Warui No Ha Otenki De Hanaku, Kiteiru Fukuda. Byodona Kuni Hokuo Ryu "Shiawase" No Arikata

[Machine Translation] Violinist and player of the Hardanger Violin, a Norwegian folk instrument, Rio Yamase's first collection of essays is based on interviews with numerous people she has met during her many years of traveling to Norway. Cultural figures, writers, academics, public figures, politicians, and others from various fields appear in the book to talk about "gender equality," "education," "social welfare," and more, and to explore the reasons why Norway is ranked high in the world for happiness. The author compares Japan and Norway, and while comparing the Norwegian way of thinking to his own, which is "an equal society that preserves good old traditions while flexibly accepting diversity and being willing to change as needed," offers suggestions for an inward-looking Japan and hints for young people and their parents on how to live a happy life. I will throw out hints to young people and their parents on how to live a happy life.

ヴァイオリニストで、また、ノルウェーの民族楽器「ハルダンゲルヴァイオリン」奏者でもある山瀬理桜の初エッセイ集は、ノルウェーに長年通い続け、現地で出会った数多くの人々への取材がベースになっています。文化人、作家、学者、公人、政治家など、さまざまな分野の人々がこの本に登場し、「男女平等」「教育」「社会福祉」などを語り、ノルウェーが世界で幸福度ランキング上位であるそのわけを探求しました。筆者は日本とノルウェーを見比べ、「古きよき伝統を守りながらもしなやかに多様性を受け入れ、必要に応じた変化をいとわない平等な社会」というノルウェー人の考え方と、これまでの自分をなぞりながら、内向きな日本に提言を、若者たちとその親御さんには「幸せな生き方」のヒントを投げかけます。