Kiyora Kanaru Miyajima pages 10-13

 Here are the next couple of pages in chapter 1. We get a bit of backstory, and our main character goes on an exciting boat ride. We also learn some details about the lives of high school students living on Miyajima and why they have to take the boat to school.

Kiyora Kanaru Miyajima ch 1 p 11-14

page 10

 

プラク: ”もみじ姫"なるもみじ饅頭屋にて

Plaque: At the momiji manjuu shop, Momiji Hime

姫さま:きよらや,おひさん高うなるぞよ

Princess: Kiyora, it seems the sun is getting high

きよら：あー船でちゃう！

Kiyora: Oh no! The boat’s gonna leave!

きよら：あと三つずつここにおいとくね

Kiyora: I’ll leave you each three more.

きよら：いってきます！

Kiyora: I’m off!

バタバタバタ

Sound effect: clatter clatter

プラク：厳島に高校はないのでわたしたち高校生は船で対岸に渡りそれぞれ学校へ

Plaque (Kiyora narration): As there’s no high school on Miyajima, we high school students cross to the opposite shore by boat to get to various schools.

友達：おはよー！きよら

Friend: Good morning, Kiyora!

きよら：あ、おはよー

Kiyora: Morning!

プラク：みんな幼なじみ

Plaque (Kiyora narration) : Everyone’s been friends since childhood.

Page 11

 

 きよらのナレーション：七歳の七五三のと時

Kiyora narration: When I was seven years old at Shichi-go-san

きよらのナレーション：厳島神社に詣でたわたしの前に

Kiyora narration: and made my pilgrimage to Itsukushima shrine

きよらのナレーション：姫さま方が初めて現れた

Kiyora narration: The princesses appeared before me for the first time.

Page 12

 

  

きよらのナレーション：それは厳島に住まうわが家の”娘"に何百年と続く習わしで

Kiyora narration: For hundreds of years it’s been their custom to appear to a daughter of our house at Itsukushima shrine.

きよらのナレーション：わたしが姫さま方の声を聞けるようになった日ー

Kiyora narration: On the day I became able to hear the princesses’ voice,

きよらのナレーション：母はその役目を終えた。

Kiyora narration: Mom’s turn to play that role was over.

幼いきよら：なんで神社から出るとその姿？

Young Kiyora: Why do you look like that when you leave the shrine?

姫さま：不思議じゃの

Princess: It is a mysterious thing.

きよらナレーション：毎朝味見にやってくる姫さまを相手する

Kiyora narration: Every morning I talk to them when they come to taste the momiji manjuu.

きよら（思想）：ほんと不思議

Kiyora (thought): It really is mysterious.

ガチャ

Clatter

きよら：はっ

Kiyora: Huh?

Page 13

 

パッ

poof

きよら（思想）：恩賀くん！

Kiyora (thought): Onga-kun!

Notes: Shichi-Go-San is a ceremony for children who are seven, five, and three years old. They dress up in fancy kimonos and visit shrines or take photos. Here's more info on the history of the practice.

Kiyora Kanaru Miyajima Chapter 1 Pages 6-9

I've finally gotten to some action in the story! Luckily the text is a lot less dense once you get into the pictures. On the other hand, some of the characters speak in very non-standard, old-fashioned Japanese, so I had to ask some people for advice on how to read the grammar. In my English translation, I haven't really gone overboard making the characters sound old-fashioned. I tweaked a few phrases, but I just wanted to stick as much as possible to the gist of what they're saying and not add in something that sounds cool in English but might not fit the text.

Anyway, here's the chapter:

 

この物語はフィクションであり、登場する人物など名称はすべて架空のものです。

 This story is a work of fiction. All persons and names depicted are fictitious.

 

話の一 "もみじ姫と火鬼八"

Chapter 1 “Momiji Princess and Kakiya”

 

 （姫さま）Princess

うーんこのあずきは悪かろう

Hff. I wonder if the red beans are spoiled…

(in plaque) (プラーク)

安芸の国厳島

Itsukushima of Aki’s Country

（姫さま） Princess

今日の天気では煮あげる時刻は短き方がようかろうに

As in today’s weather you would do better to cook them for a shorter time

（姫さま） Princess (2?)

生地が微妙に固くないか？

Did the dough harden correctly,

のう？

Do you think?

（姫さま） Princess

まこと、これでは三つ四つと食えんわな

In truth, I’ve eaten three or four

（きよら） Kiyora

今日のまんじゅうおいしくない？

Are today’s manjuu no good?

 

姫さま方

The princesses

（姫さま） Princess

まこと美味しい ＜３

Truly delicious!

（きよら） Kiyora

おばあちゃん今日も姫さま方お気に召したようよ

Grandma! It looks like the princesses eaten happily today too!

（おばあさん） Grandma

じゃ、このままお店に並べようね

Well, let’s put these out in the shop as they are then.

（おばあさん） Grandma

あいかわらず文句いいながら食べとるようじゃの

As usual they gobble everything down even while griping

（きよら） Kiyora

うん、あれ５つ目 ＜３

Yep, today’s the fifth time!

 Notes: 

For some reason, I have trouble finding which speech bubble is connected to which person, so while I think I have all the lines right, there was one that could go with either Kiyora or the Princesses. There are panels that don't show characters' faces and panels that show one character reacting to lines from another character off screen. Sometimes bubbles represent what someone's thinking even if they're not saying it out loud. I think it's just easier to figure out exactly who's talking when you're reading in your own language.

Aki is an old word for Hiroshima Prefecture.

Kiyora Kanaru Miyajima: Chapter list

This is a short one. I'm doing the translations for the chapter titles, so there's not as much text. (As always, the vertical text should be read right to left. The horizontal text should be read left to right.)

きよらかなら宮島

Kiyora Kanaru Miyajima

目次

Table of contents

はじめに

At first

登場人物紹介

Character introductions

話の一

Chapter 1

もみじ姫と火鬼八

Momiji Hime and Kakiya

神の島~厳島の今昔

Island of God ~Itsukushima’s past and present

話の二

Chapter 2

小さなお願いごと

A small wish

宮島を見つめ続ける寺院

The shrine that continues to gaze at Miyajima

話の三

Chapter 3

きよらかなる厳島

Kiyora kanaru Itsukushima

平安の美意識が息づく厳島神社

The living aesthetics of peace at Itsukushima Shrine

話の四

Chapter 4

天空の社

The temple in the sky

弥山七不思議に迫る

Drawing near to the seven wonders of Mt. Misen

 

話の五

Chapter 5

天狗さまざま

Various Tengu

大聖院にまつわる言い伝え

Lore concerning Daishouin

話の六

Chapter 6

恩賀忙忙

Onga is busy

弥山山頂散第マップ

A map or the summit of Mt. Misen

話の七

Chapter 8

生きなるの光

Living light

大切な人と訪ねれたい

Wanting to visit that special person

話の八

Chapter 8

いつの日か。。。

Maybe someday…

宮島を イベント

巻末付録

End Appendix

〜宮島MAP

Miyajima Map

〜交通アクセス

Transportation Access

 Notes: Daishou-in is another temple on Miyajima. You can read about its history here. 

In chapter three you can see two different kanji that both have the reading "Itsukushima." I'm not sure yet if there is a reason for using both and what the difference is.