2018年1月，作为无锡市荣誉市民列席无锡市第十六届人民代表大会第二次会议

　　我的故乡是日本的京都,日本的历史有2000年,而京都做了1200年的都城,是日本乃至世界著名的历史文化城市。除此以外,京都市还培养出了9个诺贝尔得主,也是拥有最先进技术、充满活力的一个城市。

　　我与无锡结缘于10年前,那是我第一次到访无锡,至今仍令我印象深刻。那一次正好下了40年一遇的大雪。因为下雪,路很难走,车辆都无法通行。但是在马路上,市民在努力扫雪,人民解放军也在努力铲雪,正是有了他们的辛勤劳动,第二天,路上的雪已被清理干净,我得以顺利地乘车到灵山拜了大佛。我被无锡人的这种服务精神而感动,从那以后,我就一直把无锡作为我的第二故乡。

2017年5月参加江苏发展大会

　　今年5月,我出席了江苏发展大会,现任上海市委书记、当时的江苏省委书记李强先生在大会开幕式上致辞时说道:“爱故乡之人必爱国,爱国之人必然爱家乡”,就像他说的那样,我对无锡怀着热爱之情,我对中国怀着崇敬之情,同时我热爱京都,热爱日本。

　　我日本的故乡——京都,每年会迎来5000万游客,之所以会有这么多人前去游览观光,一方面是因为京都有历史文化的魅力,另一方面也是因为京都有1200年都是日本的古都,这里的市民养成了特有的“服务意识”,使游客在这里过得非常舒心,此外还有京都对垃圾处理和河流净化等环境美化方面非常下功夫。

　　为什么会有那么多世界各地的游客到访京都,有的甚至是多次访问京都,我想这是因为这里的环境非常好,非常宜居的缘故吧。自2008年太湖爆发蓝藻以来,至今已有近10年,蓝藻虽经过治理,却仍然未得到很好的改善。我衷心希望无锡能变得更美,环境变得更好。今年,我在在日本政府的帮助下,在无锡市铁路桥村,与当地政府共同努力,建成了餐厨垃圾循环处理系统,同时我也希望蓝藻循环处理系统也能在铁路桥村建设起来。这些循环系统能够在改善环境的同时,使农民变得富裕起来,进而带动更多的游客到无锡观光游览,这与中国的三农政策是一致的。

　　我现在和将来都将热爱我的第二故乡——无锡,我也将继续对中国充满敬爱之情。

　　作者:广田隆一郎(日本)

　　译文

MyFeelings for My Second Hometown Wuxi

HIROTA RYUICHIRO(from Japan)

My hometown is Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto had been the capital for 1,200 years in the 2,000-year history of Japan. It is a famous historic and cultural city in Japan, and even the world. In addition, Kyoto has cultivated 9 Nobel Prize winners. It is an energetic city with the most advanced technologies.

It was ten years ago when I visited Wuxi for the first time. Till now, I still remember the heavies snow in 40 years in that winter. Roads were covered by snow and ice and became too slippery for both pedestrians and vehicles. I was impressed when I saw common people and soldiers of the people's liberation army cleaning snow from roads. Thanks to their hardworking, there was almost no snow on the road the next day and I could visit Lingshan by car and worship Grand Budda. I was touched by the service spirit of Wuxi people. Since then, I have regarded Wuxi as my second hometown.

Iattended Jiangsu Development Meeting in May of this year. Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Mr. Li Qiang, who was Party Secretary of Jiangsu Province at that time, said, "people who love his hometown must love his country and vice versa." As what he said, I love Wuxi and China just like I love Kyoto and Japan.

There are 50 million tourists visiting Kyoto every year. As a tourism city, Kyoto has the charm of profound historical culture and its citizens have "service consciousness" because Kyoto had been the capital of Japan for 1,200 years. As a result, tourists feel comfortable in Kyoto. In addition, Kyoto also concentrates much efforts on landscaping including garbage disposal and river purification.

In my view, it is the good and livable environment that attracts tourists from all over the world to Kyoto even for more than one time. It has been almost ten years after the event of explosive growth of blue-green algae in Taihu Lake. Although the government has taken some measures, this issue has not been alleviated much. I sincerely hope that Wuxi will become a more beautiful city and its environment will be better. In this year, with the help of Japanese Government, I worked with the local government of Tieluqiao Village, Wuxi and built the circular process system of kitchen waste. I also hope a circular process system of blue-green algae will be set up in this village. Beside improving the environment, these systems can also help farmers become rich and attract more tourists to Wuxi. This complies with China's policies of agriculture, farmer and village.

Ilove my second hometown Wuxi now and for the rest of my life and I will respect and love China forever.