現地時間2025年10月6日（月）、午前4時ごろに起きた。夕方、弓道の練習をした。
同居人から注意を受けた。指摘の内容は、22時以降に台所のコンロを使用してはいけない、というもの。煙感知器が鳴るのを防ぐためだ。我が家の感知器は非常に敏感で、もし夜に警報音が鳴ってしまえば、同じ家に住む大家に迷惑をかけてしまう。
電子レンジからは煙が出ないため、22時以降も使用してよいそうだ。それでもなんとなく不安な私は、コンロも電子レンジも、夜に使うのは控えようと思う。夜遅くに帰宅する際は、調理不要の食事をスーパーで買ったほうが良さそうだ。
バンクーバーで前に住んでいた集合住宅でも、同様の経験をしたことがある。煙がほとんど出ていないときでも、感知器が作動した。その当時も、夜間のコンロの使用は制限されており、電子レンジで食事を温めていた。
On Monday, October 6th, 2025, I got up at 4:00 a.m. PDT and practiced Japanese archery in the evening.
My housemates pointed out to me today that we are not allowed to use the stove in our home after 10 p.m. This is because the smoke detector in the kitchen is very sensitive, and we need to prevent it from going off late at night. If that happened, it would wake up the landlord living in the same house, as well as their child.
They said it is fine to use a microwave even after 10 p.m., as it does not generate smoke. Even so, because I am afraid of making mistakes at home, I decided to avoid using both the stove and the microwave during the restricted hours and instead buy meals at grocery stores that can be eaten without heating when I return home late at night.
I have had a similar experience at a house where I previously lived in Metro Vancouver. That house, which was a unit in a condo, also had a smoke detector that went off even when there was hardly any smoke. Using the stove at night was restricted, while I heated meals with a microwave back then.