a good road to a good building — it's the crematorium
yoi michi ga yoi tatemono e, yakiba desu
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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A well-made road runs straight to a fine building. Wondering what it is, he learns it is the crematorium. The place where people laid the most careful road of all leads to where life ends. In the quiet finality of 'it is,' there is a depth of astonishment.