３月１日（金曜日）２０２４
月が変わった本日、カフェの看板とも言える暖簾も新しくなりました。染色家の北島桂子さんの作品でご本人が持ってきてくださいました。琵琶湖に朝日が昇る情景をイメージして作りましたとおっしゃった北島さんの暖簾は前のとほぼ同じですが、色合いが深くなったのと「多賀あさひや」という文字の白抜きが消えていました。
カフェの暖簾はこれで３代目。初代の暖簾を作ってくださった永源寺の野田浩二さんは残念ながら数年前にお亡くなりになったのですが、今日は奥様の公子（こうこ）さんも一緒に来てくださり久しぶりに３人でおしゃべりできて楽しかったです。
カフェは８年目に突入。新しい暖簾が届き気が引き締まる思いです。
It changed to a new month and we also had a new shop curtain, today. It was made by dyer, Ms. Keiko Kitajima and she brought it to me. She made the previous shop curtain too, and the new one is almost the same design as the previous one which she said she imagined the sun rising from the surface of Biwako (Lake Biwa). The new one is a deeper color and the shop name is no longer a white outline.
This is the third shop curtain and the first one was made by Mr. Kouji Noda who was also a dyer from Eigenji and sadly passed away a few years ago. His wife, Kohko Noda came to my house with Ms. Kitajima, who is a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Noda and we all had a pleasant conversation. I was very happy with that.
This is the eighth year since my cafe opened. I felt refreshed and motivated to work harder looking at this new nice shop curtain.
