Operation Seat

     At first, look at the picture. It looks like an operation seat for something. Can you figure out what it is for? It's a machine for moving! It has no window! Do you see? This is the cockpit of a retired submarine which is exhibited at the JMSDF Kure Museum. JMSDF stands for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. This museum is in Kure City, which is located on the other side of Matsuyama City, across the Seto Inland Sea. As I wrote about Kure City a little bit at the URL: http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2006/08/hiroshima.html, this city is also famous for its military industry. The JMSDF's officer candidate school is also in this city. I could see some other stuff about JMSDF in this museum. If you want to see this submarine, you can detect it on the Google Earth. Try it out! It is near the harbour of Kure City.
     I went to Kure City last Sunday and I want to show you the location of Kure City and how to get from Matsuyama City to there. When someone goes to Kure City, he usually uses the Shimanami Highway or some ferry boat. However, I used the Tobishima Route, which is not so popular among people in Matsuyama City, but I heard it was a nice route. Look at the last picture that I took on the route. The surface of water was incredibly calm. It was not a lake, but the sea.

(Vocabulary)
stand for sth 〈文字・数・記号などが〉 ＜言葉・名称・概念など＞を表す, ＜…＞の略である
Maritime Self-Defense Force  海上自衛隊
officer candidate school  幹部候補生学校

(KW: 潜水艦　海上自衛隊呉史料館　とびしま海道　岡村島　関前村　呉市)

Comments

[Sarah]

Wow, the sea really is quite calm and beautiful! I would have never guessed that to be a sea.