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waking from a nap mountains whichever way I look

hirune samete dochira o mite mo yama

1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)

Notes

He wakes from a doze, glances about half-dazed, and it is mountains left and right. Before he can even recall where he is, the ranges leap into his eyes. He sets down, without a word of comment, the perfectly blank field of vision in that first waking moment on a journey through mountain country.

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