放射能について先がわからない不安があった。br/ 大丈夫だという人も多かったが、大丈夫じゃないという人もいた。br/ 夏休みの間だけでも放射能から離れさせたいと、ハワイの方たちや日本の協力者たちによる、br/ 子どもたちのハワイでの保養プロジェクトに参加した。br/ 福島では海には入れなかった子どもたちは、海水浴やハイキングなど思い切り楽しそうだった。br/ 私自身の不安な心も少し落ち着いた。br/ しかし、震災がなければ海外に避難する必要もなかったので、少し悔しさもあった。br/ br/ span class="small"strongみゆ/strongbr/ ハワイ島 2015年8月 撮影/spanbr/ _______________________________br/ br/ No one was really sure where things were headed with the radioactive contamination.br/ Some said everything was fine, some said it wasnrsquo;t.br/ We wanted our kids to escape from that exposure, if only just for the summer.br/ We were able to participate in a health retreat to Hawaii organized by people there and in Japan.br/ Though they had been prohibited from entering the waters of Fukushima, these kids were now able to go swimming and hiking to their heartrsquo;s content.br/ That gave me some peace of mind, too.br/ But then I remember that if it werenrsquo;t for the disaster, there wouldnrsquo;t have been any need to escape overseas. Irsquo;m conflicted.br/ br/ span class="small"strongMiyu/strongbr/ Photo: Hawaiian Islands, August 2015/span