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Tamsizzelt n Ljapun: Ger uɣebbar n wenẓar, aseffuḍ d wezrgigan azegzaw
Seg tiliẓri n Shibuya ar uḍu n yilel n Yokohama
Aleqqem anamek n Ukrwas n Umaḍal ɣef wadeg n usinen n Shibuya, d wadeg anda tamsizzelt-inu n Ljapun tebda s tidet. Tis tẓa n tmeddit, kraḍ n tifawin tizeggʷaɣin ccaɛlent ɣef yiwet n tizi, imdanen n udar sdat n tgenza, am weḥcic n waman yuran ad yekker. Tiliẓri n tɣawsa n TSUTAYA tessekkad tawlaft n terbaɛt n Ljapun send urmud, tifsurin tizegzawin sserkisent-d seg weɣref. Yiwen n unmahal ilma n tcenṭuf-edlis-is ddaw n umareg-is, yeqqel ɣer umahil-is ad as-yazen taɣect: "Ma terbeḥ tameddit-a, azekka tagrawin ur tent-nettekkes ara." Iceṭṭiden yeqqaren deg tama-s ur zmiren ara ad ffɣen, maca ula d yiwen ur yessuti. Tabɣest n Yijapuniyezzen tettili dima tqebḍet ɣer tmegrit, alamma yuli useffuḍ, dɣa tuɣaled d tin i d-yettawin iman-is s yillel.
Send ad yebdu urmud, ɣer tḥanut n tɣawsiwin amenzu, ssiɣ-d ayyir n Oden. Tiftit tessufsen deg usemmiḍ arma tuɣal d tafrawant, aman n ukumbu d nitni i d-yettawin ixf-is seg yiri n ulkas n lkaɣeḍ. Aneggar n tḥanut isteqsayi ma bɣiɣ Iseksu, ur fahmeɣ akk, maca aqcic yellan sdat-i yelsa tafsa umḍan 7 n Ljapun yenna-yi-d "Shōshō." Yessehrec s tiliẓri yenna-d dakken Mitoma Kaoru d win i d-yusan seg Kanagawa, yerna yerna, arrac i d-yeffɣen seg Kawasaki, akken ma llan ddaw uḍaren-nsen i t-yettawin aḍu n wennar n wasif. Ḍefreɣ afus-is ɣer webrid, ṭaksiyan, tiseggiwin, tikyerḍiniyin n wesfureg d wexxar n tḥanut amenzu, mezzin akk. Deg teswiɛt-nni takurt n uḍar ur telli d amaynut n weḍris n wenkum, maca d rriḥa n Tokyo deg tlemmast n yiḍ.

Azekka-nni ɣer Yokohama, dgi-nni i fehmeɣ maɣef Endo Wataru urjin i t-id-yettwannan sɣur yijapuniyezzen am "tneggalt n tussda." Aḍu n yilel n Minato Mirai yessaxeb ur-k, sdat n tɣalimt n Uɣrab Asegzaw, yella yiwen n baba akked mmi-s la ttmahalen asufeɣ n takurt, mmi-s yal mi ara d-yukkes takurt, baba-s ur t-imettel ara, yeqqisen-d s uqemmu n uḍar kan, yenna-yas: "Mō ikkai." Ɛawed tikkelt nniḍen. Endo yeffeɣ seg Yokohama, sakin deg Turuft yuɣal d win ur d-yesskanayen iman-is maca dima d amkan iwatan. Yokohama ula d nettat am wakka: ilel d ameqqran, maca tamdint ur tesseɛrara ara, am unmazad, yessusum akk tiɛemmarin.
Mi d-ittekka wenẓar deg Arashiyama n Kyoto, taɣect tazwarrt ɣef yifer n tɣanimt, sakin ɣer usekkum n tseggiwt, sakin ɣer wasif. Imineg n wasif n Togetsukyo qlen-d azgen, aneccaz n terbaɛt n yemdanen issemɣer taseḍwit-is ɣef tuyat-is, taɛjalt n ucebbak tettḥuzzu aẓru iɛeqqen, teskar aṣut azedday n useɛɛed. Ɣlin-d ɣer yiwet n tḥanut n ccaṛ s ddaw, tameṭṭut n tḥanut ters-d atay iḥman ɣef tḍeblit, tiliẓri tesɛelker tawlaft n wenkum. Deg talɣa iban-d Kubo Takefusa, tenna-d dakken lḥikayt n Kubo seg Nara, aṭas n yijapuniyezzen n tmana n Kansai i t-id-yettallan, am wakken ad tessiwleḍ ɣef uqcic ara yeddun seg tnacurin n temdint taqburt ɣer wennar amaḍlan. Sdat n tesmekkayin, anẓar n lknis yebda-d s leɛqel, dɣa dɣa xemmneɣ ɣef useffuḍ n tmegrit n ukrwas: yiwen yessemɣer imdanen ad ḥebbsen, wayeḍ yessemɣer ad azzlen, maca deg Ljapun, sin-nsen ttalsen-ak-d ad tesled ɣer unmager.
Mi t-yekker wenẓar, ffɣeɣ ɣer ubrid n tɣanimt. Tiziqim n waman seg yifer n tɣanimt ɣlin ɣer yiri n weɛrur, d asemmiḍ ara k-id-yerrin ad tbeddleḍ azgen. Deg yiri n webrid, tiḥuna n teffaṛin sserkisent-d tisura n yizemgigen n Uzeggʷaɣ Amasgi, rnun-asent-ett ɣer uẓru n yijun d yibbisiten n ccay. Deg tḥanut, snat n tmeṭṭutin mecṭuḥin la d-ttmeslayent ɣef tmesrit n terbaɛt: yiwet tenna-d dakken Mitoma yessefk ad yekk ɣer unmager zik, tayeḍ tenna-d dakken Kubo d netta i d amḥarif n tserrit n ṣṣaf. Leḥdut-nsent d luzin, mi d-ssint ɣer tḥanut, snuzment s tmeṭṭut yellan deg teḥanut s lḥurma tamaddast. I iqeddec imezwura n tamsizzelt n Ljapun, takti-ayi n lemɛalmat tettwaxedm-ed ɣas akken d taṣemmat; maca ma teɛac urmud yid-sen, dɣa ad tafeḍ dakken leḥmala teṭṭef azgen iwulmen, terẓem-it deg yixfan-is, arma d tixxamin tigejdiwin. Deg usenduq n ukemmul tella talɣa n terbaɛt, ɣef yixef n utilsu tella talɣa n umurar, deg tmacint ur d-tessuraren ara, maca yal mi ara d-yekk ugadaz, akk ttḥebbsen tikci-nsen.

Deg usenfaḍ n Kyoto, mlaleɣ yiwen n wergaz aqbur yelsa akit. Deg ufus-is tella tɣamsa n tameddit, tasebwalt n wennar teffeɣ ɣer sdat, iɣess n lkaɣeḍ yebziz-it wenẓar. Mi d-yuḍen ɣef tceɣlef n tɣamsa, yessers-d tasebwalt-is ɣer tama-w, yessehrec s tawlaft n terbaɛt n Ljapun, yenna-yi-d: "Tsukoku natta ne." Teqqur-d tezmert. Ur d-yegli yiwen, ur yessefhem ara, am wakken kan ad d-yini dakken anẓar yeqel yedda. Mi d-teddu tmacint, yettef tasebwalt-is, yeqreb-iyi-d, iɣab akked weɣref ɣer yisemsel utlay. Tazwart leɛqel-a, tiffeɣ wawal ɣezzifen d tin i d-yettawin tirɣi n takurt n uḍar n Ljapun.
Mi d-riɣ ɣer Osaka, Dotonbori tettef-ik s rrriḥa. Amkan n tnegulin n uyyul, ddexxan d amellal, tametnawt tezga terɣa; rrriḥa n uẓmmum ɣef tewwurt n wemkan n ucuccu teqqen ɣer ukit, ula ma tfukkeḍ ad taḥkeḍ ɣer talɣa n Glyco, ur t-ţerrḍ ara. Deg tiliẓri tameqqrant ɣef wasif, tella twalaḍ n lbut n Ljapun, iminigen ṭṭfen tilifunat-nsen, imeqqranen n wemḍiq kan i la d-ittallen ɣef tnegluft taneggura, yeqqar: "Soko, umai." Din, d tazegrart. Ɣer tama n usegmi n usseḍru n watay, sliɣ ɣer sin n yelanuten la ttmeslayen ɣef Gamba Osaka d terbaɛt taɣelant, yiwen yenna-d dakken Akrwas n Umaḍal yessemɣer arrac ad ḥersen uggar ɣef takurt, wayeḍ yenna-d dakken arrac yessefk ad lemden iqadaren zik, ula d takurt ur t-ţaweḍ ara ad t-tawiḍ s tegrawla. Am wakken d talɣut, maca d Ljapun s tidet.
Mi yewwḍeḍ iḍ ɣer rrif, leḥwayeǧ n tḥuna ttwarnent-d yiwen s yiwen, rriḥa n uẓmmum mazal teqqen ɣef tmezgiwt, am wakken d iɣallen n tɣawla i d-yeggran deffir urmud ur lḥin ara ad ffɣen.

Ḥemmleɣ tamanegt-a n usefham. Tokyo tserrek amaḍal deg yiwen n wadeg, Kyoto tḥerrez aɣebbar n wenẓar am udlis aqbur, Osaka tessufuɣ-d aɛeqqel d tsekkurt ɣef webrid; maca ayen i d-yeggran s tidet deg tamsizzelt, d imecṭaḥ-nni n twacult i ț-țafḍ kan ma teḍṛeḍ fell-asen. Deg yijiǧǧigen n yiḍ, deg usemmiḍ n Oden n tḥanut amenzu tella tifert n ukumbu d win n usɛu, anẓar n lknis d useffuḍ n tmegrit n ukrwas zemren ad k-id-rren ad tɛerḍeḍ tilɣu, ɣef temsirt n tmacint, irgazen yelsan tafsarin n terbaɛt ttwaɛeqqalen-d s sin iferdisen, send ad sɛeddin tameɣra, ur ɛeffilen ara i wiyiḍ ad qqlen ɣer ixxamen-nsen.
Send ad qqleɣ ɣer webrid, uɣalɣeɣ ɣer Shibuya. Deg tiliẓri ulac tawalaḍ, ala tizeɛwatin n uzenzi, amkan n usinen mazal yessers imdanen ɣef tizi. Yiwen n weqcic ameẓyan yelsa tafsa n terbaɛt n Ljapun i t-yugaren, iḍeffeṛ yemma-s, s uqemmu n uḍar-is i d-yettḥuzzu takurt ur nettwala ara. Mi d-yeffeɣ usegni azegzaw, yessers-d "takurt"-is sdat tgenza tamellat, ur d-yegri ara. Xemmneɣ, wagi d unnar iweɛṛen akk n Yijapuniyezzen: tḥsebḍ dakken tusiḍ-d tiliẓriwin, lknis, ramen d yitran n wennar, maca deg umsebrid, ayen ara d-yeqqimen d akit n weqcic i d-yessusmen takurt sdat tgenza tazeggaɣt. Tayri n takurt n uḍar n Ljapun ur tettwanneḍ ara yal tikkelt, teffer deg uḍu n yilel n Kanagawa, deg tnacurin tiqburin n Nara, deg iseɣẓanen n useffeɣ n takurt n Yokohama, dɣa teffer ula deg yal yiwen i yessnen ad yeṛǧu aseffuḍ.
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