南太平洋ひるね旅

by Morio Kita

南海――この言葉の中にある懐かしい響きといささかの幻想を追って、著者はふらりとジェット機に乗り込んで夜の東京を脱出した。ハワイを振り出しに、タヒチ、フィジー、ニューカレドニア、東西サモアと、風を吸い光を浴びて、訪ね歩く小さな島々。子供らと遊び、素朴なおとなと語らう、アオレレ（飛ぶ雲）のように爽やかで、ひっそりとしたどくとるマンボウの気ままな旅行記。

175 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Morio Kita was the pen name of Japanese novelist, essayist, and psychiatrist, Sokichi Saitō. He attended Azabu High School, Matsumoto Higher School (now part of Shinshu University) and graduated from Tohoku University's School of Medicine.
He initially worked as a doctor at Keio University Hospital. Motivated by the collections of his father's poems and the books of German author Thomas Mann, he decided to become a novelist.
He is the father of the essayist Yuka Saitō.