Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Nagoya Castle Remains

　　I visited Nagoya Castle Remains without due preliminary knowledge on it and its magnitude amazed me. You might wonder, but this huge castle's remains aren't so well-known even among Japanese.
　　Most modern history textbook are edited by the anti-Japan schools and they tell us that the 16th century's leader of Japan, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, was an evil and ugly man. However, as far as I had learned by myself, he was a great man. I was taught that he planned to invade Korea and Nagoya Castle was the advanced base for it, but his action was natural if you see from the point of Japan's national security. More than 100 positions were built around the castle and you can still see some of their ruins. Seeing how enormous this ruin was, I assumed that Hidehoshi might have a plan to newly build a big city at this northernmost area of Kyushu.
　　I dropped in at a museum established as an annex and was surprised again at its exhibition including false information distorted by the anti-Japan perspective of history. I'd like to know who supervised this exhibition and asked about that at the front desk, but no one knew. I can point out more than 10 false items. For example, they say, rice cultivation was brought to Japan "from Korea". To tell the truth, this has been completely denied by recent archaeology. The panel on the wall read Kaboto(河姆渡) ruin near Shanghai and Itazuke ruin in Kyushu, which had perfectly destroyed old theories. Didn't the supervisor know about these important ruins? I'll show you some pictures shot at the Nagoya Castle Remains.

(Vocabulary)
position [C] (軍隊の) 陣地

名護屋城

ほとんど予備知識を持たず訪れた。そしてその規模に驚いた。これほどの城跡、もっと世に知らしめねばならないだろう。

１６世紀末の日本の指導者、秀吉を悪と教える現在の教科書。自分で調べて勉強した結果、よくぞこの時代にいてくれたものだと感謝しかない。偉人である。この城は朝鮮半島経由で明と戦うための前線基地。秀吉の邪心からの朝鮮侵略だと教えられるが、あれは日本の安全保障を考えれば当然の対応である。城跡の周囲には各地の大名の陣地が作られていた。その数、ざっと１００以上。大変な規模である。そのうち、大きな陣地の跡は今でも残っている。秀吉はここに巨大な都市を造ろうとしたのではないか。そんな気さえしてくるほどの規模の城跡だった。

併設されている歴史ミュージアムへ入ってみた。なんと、反日史観のオンパレードだった。半島系の学者が作ったのだろう。誰が監修しているのか知りたかったが、スタッフに尋ねてもわからなかった。例えば稲作は朝鮮半島から日本に伝わったなどと寝言が書かれていた。壁に掛かるパネルには河姆渡遺跡や板付遺跡が記入されているのにである。名護屋城跡周辺で撮った写真を何枚かＵＰする。

Maenohama Beach Park and Monument for Drumeltan

　　I found a monument for a cargo ship of Drumeltan's distress at Maenohama Beach Park. There apparently were lots of accidents on the southern sea of Tanegashima Island since long ago. In particular, in early spring and the typhoon season (summer to autumn), lots of ships had been washed ashore on the island. It was not guns only that had been brought by the sea accidents, though most people in Japan think the arrival of guns to Japan as a rare case.
　　According to the description, Drumeltan, which was a British trading sailboat, was involved in a heavy storm on the way from Shanghai to Hong Kong in April in 1894 and was washed ashore on Maenohama Beach. Its 29 crew members were rescued by local residents. The residents devotedly took care of them until they left the island. The British Navy vessels arrived at the island in May and repaired Drumeltan, which was towed to Nagasaki Port in August.
　　The crew finally resulted in spending 4 months on the island. On parting, the crew and the residents said a fond farewell to each other and the crew gave the residents something to show their gratitude. One of them was several chickens which were kept in the ship. Their original birthplace was not known, but they are now called Engee chicken and one of the specialties of the island.As you can imagine, "Engee" comes from "English".
　　Six of the British Navy vessels arrived at the port of the island as early as the next month of the accident. Considering the communication levels of those days, their arrival was extraordinarily early! I wondered about its rapidity and I recalled the Japanese-Sino War which broke out in July in the same year. The Drumeltan was taken to Nagasaki in the midst of the war and even in the battlefield. The navy vessels might have been on a reconnaissance mission to investigate the national power of Japan. The social condition on the mainland was getting worse those days and it was just before the Boxer Rebellion. Then the relationship between Japan and the U.K. ascended to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The wreck of the Drumeltan happened in these times. I'll eat Engee chicken tonight recalling those times.

(Vocabulary)
in distress 〈船・航空機などが〉 遭難した
distress signal 遭難信号
say a fond farewell 別れを惜しむ
reconnaissance 偵察
The Boxer Rebellion 義和団事件
the Anglo-Japanese Alliance 日英同盟












前之浜海浜公園　ドラムエルタン号遭難

前之浜海浜公園に立ち寄ったら、また遭難した船の記念碑があった。調べてみると種子島南方海上は昔から海難事故が多く特に春先や夏から秋の台風期には多くの難破船が種子島に漂着している。漂着したのは鉄砲だけでは無かったのだ。

碑文によると、ドラメルタン号は上海から香港に向う途中暴風に遭い明治二十七年四月、前の浜に漂着した乗組員二十九名のイギリス貿易帆船。地区の住民は乗組員を救助し、彼らが島を離れるまで家を提供するなど献身的に面倒をみたという。翌月東洋艦隊の軍艦がやってきて船の修復を行い、8月16日、ドラメルタン号は長崎へ廻航された。

乗組員たちからは離島の際には別れを惜しんでいろいろな記念品が贈られたという。その中に船で飼育していたニワトリがあった。原産地は不明ながら、イギリスのニワトリということで今ではインギー鶏と呼ばれる島の名産品だ。

東洋艦隊が翌月には到着したというが、当時の通信環境を考えると驚異的に早い。訝しく思っていたのだが、この年の７月に日清戦争が勃発している。その最中に長崎へ回航。東洋艦隊は本国から派遣されたのではなく、元々この辺りにいたのだろう。日本の国力確認のための情報収集かな。この後、支那大陸では義和団事件があり、日英同盟へと繋がっていく、、、、今夜はインギー鶏を食べながら、当時の社会情勢に思いを馳せよう。

Catastrophic Flood in Southern China

　　Sometimes I think the world is going to the dogs. I think so also when the information is concealed. I knew about the catastrophic flood in China through YouTube, and to top it off, the Three Gorges Dam is reportedly on the brink of collapse. Japan's media haven't reported the torrential rain in China until today.
　　Japanese media have a tendency to conceal the bad news about China and Korea. Lots of people in Japan came to know that fact and to keep them away. Japanese media will end up bringing ruin on themselves.

 

Infected Diamond Princess

　　Chinese originated pneumonia causes havoc in the northern hemisphere. The Japanese Government always ends up reacting after the event because they are concerned for China and trying not to dishonour the Chinese Government. However, the one thing that they have to do is protect the lives of their people, Japanese. I hope that the Government will take strong actions against the virus.
　　The Yokohama-based cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, came back to its home port, Yokohama city, on Feb 3rd, but almost all the passengers and crew members were stranded in the ship. It carried a Chinese from Yokohama to Hong Kong two weeks ago, who later developed the novel pneumonia in Hong Kong. Therefore, the Government suspected that there might be some people affected with pneumonia. Actually the new type of coronavirus was detected in the specimens from passengers. Both passengers and crew members are confined to their rooms until the end of the latent period of 14 days.I'm so sorry to hear that. Honestly, I had been on board this ship from Dec. 15th to 23rd last year. I can't afford to be indifferent to this incident.
　　The four pandemics occurred only in 20th century. All of their epicenters were the southern part of present China; Spanish, Asian, and Hong Kong flu, then SARS. From my viewpoint, the social conditions in China are too dirty for me to live, though I'm not going to live in China at all. I hope the virus will be confined soon.

(Vocabulary)
havoc 　大混乱, 大損害
end up reacting after the event　後手後手になる
latent 　隠れている, 潜在的な

A Mystery

　　Passing through the tunnel on the way to Taipei, the sky changed for the better, just as the tour guide had told us. The bad weather was unlucky, but it was good for us to have enough time to talk with the tour guide. I asked her about what I felt was unusual on the cruise ship. There are so many Chinese people everywhere in Japan who talk loudly in their distinguishing high tone. Their behavior is often criticized in lots of tourist spots. However, no Chinese on the ship, quite the contrary. A quiz show was held on the ship on the first night and one of the questions was to ask the number of the passengers by nationality. I don't remember the exact numbers, but the largest was Japan, second, the U.S., then Australia, Canada, Germany,,,some other countries followed like that. To my surprise, there was no Chinese! I didn't see why, and I told our tour guide about this mystery. She laid out the reason why there was no Chinese on the ship. She said Taiwan was in the midst of the presidential campaign. The government took several steps to avoid sabotage by the Chinese Communist Party and stopped granting Chinese people visas. Her comments reminded me of the instruction of the chief purser on the Diamond Princess. Even if you don't get out of the ship in Keelung, you need to undergo the immigration check. If someone was refused entry into Taiwan, the Diamond Princess itself is not allowed to berth in Keelung. The ship's company would have rejected Chinese people on this cruise.
　　Then, the main topic of our conversation moved onto the presidential election. I hoped that cài yīngwén will win the presidential race, but the guide looked disappointed to know that I'm for cài yīngwén.

(Vocabulary)
sabotage
〈敵対者の設備・乗り物など〉 に破壊工作を行う
…を妨害する
[名] [U] 破壊工作,妨害行為
cài yīngwén 蔡英文

Chung Cheng Park 中正公園

　　I hate the phrase "Chung Cheng", because it's another name of Chiang Kai-shek. I didn't want to visit the place bearing his name, but the tour guide advised us to take a look at Keelung port from the Park even though it was raining. As she said, we were able to see the panoramic view of Keelung. I wished it had not rained. Our tour guide seemed to have moved to Taiwan from the continent after the Great East Asian War, or his/her descendant. I'm going to write about this issue in the next entry. By the way, her Japanese skills were excellent and we got lots of knowledge about Keelung and Taiwan.
　　I think a word of caution is in order here. Taiwan used to be under Japanese reign for about 50 years since 1895 in the wake of the conclusion of the diplomatic pact with the Qing Dynasty. That is to say, it was a simply legal act. On the other hand, the reign by Chiang Kai-shek had no legal basis. Consequently, Taiwan is not acknowledged as an independent nation yet.
　　Leaving the park, our tour guide wanted to walk around the city center, but the weather was terrible, so we headed to Taipei to taste Taiwan's tapioca drink, which is getting popular also in Japan. We'd like to try genuine ones.

(Vocabulary)
zhōngzhèng gōngyuán, Chung Cheng Park 中正公園

中正という名前は嫌いである。なぜかというと、蒋介石の本名だから。こんな名前を冠した土地には近寄りたくもないが、一応観光地で景色が良いというので行って見た。ガイドさんはどうやら外省人のようである。日本語が実に堪能で、前回の台湾旅行で案内してくれたガイドとは雲泥の差。何でも尋ねられる。 ここで一言注意をしておく必要があると思う。かつて台湾は日本の統治下にあったが、それは１８９５年に清国と結ばれた国際条約によるもので合法的な行為であった。しかし、蒋介石が台湾に住み着いたことについてはなんら法的根拠はない。 さて、ガイドは街歩きの後、夜市を案内したかったようだが、天気が悪く４時までには船に戻らねばならなかったので、台北へタピオカドリンクを飲みに行くことにした。やはり本場で試してみないといけないということで。

Peace Island

　　No matter how strong the wind was, I was going to visit Peace Island, which was called Sharyoujima under the Japanese reign. Lots of Okinawan fishermen are said to have lived on the island in those days. Its terrain was like yěliǔ dìzhì gōngyuán at which we looked during the last trip to Taiwan.I viewed the raging ocean from the tip of the island and the scene reminded me of the last night's pitching and rolling of the ship. If an old fishery boat like one which was made in the early times of the Meiji Era faced such furious waves, it would never survive the storm. Four or five dozen fishermen were actually washed up on the island due to a violent storm early in the Meiji Era. They weren't able to communicate with local inhabitants and most of them ended up being killed by the natives. The Meiji Government came to dispatch Japanese soldiers to Taiwan in the wake of this incident. It was the first military dispatch to an overseas country for modern Japan.
　　I put my hands together for victims in front of their monument and felt the difference between Taiwan and China. Chinese people would never build such a sincere monument but a simple signboard with a fake description. On the way to the next spot, the driver pulled over abruptly at a tiny fishery port called zhèngbīn yúgǎng, which was apparently one of the picture spots. Now that he mentioned it, the port had a little European feel.

(Vocabulary)
hépíngdǎo  和平島
yěliǔ dìzhì gōngyuán　野柳地質公園
zhèngbīn yúgǎng　正濱漁港

雨風がひどいのだが、どうしても訪れたい場所があった。和平島だ。戦前は社寮島と呼ばれていた島である。沖縄の漁民が大勢暮らしていたとされる。前回の台湾旅行で行った野柳地質公園に似た地形が似ていた。荒れた海を見た。昨夜の揺れを思い出した。これでは明治初期の漁船では遭難するだろう。ここへ流れ着いた宮古島住人を地元民が虐殺した事件があった。言葉の通じない時代のことだ。明治政府が初めて海外に派兵した事件はここから起こった。

琉球漁民慰霊碑に手を合わせた。やはり台湾は違うなと感じた。支那だったらこんな慰霊碑は絶対に作らないだろう。帰りに正濱漁港で記念撮影。観光スポットだという。少しヨーロッパの雰囲気があるかも。

Japan Coast Guard Archives

　　Next, we visited the Japan Coast Guard Archives to see the North Korea Spy Ship Exhibit. I felt indescribable anger at North Korea. Pictures inside were prohibited and I'll show you its outside view below. Being more than two hours left until our boarding time, we took a free shuttle bus which went round the principal places in the pier area to kill time. The scenes from the window were fun. Chinatown was murderously packed. As we were thinking of having lunch there at first, we were lucky to drop in at Hammer Head Park for lunch.

そして北朝鮮の工作船を展示してる資料館を見つけて入ってみた。彼らの悪辣さに改めて怒りを覚えた。ダイヤモンド・プリンセスの乗船時刻を待つ間、時間潰しに港の主な場所を廻る観光バスに乗ってみた。チャイナタウンの混みように驚いた。ここへ食事に行こうと考えていたのだが、ハンマーヘッドに変更して正解だった。

Deep Disappointment ローマ教皇に失望

　　Who did I got disappointed in? It's Pope Francisco who visited Japan this week. He delivered some addresses at several places in Japan. During those addresses he appealed for the eradication of nuclear weapons and world peace, though there were no nuclear weapons in Japan. I wholeheartedly agree to what he had appealed, but I hoped that he should have given his same speeches in China. It is highly unlikely that the Pope didn't know about the wrongdoings by the Chinese government in Tibet, Uighur, or southern Mongolia. With all due respect, I'm afraid I looked at him as a mere hypocrite.

The Next Day

　　Nov. 3rd is the birthday of Meiji Ten'noh and is designated as a national holiday. It fell on Sunday this year. When a national holiday falls on Sunday, it's to be compensated by the next Monday. Due to this rule of compensatory day-offs, some sets of Saturday, Sunday and Monday sometimes become three consecutive day-offs. By this rule, Nov. 4th became a holiday this year. I'm going to challenge this marathon next time when three day-offs are formed by this rule. The next day was also a holiday and I stayed in Shimonoseki last night.
　　I make it a rule to take a walk in the early morning when I visit places new or unfamiliar to me. I dropped in at a neighborhood shrine "Ootoshi Jinja", which looked to have a long history from the era of mythology and I folded my hands in front of the main building. Walking ahead, I found a monument on which "Pusan" was written in Chinese characters. Lots of Korean people would live in the city, though I didn't understand why this monument stood here.

１１月３日が明治天皇の誕生日で祝日だったが、４日月曜日はその振替で休みとなっている。このように休日を振り替えるという制度があるため１１月３日周辺は３連休となることが有り、数年先に３連休となるときに下関海峡マラソンを完走したい。というわけで、昨夜も下関に泊まり宴会！今日は観光をしながら帰ることにした。

旅行先での日課、朝の散歩に出かけた。ホテル近くの神社に立ち寄った。大歳神社という。由緒のある神社のようだった。今日一日の加護を祈った。そして更に歩いていると釜山門というモニュメントが。朝鮮系の人たちが多く住んでいるのだろう。どういう願いが込められているのかな？

Moji Port

　　I went across the Kan'mon channel to Moji Port, which is on the other side of Shimonoseki and also has a long history as a connecting port between Honshu and Kyushu. However, after the completion of Kan'monkyo bridge, which connects Honshu and Kyushu, Moji became a city just to pass by. Several historic buildings in the city implied the old prosperity. I dropped in at an ongoing restaurant at which Albert Einstein had dinner.
　　I happened to see a cutting-edge patrol ship of Japan's Coast Guard mooring at Shimonoseki on the way back to Shimonoseki from Moji Port. I heard that this type of patrol ship was designed to suppress Chinese overbearing and unreasonable behaviour in the East China Sea.
　　China is out of my thoughts and out of global common sense. This country would continue to cause a variety of turmoil globally. I get depressed to think of this country. Anyway, getting back to my hotel, I prepared for tomorrow's marathon.

(Nov. 2nd)

九州の最北端に位置している港で古い歴史がある。以前は下関と連絡船で結ばれ活気を呈していたが、今や、橋と海底トンネルで結ばれ連絡船は廃止されている。そのモニュメントがあった。港一帯は古い歴史を感じさせる建物が多く、アインシュタインが立ち寄り食事をしたというレストランも残っていた。門司と下関を結ぶ観光船から最新型の巡視艇を見た。シナの横暴に対応するため建造されたものの一隻。世界の常識からは考えられない国である。これからもいろいろなもめ事を起こすのだろうなあとこの国のことを考えると暗澹たる思いがする。 ホテルに戻り、明日の準備を整えて２１時は就寝　明日に備える。

One of the busiest tourist destinations

　　After the last part of the parade had passed by us, I walked toward Chion-in Temple and Kiyomizu-dera Temple, listening to my friend's explanation. I wondered about the huge number of tourists. Judging from their conversation or appearance, 80% of them were overseas visitors. Also there, Chinese people's naughty behaviour was eye-catching. They litter. Lots of souvenir shops used to offer something for test tasting or to try using on the shops' front, but food for test-tasting had disappeared. They seemed to grab and take them in bags to enjoy later. Needless to say, test-tasting should not be "grab", but "pick up with fingers". I recalled my next cruise trip to Taiwan and a headache started, being afraid about confinement among lots of Chinese people.

J-CPAC, Japanese - Conservative Political Action Conference

　　An international convention, J-CPAC, which was established to encourage people to develop an understanding for conservatism and liberalism in the fields of economics, politics, securities, and other issues by means of the cooperation of leaders in various fields. Its purpose is to create peace and prosperity in the Asian Pacific region.
　　I attended the conference yesterday and today. First of all, I wanted to check my English listening skills. I was handed a radio for listening to the simultaneous interpretation, but I dared not to use the radio. My self-check of the skills would be marked 60/100. Sara A. Cater, and several Congressmen were on the stage and I think I was able to understand 60% of their speech. My skills were not there,,, I remembered the saying "Rome was not built in a day." Discussion was interesting. The topics about China and the Koreas were really enlightening.

Memorial Service 2

　　The ceremony started with the Shinto priests' prayer accompanied by the greetings of the commanders of the Air force, Army and Navy which were dispatched to guard the whole island. I heard that the magnitude of the ceremony was becoming bigger year by year. It might be the rising feelings of condolence to the victims of the sea battle. There were some errors in the usage of words on some papers and signboards, but I'd like to silently watch over the patriotic activities of the local people. All the victims' names were carved on the monument. I wondered if their families or the bereaved knew about this monument. I thought that the ceremony should have been reported overseas, but no correspondent was there. A few buses stopped in front of the relief toward the end of the ceremony and several dozen Koreans came out of the buses. What did they think about the historical facts which the relief had implied?
　　After the ceremony a lecture by our leader, a former member of the House of Representatives, Shingo Nishimura, was held in a nearby community center. His story was targeted to the young soldiers and local youth, and I was really moved. By the way, I found a funny drawing by a famous Japanese personality in the lobby of the center and I'll post it below.

神主の祝詞から式が始まった。国境を護る陸海空軍の責任者の挨拶、地元の行政のトップなどの挨拶があった。式の規模や、地元の慰霊祭に対する思いは年を追うごとに高まっていると聞いた。用語の使い方に少し勉強不足と思われたところもあったが、対馬を担う若者たちの成長を見守りたい。慰霊碑には全犠牲者の名前が彫られているという。ロシアの犠牲者の家族、遺族はこの慰霊祭のことを知っているだろうか。本来なら海外向けに発信できる大手メディアの活躍の場所であるが、残念ながら見かけなかった。式が終わる頃、朝鮮人達を載せたバスがやって来た。この丘からの眺望を楽しむためだろう。バスから降りてきた。前のエントリーで紹介したレリーフの前で立ち止まっている。反日教育に加えて嘘の歴史を教えられている人たちはレリーフを見て何を想うだろうか。

式が終わり、昼食を済ませ、我らが親分西村眞悟先生の講演会に出席。地元の若者たち、陸海空の軍人向けの力強く、感動的な話だった。最後の写真は講演会場の入り口に貼ってあった日本の有名なタレントの絵。ここにもやって来たらしい。

Memorial Service 1

　　The memorial service was held on a hill from which you were able to view the waters on which the sea battle had been fought in 1905. When I got off the bus on the hill, two memorials caught my eye. One was for the victims of the battle and another was for joy at the conclusion of the war between Japan and Russia. People are taking care of both monuments with all their prayers "No more war". Take a look at the following picture of a relief. Two figures, carved in a relief on the stone wall, are shaking hands. One in bed is Zinovij Petrovich Rozhestvenskij, the Russian commander of the second and third Pacific Fleet, which are widely called the "Baltic Fleet" in Japan. The one who visits him in hospital is Japanese Admiral, Heihachirou Togo. Four flags; national flags of Japan and Russia, Japan's naval ensign, and the Z flag were ready in both sides of the relief.
　　I had a little time before the start of the ceremony, so I took a walk to the edge of the hill. According to a signboard which I found there, lots of Russians who had evacuated onto the sea from their military vessels apparently scaled up to the point where I was. They seemed to want to avoid contact with the local Japanese people, but the local people who found them took heartfelt care of them. I wrote about a well, water from which was used for their care in the previous entries. I noticed that two buses stopped at a beach in the distance. They looked like tour buses for Koreans. Tourists were playing light-heartedly on the edge of the surf, which would be clearer than those of Pusan.
　　Would they know the importance of this day? If Korea was a decent country, Japan didn't need to fight the Japanese-Russo War and lots of soldiers from both countries could keep their lives. If Japan had been beaten in the war, Korea would not exist today and Japan would have become a Russian colony. I admire the Japanese of the day who kept my country alive and independent.

(Vocabulary)
Zinovij Petrovich Rozhestvenskij　ロジェストヴェンスキー　バルチック艦隊の司令官
ロシア第２，第３太平洋艦隊は日本ではバルチック艦隊と広く呼ばれている
ensign (船の国籍を示す) 旗
the Japanese-Russo War 日露戦争

慰霊祭は戦域を見渡すことの出来る丘の上で行われる。バスを降りると、そこには戦没者の慰霊碑と共に日露両国の平和、友好を願うレリーフも建っていた。このレリーフを良く見てほしい。ベッドにいるのがロシアのバルチック艦隊の司令官ロジェストヴェンスキーで握手をしている相手が日本帝国海軍元帥東郷平八郎である。敵軍の将を礼をもって見舞っている絵である。日露の国旗、旭日旗、Ｚ旗が準備されていた。

開式まで時間があったので丘の先端まで行ってみた。海戦で海上に逃れ生き残ったロシア兵がこの場所に上がってきたそうである。そして近くの村で手厚く介護された記録が残っている。ふと入江の方を見ると、２台の観光バスが止まり、どうやら南朝鮮人のツアーのようだ。釜山とは比べられないほど美しい海岸で呑気に遊んでいる。

彼らはこの今日という日とこの慰霊祭の意味がわかっているだろうか？朝鮮がまともな国だったら不必要な戦争であった。また、日本が負けていたら、今、朝鮮という国は消滅していただろう。また日本もまたロシアの植民地となっていたはずだ。ロシア艦隊をよくぞ撃滅してくれたものと思う。我が国を存続させてくれたことに対して当時の日本人たちに感謝せずにはおれない。

Distortion

　　Abruptly our bus driver asked us to examine a monument which South Koreans had built recently for some of us knew well about history. He stopped the bus in front of the monument and we carefully checked up on that and found that their argument had no evidence. We wondered why the Koreans love monuments? They had built lots of false or unfounded monuments in Japan. They plot or seem to spread their favorable but factually incorrect information. Some people call their act as "Monument Terrorism". I was lost for words to see their stupid act.

(Vocabulary)
unfounded 根拠のない, 事実無根の

歴史の捏造
　
バスの運転手が、最近朝鮮人が新しく碑を建てたのだが、見てくれないかという。我々の仲間には歴史に詳しいものがいるからである。で、その顕彰碑を確認したのだが、書かれていることには根拠がない。どうしてこうも朝鮮人は石碑が好きなのだろうか。石碑に書けば嘘が真実になるとでも思っているのだろうか。日本のあちこちに石碑を建てて嘘を広めようというまさに『石碑テロ』である。呆れて言葉も出なかった。

A Lookout

　　The first destination on May 27th was a lookout for South Korea. With clear weather, we could see Pusan, but we couldn't due to a mist. Tsushima island on which we were was actually nearer to Pusan than Kyushu. Thereby for South Koreans, Tsushima island is the nearest part of Japan and so many Koreans visit there. If they behave politely in Japan, I don't mind the increasing number of Korean visitors, but their thefts of Buddhist statues are sharply criticized at present. I won't write about that in detail, but I feel wrathful.

(May 27th)

上対馬町韓国展望台

２７日の最初の目的地は韓国展望台。晴れていると釜山が見えるそうだがこの日は霞がかかっていて見えず。この島は実は九州よりも南朝鮮に近い。なので南朝鮮人にとっては気軽に来れる日本ということで朝鮮人観光客が多い。そのため彼らによる犯罪もよく問題になっている。詳しくはここでは書かないが実に腹立たしい。

Manzekibashi Bridge

　　We landed at a port in the southern part of the island and went up north by bus. A red bridge abruptly appeared in front of us and its name was Manzekibashi Bridge. Our tour leader advised us to walk on the bridge and I followed his words. Looking down from the bridge, I noticed that both sides of the shore were surely artificial. According to the guide, the channel, which we were looking at, was secretly constructed just before the Russo-Japanese War to make it easier for military vessels to move between the eastern and western areas of the island. A signboard was attached saying "Don't Dive Here!" in Korean, and I found a Korean restaurant on the opposite side of the bridge. I realized that this island was really the border island.

위험　　危険
뛰어들지마시오　飛び込まないでください

対馬の南部の港へ上陸して北部へ向かっていた我々の前に立派な橋が現れた。万関橋という名前だった。我々のリーダーが是非この橋は歩いて渡ろうというのでバスから降りて歩いた。下を見ると、両側の岸辺は明らかに人の手が加えられている。聞けば、日露戦争に備え、島の東西を迅速に軍艦を移動させることが出来るよう極秘裏に運河が作られたのだという。飛び込むなと朝鮮語で書かれた板が橋に取り付けられていた。朝鮮語でメニューの書かれた食堂もあった。聞いてはいたが、朝鮮人観光客が多いのだろう。

Flying Tigers

　　The panels about the establishment of the Flying Tigers was on display. I was surprised and lost for words to see the exhibits, because in spite of the Flying Tigers themselves being obviously a breach of international law, the U.S. proudly posted their existence. I didn't read the description thoroughly, but that would be a kind of big talk. I wondered if the U.S. didn't recognize that the squadron had been totally against the laws in wartime.
　　On the other hand, the attacking technique of Japan was highly evaluated. The damage which the U.S. received from the Japanese attack would be far above the assumption of FDR, who wanted to wage the war.

フライングタイガースのことが堂々と展示されていた。呆れて言葉を失ったがご丁寧に日本語でも説明をしている。滞在中には読む時間が無く、帰国後もどうせ適当なことを書いているのだと思って読んでいないが、この飛行隊の存在自体が国際法違反なのであるが、ばれていないと思っているのか？それとも、インターネットが普及したことで、新聞・テレビなどのメディアによる日本人の洗脳はもはや無理ということでの開き直りかな？（笑）

一方、日本の真珠湾攻撃方法については高く評価していた。真珠湾攻撃に関しては一区画を割いて説明があった。説明ボードの写真をＵＰします。

Malicious Erasing

　　I'll show you a picture of a map which was displayed at the exhibition site of an old Samoan boat. Take a close look at its part of the Sea of Japan. Do you find an erasure of something? I imagined that "the Sea of Japan" should have been there. I assumed that it was the wrongdoing of Koreans. Almost all the old maps which show that the Senkaku islands are the territory of Japan selling in secondhand bookstores were bought up and those in the public libraries were damaged by Chinese people in Japan. Likewise, Koreans are erasing "the Sea of Japan" on the maps, which is globally acknowledged everywhere in the world. I couldn't even imagine that they are committing such crimes in the Polynesian Cultural Center. They seemed to want all human beings to call the Sea of Japan the East Sea. Additionally, let me write that the border between Japan and Russia was also wrong. Conclusively I can't say that the wrongdoer is Korean, but considering that similar incidents by Koreans have been happening globally, the suspect must have been a Korean. I've written about my disgusting necktie before. Would they want to change the lies to be fact by continuing to say them loudly.

改ざんされた地図

サモアの船を展示している場所に掲げてあった地図を写真に撮った。良く見て欲しい。日本海と書かれてあるはずが、消されている。世界のあちこちで報告されている南朝鮮人の仕業じゃないのか？案内をしてくれたアテンダントも呆れていた。早速元に戻すという。ついでに言えば日露の国境線も間違っているのだが。この件、朝鮮人の仕業と断定するわけにはいかないのだが、世界中で同種のことが報告されている以上、おそらくは朝鮮人によるもので、施設損壊にあたるのではないか？
　
先日は日本の竹島をトクドと表現している忌まわしきネクタイの記事を書いたが、言い続ければ嘘も事実になるというわけだろうか。朝鮮は何世紀もシナの属国であり、その間にシナから習ったのだろうか。

http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2018/03/necktie.html