I think there are numerous stone monuments in Japan, but nothing is more well-known than this monument in the picture now. It reads that homes built on higher ground would make you happy; don't forget the huge disaster by the tsunami and don't build homes below this point!
Lots of households could have reportedly avoided damage by the tsunami following this ancient tradition. I admired the idea of the ancestors that built the monument at the highest reach of the tsunami.
It would be our task to inform posterity of the calamity.
(Vocabulary)
stone marker/monument 石碑
tradition （口伝による）言い伝え
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