１月８日（月曜日）２０２４
雪が１０センチほど積もる寒い朝となりました。地元のデパートはお年玉年賀はがきを郵便局より早く独自に抽選番号を決めて割引券を発行していて、私は３割引と２割引がそれぞれ３枚ずつ当たっていました。有効期間中に外出できるのは今日だけ。しかし、あいにくの雪。雪道の自転車は流石に危険と考え、地元の「愛のりタクシー」を利用することにしました。「愛のりタクシー」とは路線バスの小型版と考えるのが分かりやすく、決まった所から決まった所に安く行けるのですが、１時間前に予約が必要なことと、タクシーのように行きたいところへ行けるわけではありません。高齢者が多い地域では彦根の病院やスーパーなどが目的地となります。
さて、絵馬通りの通行規制が解除になっていないので、多賀大社前駅まで自転車で行って、そこからタクシーに乗車することに。絵馬通りは融雪装置と明け方からの除雪車のお陰でビチョビチョながら自転車や歩行も可能で駅に近づくことができました。....が、駅近くまできて、何と駅の前が全然除雪されていないではありませんか！
天気がイマイチとは言え、今日は成人の日。多賀大社参拝の方が駅で電車を降りてこられるのに、駅前が雪溜まりとは何ということ！除雪車が駅前をぐるりと回れば済むことなのに..... 役場がどこかの業者に依頼しているのでしょうが、あまりに配慮がないことに呆れるばかりでした。
買い物から帰ってきた時は雪は溶けていたので証拠写真が撮れなかったのが残念！
It was a cold morning and 3 inches of snow had accumulated. In Japan many people send New Year's postcards with lottery numbers. Ahead of the announcement of the lottery number by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the local department store announced their own lottery number using the same postcard and gave discount tickets such as 30% off or 20% off at the department store.. I hit several 30% tickets and 20% tickets. Today was the only day that I could go to the store before the expiration date, but the weather was not good for me to go out by bike. So I decided to use a local discount taxi which is not a regular taxi and because of several limitations to use that taxi, I had to go to the railway station to get on it.
Since snow-melting water was coming from the central part of the street, I could walk toward the station with rain boots, but when I came just near the station, I was very surprised because there was no water drainage system, and snow was not eliminated in front of the station. I felt sorry for the people from the train and went to Taga Taisha through the street. If the station master was in the station, he would have managed this problem but no station staff is there. I don't know who has the responsibility to eliminate the snow in that area. It should be solved as soon as possible. I am ashamed that the problem remains unresolved still now.
I took a photo of the area but the snow was already melted when I came back from shopping.
