I asked my parents to go on a short trip to a small island in the Seto Inland Sea. My parents have visited many places in the world, but don't know much about the islands near their hometown. I chose an island which they had never visited. Our ferry dropped in at an uninhabited islet on the way, and I recalled the role of this island before the Greater East Asian War. I'm writing about this tiny islet, Ohkunoshima island. You can find it in Wikipedia, but I'd like to revise the entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ckunoshima
Japan was a signatory on the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning the use of poison gas, but didn't ratify it. Additionally, it was also legal to develop and keep poisonous gas at that time. This island was the scene of the development of poisonous gas. This 4.3 km-around tiny island has now become a big tourist attraction with historic facilities concerned with the manufacturing of poisonous gas. We didn't get off the ferry today, but I felt like visiting this island some day.
(Vocabulary)
desert ［deserted］ island // uninhabited island / islet 無人島
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