With carrying a satchels crammed with textbooks, students fasten their gym bags packed full of sports gears and lunch boxes onto their own super cubs as they prepare to leave for the day. Mornings for high school students on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture begin with the soft purr of their bike engines as they head off to school.
“The high school sits atop a hill, and my house is far away, I decided I would commute using my own Cub even before enrolling. I think they look so cool.”
Most of bikes parked in the school parking lot are Super Cubs. It appears that “there are a lot of unpaved roads and the Cub is durable and also stable with its large tires, so they have been favored for a long time.” Of course, brand new ones are good, but there are also aged workhorses that have been handed down from older siblings or neighbors. Seeing a range of Cubs from various years lined up in the parking lot is a little exhilarating.
“Being able to see the ocean after cresting the long hill is the part I like most about the road to school.”
Riding along on a Cub every day surrounded by stunning scenery comprised of rich greenery and a deep blue sea. I am a little envious of these young students.
教科書を詰めた鞄を背負って、部活の道具とお弁当の入った補助バッグを荷台にくくりつける。
鹿児島県の種子島高校の高校生の朝は、原付バイクの軽快なエンジン音で始まる。
「高校は高台にあって、家も遠いし、入学する前からカブで通学しようって決めてました。なんか、見た目がカッコいいなって思って」
学校の駐輪場に停まっているのは、ほとんどがスーパーカブ。
「未舗装路も多いから、耐久性があって、タイヤが大きく安定感があるカブが、昔から好まれてきた」らしい。
ピカピカの新車もいいけど、定番は兄弟や近所の先輩からの年季の入ったお下がりカブ。
いろんな年代のカブがズラリと並ぶ様子も、ちょっとワクワクする。
「通学路で好きなのは、長い山道を抜けた先に海が見えるところ」
豊かな緑と青い海に囲まれた美しい景色のなかを、カブでタタタと走り抜ける日々。
こんな青春って、うらやましいなぁ。
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