Water Pipe,İstanbul

先進国じゃ目の敵にされているタバコ・・・・僕もずいぶん前に止めた。
イスタンブールで良く見かける水パイプは、大げさな雰囲気がいかにも怪しげで危ないのだが、実際はソフトドリンクやミネラルウオーターを飲みながら気楽に健全に楽しんでいる。
どうも酩酊を誘うお酒は駄目だがタバコは良い（場所をわきまえれば）と言う事らしいのだが、本当に所変わればと言う感じで面白い。

One summer night, I got off at an illegible tram station in Istanbul, and wandered into a dark park where I found groups of people sitting under trees smoking water pipes. For a moment, it seemed somewhat immoral, but as my eyes got used to the sight, none of them were drinking alcohol and they were just enjoying talking and playing board games. Most of them were young adults, but there were even old men and women and sometimes even kids in those groups. Smoking has become an “enemy” in my country, but it seems a good “friend” in Turkey. It’s true, the night park was peaceful without any drunken people shouting and vomiting in bars of Tokyo.