The Stranger

Big city is likely to have many faces.

都会の街は、様々な顔を持っているものです。

Then, we the tourists are often surprised to see

the foreign citizens are wearing various masks (facial expressions).
It seems to vary regionally.


そして　私達 旅人は、異国で暮らす市民が
街ごとに異なる仮面をつけている事に気づき 驚きます。
 

Is there a mask you want to put on your face in this picture ?
貴方が付けてみたいマスク この中にありますか？


 My favorite town is an area
 where there are many antique-shops, secondhand bookstores and galleries.
私の好きな　骨董、古書、画廊街
 

The town's people wear a mask named "MUSTY". 
それは　埃っぽい街


 My daughter's favorite town is an area
where many shops supply clothes, shoes, accessories and cosmetics.
 娘が好きな　衣服、靴、雑貨、化粧品街
 

 That's　mask  "All The Go".
それは　流行物の街


My husband's favorite town is an area
where many shops supply bags, wallets, belts.
主人が好きな　鞄、財布、ベルトを扱う皮革街

That's mask " Leather personal Items" 
それは　皮革小物の街

 The people drifting through their habitats were 

wearing masks/faces which were regionally different,

as if it's the purpose to camouflage themselves.

 
それぞれの生活圏に漂う人達は、街によって異なる面を付け
まるで自身を隠すように、街に溶け込んでいました。
　
In big city there are many unique towns and
different types of people choose  their comfortable habitation in those towns.
What type of the town do you inhabit ?
You are wearing a mask that is similar to your citizens, aren't you ?


 あなたも日々暮らすその街に溶け込む仮面をつけているでしょう ?

We were literally The Stranger in Korean towns.

I wondered why they noticed we are Japanese sitting in silence.

Probably our faces might wear traditional Japanese masks
or innocent suckers. (LOL)

韓国では私達は文字通り よそ者/ｽﾄﾚﾝｼﾞｬｰでした。

黙って座っていても　日本人観光客だと気づかれるのは何故でしょう？
おおらく、典型的な日本人の仮面を付けているのでしょう。

The Stranger  
by Billy Joel

Well we all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and show ourselves
When everyone has gone

死ぬまで人には見せない

自分だけが知っている顔を

みんな持っている。

Some are satin some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the stranger
But we love to try them on

サテンの顔、鉄の顔

シルクの顔、なめし革の顔

そんな別人の顔を

誰もが 着けたがる。

 You may never understand
How the stranger is inspired
But he isn't always evil
And he isn't always wrong

理解できないかもしれない

どうやって　その顔が呼び起こされるのかを

でもそれは、悪い事とは限らないし、

必ずしも間違ってはない。

 Though you drown in good intentions
You will never quench the fire
You'll give in to your desire
When the stranger comes along

あなたが　善意の中に隠れていても、

その炎を消すことはできない。

別の顔が現れるその時、
君の思いどおりにすればいい。