documents, I had several kinds of fingerprints. It was surprising to take so many fingerprints, as I had more simple ones before. On the way back, I found "Hashirii Mochi"(Japanese sweets) at the station which my father used to bring back to home for the family when he went to Ohtsu for meetings when I was a child. I was so happy to find one because I thought it had already disappeared from the shop. It was a day of nervousness in taking fingerprints and nostalgia in remembering my father.
