【第三章】村上春樹故跡探尋之旅 Following the footsteps of Haruki Murakami Chapter 3

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我下了飛機，從關空直接坐大巴來了西宮。西宮似乎是村上住的時間非常長的地方，位於阪神地區，即夾在大阪到神戶的半路上。這塊前海後山的平坦地帶是很多阪神人的居住區，有很多獨棟的建築，感覺生活節奏很閑適，適合居住，雖然有過阪神大地震。西宮是比較大的一個城市，但是我除了記得有人提過蘆屋川和後面的一個形狀奇特的山，不知道自己在有限的時間裏能看到什麼。因為記得有人提及一個公園，所以我先用 Google 地圖找到了一個所謂的蘆屋公園，從西宮坐電車去了蘆屋，然後步行去的公園。去了以後沒找到什麼特別的，後來發現去錯了公園，真正的特色公園是打出公園，蘆屋下面的一個地方。
蘆屋是村上初中畢業以後過來居住的地方。就個人經驗而言，高中是一段比較特殊的時間，所以下一章里也去高中外面轉了一圈。
When I got off the plane, I took a direct bus to Nishinomiya, a city where Murakami used to spend his childhood. The city lies between Osaka and Kobe, an area known as Hanshin area (derived from two cities’ kanji pronunciation). Hanshin area was between sea and mountains, a beautiful and peaceful residential area, despite a great earthquake several decades ago. Nishinomiya is among the bigger cities in this area, with many apartment buildings in contrast to many single-family houses typical here. I decided not to spend time in Nishinomiya for the cold weather and tight schedule, although I knew there were a famous river and bowl-shaped mountain. I heard there was a park related to Murakami in Ashiya, so I pulled up my Google Maps and headed towards it. I was wrong this time; it was not this Ashiya City Park, but the Uchide Park in Ashiya city.




























以上圖片包括：
above pictures include:

• 阪神電鐵西宮站及蘆屋站。Hanshin Railways Nishinomiya and Ashiya stations
• 蘆屋市內。Ashiya city
• 蘆屋市立圖書館主館。Ashiya library (main)