2018年の春に家族と奥多摩へ居を移しました。山が好きで自然の中で生き生きとした暮らしがしてみたい、もっと積極的に自分たちの暮らしを考えたい。そこから物語がはじまりました。
 都内で働きながら、休日になると家族や友人と奥多摩へ来ては少しずつ手を加え、子ども達も楽しんで道具を使いながら、見よう見まねで大工仕事をしていました。
 その間には町の中を散策したり、川で遊んだり、山を歩いたり、地域のお祭りに参加したりと、通う時間が徐々に家族と奥多摩を近づけてくれました。約１年半かけてようやく引っ越しができるまでに。
 東京で育った私にとってここ奥多摩は、東京の最北西端のもうひとつの可能性に満ちたフィールド（原点）となっています。自然豊かな山の暮らしは、都心の暮らしとは違い手がかかります。それでも時間と手間をかけていくことが本来人が自然とともに生きていく営みだと思います。
 本当に必要なものとは何か、『暮らす』とは何かを見つめながら。


My family and I moved to Okutama in the spring of 2018. We love the mountains, want to live vibrantly in nature, and want to be more proactive about our lives. That's how our story began. While working in Tokyo, I would come to Okutama with my family and friends on weekends and holidays to do a little bit of carpentry, while my children enjoyed using the tools and learning from my example. In the meantime, we took walks in the town, played in the river, walked in the mountains, and participated in local festivals, and the time we spent commuting gradually brought our family closer to Okutama. It took about a year and a half before we were finally able to move in. For me, having grown up in Tokyo, Okutama has become another field full of possibilities (origin) in the far northwest corner of Tokyo. Life in the mountains, rich in nature, is different from life in the city, and requires a lot of work. Even so, I believe that taking the time and effort is the way people should live with nature. What is truly necessary, and what is "living"?