SES: Horokanai

Note

End of September, from Enbetsu to Horokanai.

Story

I always hated tunnels. Especially the tunnels of Hokkaido highways. Gone with the bureaucracy that only collects tolls to drink for 90% of the time, but still take their precious 10% to pay someone else to maintain the tunnels and roads, are the well maintained tunnels and the roads. These tunnels used to have lighting that emulate a smoother transition from light to darkness when you enter the tunnel, or vice versa. Now that the highways are only maintained by semi-volunteers. And not-so-high ways, too.

We don't have the luxury to keep those transitional lightings no more. But more essential and less noticed aspects are being highly respected. The ventilations. Whoever's been giving these tunnels some extended life has done rather well, I can tell. Or maybe they're just good at vents and not so good at lightings. That happens when the best hands you have are semi-professional.

I don't think I'm good at either ventilations or lightings. Maybe that's why I rarely gets tunnel jobs and when I rarely gets one I turn it down. There's no shame in it, though. I like a world where you try your best and still fail sometimes and most others understand.

That said, I'm totally not about working on roads now.