Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Where's The Hull Note?

　　I found the ultimate deception in the last section. It was the last-minute letter from FDR to Ten-noh Hirohito to disguise his de facto ambition. The letter said that he wanted to avoid world-wide war, which made me laugh. I was really disgusted with him and the anger didn't even occur in my mind. It's said that he had found pleasure in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
　　I couldn't help laughing at the U.S.'s pitiful struggle to distort the facts. I wondered where the "Hull Note" had gone. The "Hull Note" can be called the key word of "the Road to War", the name of the archives. None of the present Americans has responsibility for it, but I hope that lots of Americans will read the Note. If you ask me, it requested Japan to give up without resistance. When you are assaulted, it's natural to fight or resist the enemies, even if those efforts might be trivial or ineffective. The words of the top official of the Japanese Army have been handed down as follows: even if Japan disappeared on the globe, the surviving Japanese would surely reconstruct Japan, if the historical facts which Japan had ever resolutely fought their enemies remain. Do you understand his desperate feelings? Japan got involved in world-wide war against its will. The Great East Asian War was Japan's self-defense war as silly Douglas MacArthur testified in the public hearing after the war.
　　There was nothing refered to the official meeting, in which FDR and the U.K. Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, had formed the conspiracy to force Japan to wage war prior to the Hull Note. I believe that this meeting on the British battleship, the Prince of Wales, on the Atlantic Ocean is another key word when you think about "The Road to War". The archives were terrible, at least for one who knows the historical facts. The last picture shows the submarine Bowfin, which I visited next.

ＦＤＲの手紙とハルノート

出口にあったＦＤＲの外交努力のセクション。天皇に戦争を避けるための手紙を書いたが返事が無かったというのだが。怒りを越えて、呆れてしまい、笑ってしまった。ＦＤＲは真珠湾攻撃の知らせを聞いてたいそう喜んだという話が残っているのだが。
　
歴史捏造のための涙ぐましいまでの努力に笑うしかなかった。『戦争への道』のキーワードとも言えるハルノートはどうなったのか？現在生きているアメリカ人には何の責任も無い話だが、このハルノートを読んでみて欲しい。日本に座して死ぬことを強要している文書だ。座して死ぬよりは戦って死のうと考えるのが道理だろうと僕は考える。日本軍のトップの言葉が残っている。仮に日本という国が無くなったとしても、果敢に戦ったという歴史が残れば必ずや生き残った日本人が日本を再興してくれるだろう。そう信じて多くの特攻攻撃が続けられたのだ。あの戦争は日本にとって自衛のための戦争だった。愚かなマッカーサーは戦後になってやっと気がつき、公聴会でそう発言している。
　
ハルノートが送られてくる直前、大西洋上のイギリス戦艦プリンスオブウェールズで行われたＦＤＲとチャーチルとの謀議もまた史料館には必須と思うがスルーか？史料館と呼ぶにはあまりにもお粗末なものだった。最後の写真は史料館を出てすぐに撮った写真、この潜水艦に乗ってみる。

 

Ehime Maru, Uwajima City, George Bush

　　There were other several items that I shouldn't have overlooked in the archives. The set of 1000 paper cranes in the following picture would have been sent to the Ehime Maru Memorial (link) from high school students in Ehime Prefecture. The staff members of the archives wouldn't give any thought to the hopes and prayers of the students with which the paper cranes were imbued. I just supposed that they didn't know where to keep them and hung them there along with another set of 1000 paper cranes carelessly and without a suitable description.
　　The home port of Ehime Maru is Uwajima City, where I had lived in my childhood. This rural small city was bombed 8 times in total during the Great East Asian War. The first one was done on May 10th in 1945, and the indiscriminate bombing killed 115 citizens and left 81 injured at that time. The city had no military facilities and the departed and injured were all non-armed and ordinary people. This case was only one example of war crimes. If you count the cases of war crimes committed by the U.S., the number would become more than a thousand. Then, in the case of Japan? Can you point out even a single case with reliable evidence? I'm writing another story about humanity in the following entry about the battleship Missouri.
　　I heard an address through the audio guidance, which was given by George Bush on December 7th in 1991 - the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - in the gathering of the people and veterans who survived the Japanese attack. That was an unacceptable opinion to me. I wasn't able to listen to his address clearly because of the overlapped Japanese narration, but it was as follows; The U.S. beat Japan and helped it throw totalitarianism away and become a democratic country. It's none of his business. There was no period of totalitarianism in the 2600 years of Japan's history. I don't want the country of at most 200 hundred years old to say such a silly comment. He should learn the history of his own country. To tell the truth, I have doubts about their nation founding year of 1776. I'll write about that some day. As for George Bush, I recalled what he had said at the 3.11 terror. He declared war against Iraq, and he shouted that the U.S. would be able to change Iraq into a democratic country, just as they changed Japan for the better half a century ago. His words incurred my wrath. Don't put Japan in the same class with Iraq. The war ended in 1945. Did democracy exist in the U.S. in 1945? Didn't he know that the famous address of Martin Luther King was delivered in 1963. That means, the U.S. hadn't been democratic at least until 1963.

気になったことは多々有った。そのうちいくつか書いておく。まず下に示す写真について。この千羽鶴はおそらくはえひめ丸事故の犠牲者に対してのものだろう。千羽鶴の意味を考えず、説明板の用意もせず、ただ同じ千羽鶴だからとここへ無造作に一緒に置いたものに思えた。

えひめ丸の母港は宇和島、わがふるさと。ここもアメリカ軍により無差別爆撃をされている。第一回目は昭和２０年５月１０日で死者１１５人、重傷者２６人、軽傷者５５人。小さな地方都市にすぎない宇和島市だが、この後少なくとも８回の空襲を受けている。軍事施設のない普通の市民が暮らす場所を残酷に焼いている。これも戦争犯罪。アメリカ軍の戦争犯罪を数えたら、おそらく１０００件は下るまい。では日本の戦争犯罪は？誰かエビデンスを揃えて１件でも指摘できるかい？後ほど、アメリカ軍の言い訳を戦艦ミズーリの記事で書く。

音声ガイドの中に、子ブッシュの９１年１２月７日の真珠湾生存者の集まりでの演説が録音されていた。日本語のナレーションが重なっていて彼の言葉を直接確認できたわけではないが、ナレーションによると、アメリカは『日本を負かして、日本の全体主義を粉砕、日本が民主主義国家となるのを手助けした』と言っていた。大きなお世話だ。日本は２６００年前にその歴史が始まってから全体主義だった時代はない。たかだか２００年の歴史しか無い国にそんなことを言われる筋合いはない。少しは勉強しろよと言いたい。子ブッシュといえば、イラク戦争を起こしたとき、イラクも日本のように民主主義国家にすると息巻いていたことを思い出す。日本とあんな国を一緒にするなと当時腹が立ったことを思い出した。終戦は４５年、果たしてそのときアメリカに民主主義があったのか？キング牧師のあの有名な演説は確か６３年だぜ。

http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2017/05/ehime-maru-the-fishery-training-boat.html

 

Atomic Bomb

　　The wall of the entrance of the archives read "The Road to War" and I assumed that the history until the outbreak of the war would be handled inside the archives, but they referred to the atomic bomb in the latter half of the archives, though the item on the bomb was only a single picture which I'll show you below. I've heard that lots of U.S. citizens insisted that the atomic bombs were necessary to put an end to the war as soon as possible. Then, why didn't they display more pictures and more explanations majestically. I hoped that they Would display more pictures of the mushroom cloud, devastated cities, burnt-out people, and so on. No more ridiculous excuses. Show the sincerity.
　　The schoolgirl in the picture is Sadako Sasaki, the symbolic person among the numerous victims. She was exposed to the radiation of the atomic bomb at the age of two in Hiroshima, and nine years later, she developed leukemia. When lying in her hospital, she folded 1000 paper cranes using medicine wrappers and whatever paper she could find, which were believed in Japan to make wishes come true. She just wanted to get well, but in vain. The story of this schoolgirl became widely known, and later, people began to consider sets of 1000 cranes to be a special form of origami, the Japanese art of folding paper, imbued with hopes and prayers. That's why lots of paper cranes were hung in the picture. By the way, the archives didn't refer to the other victims who were slaughtered miserably and took her as a victim putting the emphasis on the word "survivor". I got really angry about their insincere attitude. Did you notice the smaller paper cranes in the picture, about which I'll explain in the next entry.
　　I wrote about the rules which every country must observe in times of war. You must not attack non-armed people who don't have the will to fight. Under the rules, the atomic bombings to kill ordinary people were not warfare but just slaughter. That was simply a war crime. When the fighters were out, the Anglo-Saxons carried out a raid on the fighters' families in the history of invasion in north America. Their traditional methods to invade were adopted also in the Great East Asian War.
　　If people who visited these archives and understated the damage by the atomic bomb see the displays in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, they would be totally astonished. Reportedly the former U.S. President Obama had lost his words with tears in his eyes to see lots of exhibited items, and left his own folded paper cranes at the museum. It's inevitably essential to know the historical facts to pave a new hopeful road to the future.

 

(Vocabulary)
imbue sb/sth with sth (フォーマル) ＜…＞に＜感情・性質など＞を吹き込む, 鼓吹する

http://hpmmuseum.jp/?lang=eng

原子爆弾

史料館の入り口に戦争への道とあったので、開戦前までのことが説明されているのかと思ったら原爆についても言及があった。ただ、人類史上初めて人に対して使われた原子爆弾に対して、掲げられていたのは下に示したこの１枚のパネルのみ。原爆のお陰で戦争が早く終結して多くの日本人が救われたというのがアメリカの言い分。原爆投下は当然だったと、、胸を張って言えるのなら堂々と展示しては如何か？そして、原爆について書くのなら、原爆を落とした広島や長崎の地図とか、被害状況とか、もう少し詳しく説明してはどうだろう？キノコ雲の写真などを展示すべきではないのか？くだらない言い訳ばかり書くのではなく、正直なデータを表示すべきだろう。

ここにある写真の人物は原爆の被害者の一人。中学生の佐々木禎子。原爆を生き延びたものの、白血病を罹患した。彼女は生きたいと願い、願いが叶うという折り鶴をおって健康を祈ったが願いは聞き入れられなかった。折り鶴にはそういう意味が込められている。禎子は原爆被害者のシンボル的な存在であるが、原爆でむごい死に方をした人々には言及せず、"Survivor"という言葉を強調して、一旦は原爆を生き延びた禎子について展示する、その不誠実さに怒りがこみ上げてきた。折り鶴の小さい方については、、、さらに怒りを込めて以降の記事で書く。

先の記事で、戦時国際法というのがあると書いた。非武装、無抵抗なものを攻撃してはならないとある。その規定に照らせば、一般市民を狙った原爆投下は戦争行為ではなく、虐殺である。つまり犯罪である。戦いに出ている戦士の不在を狙って戦う意志も能力もない女子供老人を襲う、、、アングロサクソンが北米インディアンに対して使った卑怯な手段がここでも繰り返されている。

この展示を見て原爆を過小評価した人が広島の平和祈念資料館を訪れたら、腰を抜かすだろう。広島でオバマが言葉を失い、涙を浮かべたという報道があったが、誇張ではあるまい。自分たちの父祖がやったことを真摯に理解してこそ将来がある。

Radio Interception and Husband Edward Kimmel

　　I found lots of items and descriptions which were inaccurate and I didn't even know where to start. I'm writing about the U.S.'s decoding of the Japanese correspondences in this entry. The decoders of those days were exhibited in the archives. Though the U.S. had already understood the intention of Japan, i.e. the attack on the U.S., the panel read that the U.S. didn't know where the Japanese attack targeted. If their words are correct, why had all the aircraft carriers fled far off the coast of Oahu island in advance.
　　This exhibition section was full of excuses. The radar station in the north of Oahu island detected the signals of the upcoming Japanese military planes, but the radar personnel took them as the signals of their newly installed planes from the U.S. mainland. Was that possible? The Japanese bombers and fighters were coming from the north and the U.S. mainland is located to the east.
　　Let me explain the historical facts now. FDR had to make up an excuse to wage the war against Japan, who had launched and run his election campaign for the presidency making a public commitment never to join the war. That is, FDR had to force Japan to start the war the way everyone saw that Japan urged the U.S. to get involved in World War II. The U.S. had to disguise the fact that they had already caught the intention of Japan until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They had to make the Japanese attack a "surprise". As they had made up a slogan "Remember Alamo" before, they wanted a new slogan, "Remember Pearl Harbor".
　　Though FDR meant to allow Japan to attack first and then respond to it, unfortunately for FDR, the Japanese technique of battle was far above his thought and the damage to the U.S. Navy was catastrophic. That was his silly misjudgement. The U.S. couldn't effectively respond to the attack. The next day's attack on the Battleship Prince of Wales and its sinking off the Malay Peninsula would make his blood run cold.
　　The U.S. government accused the commander, Husband Edward Kimmel, of the disastrous results, and sentenced a disciplinary punishment, but the Senate approved the restoration of his reputation in 1999, more than 50 years after the war, and the House of Representatives followed next year, because it came out in the open that he had been kept away from the important information. However, the U.S. President of those days, Bill Clinton, didn't sign the resolution. I don't know why. Did he want to conceal the historical facts? I don't know if his honor was vindicated or not. If you know the result, tell me please.
　　I felt that the U.S. was making desperate efforts to distort the historical facts. The picture shows a map exhibited in this section, which was used by a midget submarine crew. I wrote about them here.

(Vocabulary)
make a person's blood run cold 心胆を寒からしめる
disciplinary punishment 懲戒処分
vindicate [他](フォーマル) 〈判断など〉の正しさを証明する; 〈人〉の嫌疑を晴らす
feel vindicated 報われた思いがする

http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2017/12/memorial-day.html

(Apr. 11th)

無線傍受とキンメルの話

ツッコミどころだらけの史料館だが、次に暗号解読について書く。当時使われていた暗号解読器の実物が展示されていた。日本軍の暗号をほぼ完全に解読していた一方で、どこへ攻めてくるのかわからなかったと書いていたが、これも嘘。空母を港から出し遙か沖に避難させていたのはなぜなんだ？

このセクションは言い訳のオンパレード（笑）。オアフ島北部のレーダー施設で日本軍の機影をキャッチしたが、これは同日、アメリカ本土から送られてくる軍用機の機影と勘違いしたと書かれていた。方角が違うのだが。（笑）

戦争には関与しないという公約を掲げて大統領になったＦＤＲには戦争を始める口実が必要だった。つまり、最初の一発を日本側から撃たせ、アメリカは仕方なく戦争に巻き込まれてしまったことにする必要があったのだ。そのためには、日本軍が攻撃をしてくるまでアメリカは日本の意図を知らなかったことにしなければならなかった。『リメンバーアラモ』よろしく『リメンバーパールハーバー』というスローガンを造らねばならなかったからだ。

ただ、日本の戦闘技術がＦＤＲの浅知恵を遙かに超えたレベルにあったことがＦＤＲの誤算だった。アメリカ軍は日本の攻撃が始まった後、反撃らしい反撃を出来なかったのだ。翌日のマレー沖でのプリンスオブウェールズの撃沈もまた彼の心胆を寒からしめたことだろう。

被害の大きさを重く見たアメリカ軍は司令官のキンメルを懲戒処分としたが、情報を隠されていたことが判明し、１９９９年５月、名誉回復決議が上院で採択され、翌年１０月、下院でも名誉回復決議採択された。が、時の大統領ビル・クリントンは署名を拒否。最終採決は次代ジョージ・W・ブッシュまで持ち越されたが、ブッシュも署名をしていない。史実を隠したいのだろうか？現在どうなっているのかはちょっとわからない。知っている人がいたら教えて欲しい。

また、航空機による攻撃に加えて真珠湾から逃げ出してくる船を沈めるために特攻攻撃が準備されていた。彼らの訓練は僕のふるさとで行われていた。彼らが実際に使った地図が展示されていたので載せておく。本当の『戦争への道』を誤魔化すために米国政府が涙ぐましい努力をしていることが憐れに見えた。

Road to the War

　　Being back from the USS Arizona Memorial, I dropped in at the archives whose entrance read "The Road to War". My overall impression about the facility was that it was full of deception and hypocrisy. While I was inside, I got sick with anger. The wrath made me forget to take pictures at some point. I'll show you their deceits in the following several entries. Firstly, when and why was "The Road to War" paved. In the previous entry, I uploaded a picture of the panel which read that the U.S. had unwillingly gotten involved in World War II. That was also an example of their lies, though the U.S. and Japan didn't share any big issues to trigger the war in those days.
　　The tour route got started with the explanation of the social condition of the year 1941, just before the attack. The panel read that Japan invaded the Chinese continent and headed for the U.S., but Japan was just a follower of the U.S. (From "Mirror of Americans: Japan" by Helen Mears) Did they forget that they invaded Hawaii?
　　I was extremely dissatisfied with this section. They didn't tell about the Flying Tigers, which were sent from the U.S. to the Chinese Democratic Party. It was lots of up-to date fighters and skillful pilots to assist Chiang Chung-Cheng. It's obviously a violation of International laws for military personnel from other than countries directly concerned to engage in the battle.
　　It's natural that war in general isn't good, but if it's conducted under laws, it's legal. The international law of war solemnly exists. War is only a means of diplomacy. The Flying Tigers violated the laws in time of war. What's more, FDR had already given the green light to the bombing plan against Japan before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The cutting-edge bombers, which were sent to China, were called Fortresses, however, they were fragile to zero fighters. As Churchill wanted those bombers and there were no zero fighters in Europe, the bombers were sent to Europe as a priority. That's why the bombing on Japan was not actually done. The war between Japan and the U.S. had already started before the attack on Pearl Harbor. If "The Road to War" was paved, it was more than 6 months before the attack. Why had Japan and the U.S. to fight each other? The racist, I mean FDR, hated Japan. This was a big factor, I think.
　　Pictures show a model of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier, whose name I don't remember. It was made really elaborately, and this was the best item in the archives. When you talk about "The Road to War", there's nothing to be proud of from the U.S. side.

(Vocabulary)
archives  記録［公文書］保管所, 文書館
deception だますこと, 詐欺行為
hypocrisy 偽善, 偽善行為
deceit だますこと, うそ, 欺き, 詐欺
Chiang Chung-Cheng 蒋介石

アメリカの鏡　日本　
http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2008/09/mirror-for-amer.html

　
アリゾナ記念館からもどり、その入り口に『戦争への道』と書かれている建物の中に入ってみた。先に感想を書こう。『嘘』・『欺瞞』に満ちた展示内容だった。見ていて気分が悪くなった。腹も立ち、写真を撮ることを忘れ、あまり写真がないのだが、いくつか紹介する。まず、『戦争への道』がなぜ、いつ敷かれたのかと言うこと。先の記事で、日本軍の真珠湾攻撃がきっかけとなってアメリカは第２次世界大戦に「巻き込まれた」と嘘が書かれているパネルを紹介した。まるでアメリカが嫌々ながら戦争に突入したと言わんばかりに書かれていた。
　
この建物の展示は真珠湾攻撃の時代の社会状況の説明から始まっていた。日本がシナを侵略していて更にアメリカへもその矛先を向けたという流れだ。しかし、日本はアメリカがかつてやってきたことと同じことをしていただけだ。(Mirror of Americans: Japan)ハワイがなぜアメリカ領土となったのか、彼らは忘れたのだろうか？
　
さて、ここにフライングタイガースについての記述は一切無かった。日本と中国国民党（現在のシナではない）が戦っているとき、アメリカは国民党に最新鋭の戦闘機とベテランパイロットを送り、日本と戦わせていた。戦争当事国でない国の軍人が戦いに参加することは国際法に違反する。
　
戦争はよくない。当たり前である。ならば非合法かと言えば、実は合法なのである。国際法を守って行われる限り戦争は合法。戦争をするための法律があるくらいだから当たり前だ。外交交渉が破綻したときの先にある外交だ。フライングタイガースがこの法律に違反し、さらにフランクリン・ルーズベルト（ＦＤＲ)は日本爆撃計画にゴーサインを出していた。この時点で日米の戦争は始まっていたとも言える。この爆撃機は空の要塞とまで呼ばれたが、零戦にはかなわないことが露呈し、一方でチャーチルが欲しがったため、日本爆撃よりもヨーロッパ戦線が重要との判断でイギリスに送られた。ヨーロッパ戦線にはゼロ戦がいないから。日米間の戦争は真珠湾攻撃よりもずっと前に実は始まっていたのである。『戦争への道』が敷かれたとすれば、それは真珠湾攻撃よりも半年以上前の話だ。ではなぜ、両国の間に懸案が無かったにも関わらず戦争をしなければならなかったのか。人種差別主義者のＦＤＲが日本を嫌ったからということだろう。
　
写真は展示されていた日本海軍空母（名前は失念）が実に精巧に作られていたので感心して撮ったもの。この史料館で良かったのはこれらの模型だけである。『戦争への道』を語るとき、アメリカには堂々と語ることの出来る事実はない。

USS Arizona Memorial

　　The first two pictures show the entire view of the USS Arizona Memorial. The sunken Battleship Arizona was left on the shallow bottom of Pearl Harbor. The memorial was built on that Arizona. The 3rd picture shows a map which indicates the positions of the navy vessels moored around Ford island in the center of Pearl Harbor on the day of the Japanese attack. One of the red-painted ships on the map, USS (United States Ship)Arizona, was today's first destination. The harbor was still a military port and several navy vessels were moored. The 4th was shot just before the arrival and shows the entrance of the memorial. The fifth is the ruin of the turret with the backdrop for the bridge connecting the land and Ford island. I found an oil membrane coming up from the ship. The next two pictures were shot at the inside of the memorial. The names of the departed by the attack were inscribed on the wall. Additionally, it's incredible for Japanese that lots of soldiers were still trapped in the ship and left there.
　　I recalled a miserable accident. A fishery training boat from my prefecture, Ehime, whose name was "Ehime Maru", collided with a surfacing US atomic submarine and sank to the 500 meter's depth off the coast of Honolulu in February in 2001. A few weeks later, the ship was lifted up to a few dozen meters' depth and several bodies and their possessions were recovered out of the ship by the divers. All the work was done by the U.S. with their fund, because the U.S. attributed all the responsibility to itself. I heard that the salvage work was really hard due to the piled-up sludge, and when the divers found the marriage ring of a victim, all Japan was surprised and thankful for the elaborate work of the divers. Thinking of the U.S.'s high salvage technology at the Memorial, I wondered why the U.S. hadn't recovered the bodies from the Arizona since 1941. Is that from the difference of both countries' cultures.
　　When I write this article in June, a certain patient saw me being perfectly timed. He was a central figure of the accident handling. I asked him lots of questions. A Hawaii-based Buddhist priest mediated between Ehime Prefectural Fishery School and the U.S. Navy. He repeatedly explained the religious idea of Buddhism to the U.S. officials with infinite patience.
　　The pictures on and after 8th were taken from the shuttle boat on the way back. One of them is Battleship Missouri from the right front, which I visited later. Another one shows the USS Arizona Memorial, and the next two show the submarine, USS Bowfin, and the last one shows the anchor of USS Arizona.

(Vocabulary)
turret (戦艦・戦車などの) 回転［旋回］砲塔
sludge (下水などにたまった) 汚泥, へどろ

Ehime Maru:
http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2017/05/ehime-maru-the-fishery-training-boat.html

 １枚目の写真は沈んでいる戦艦アリゾナとその上に建てられている慰霊碑の模型で、３枚目が真珠湾攻撃時の、真珠湾に浮かぶフォード島の周辺に停泊していた艦船の位置を示している。この写真で赤く表示されている沈没した戦艦の一隻、アリゾナへこれから船で向かう。この港は今でも軍港で有り、周辺には軍艦が何隻も並んでいた。４枚目の写真は到着直前に撮ったもの。１枚目の模型と比べると位置がわかる。５枚目は砲塔の残骸。後方には陸とフォード島を繋ぐ橋が見える。また、すぐ手前をじっとみると、７７年前の油が浮かんできていた。次の２枚は慰霊碑の中の様子。日本の真珠湾攻撃により命を落とした軍人の名前が刻まれている。戦艦アリゾナの内部には回収されていない数多くの遺体が残されているという。日本だったら考えられない。

このとき、ある事故を思い出した。２００１年２月、ホノルル沖で漁業実習船えひめ丸が、浮上してきた原子力潜水艦に衝突され沈没するという痛ましい事故。このとき船は５００メートルの海底に沈んだ。後にこの船を海面下数十メートルまで釣り上げ、ダイバーにより内部の探索が行われ、船内に残されていた遺体と遺品を回収した。事故の全ての責任はアメリカにあり、費用は全てアメリカ側の支出だった。スラッジが８０センチメートルも積もっており、捜索は困難を極めたと聞いている。ならば、浅瀬に着底している戦艦アリゾナの内部から遺体を回収することなど造作もないこと。アリゾナの内部の兵士を放置する一方で、えひめ丸の内部に残された遺体の捜索をしたことが不思議に思えてきた。なぜ遺体の回収しないのか？文化の違いと言うことだろうか。

この記事を書いていた６月上旬、信じられないほどのタイミングで、当時のことをよく知る関係者が当院を受診。彼に根掘り葉掘り尋ねた。ハワイ在住の仏教のお坊さんが仲立ちをして、仏教では供養のために遺体や遺品が必要なことをアメリカ側に繰り返し伝え、説得してくれた結果だという。慰霊碑を建てる場所、掃除などの管理をしてくれるボランティア団体をつのるなど苦労があったようだ。彼からいろいろな話を聞けたのだが、また機会があれば後に書く。

８枚目からは帰りの船上から撮った写真で、戦艦ミズーリを正面から捉えている。アリゾナ記念館遠景と次の２枚はこの後訪れる潜水艦ボウフィン号。最後の写真はアリゾナから回収された碇。

Pearl Harbor Historic Sites

　　The Pearl Harbor Historic Sites consisted of four areas; USS Arizona Memorial, USS Bowfin submarine Museum and Park, Battleship Missouri Memorial, and Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.
　　The visitors weren't allowed to carry their bags into the sites and I left my bag at the baggage storage service after taking valuables out. I had to hang both my single lens reflex digital camera and compact one from my neck and put my smartphone, passport, credit cards, etc into my pockets. I started sightseeing following the proposed route.
　　USS Arizona Memorial is built on the ocean of Pearl Harbor and we have to use a shuttle boat to approach it. The starting time of my boat was written on my ticket and there wasn't enough time left to spend time in the building explaining the road to the war, but I heard that I would be able to enter the building even after coming back, and went straight to the Pearl Harbor Memorial Theater. I didn't want to watch any movie there, but I was obliged to watch a short movie before getting on the boat.
　　As I had expected, I had to listen to the stupid waging-the-war address of a madman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt(FDR). He criticized the surprise attack by Japan, but the surprise itself was correct. Japan didn't mean it, but the attack finally and officially became a surprise due to a clerical error. However, before criticizing Japan, tell me which war in history wasn't a surprise. Most wars had started from incidental conflicts or surprise attacks catching the enemies off guard. While I was listening to the declaration of war by FDR, I thought like that. By the way, I'm a perfect gentleman and I feel a bit uncomfortable expressing another country's late president as a madman, but it's not my words but quoted from the book written by also former president Herbert Clark Hoover, "Freedom Betrayed".

p.832
Document 9 Hoover's Conversations with General Douglas MacArthur May 4, 5 and 6, 1946:
from the 4th line;
Of special interest is Hoover's blunt assertion that World War II in the Pacific (the whole Japanese War) had resulted from "a madman's" desire to get into war ? a stinging allusion to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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I said that the whole Japanese war was a "madman's" desire to get into war. He agreed and also agreed that the financial sanctions in July 1941 were not only provocative but that Japan was bound to fight even if it were suicide ----

　　When I was checking my pictures during waiting for the boat, I found a ridiculous description. Take a close look at the third picture, which was magnified from the 2nd one. The surprise attack by Japan triggered the U.S. involvement into World War II. Don't twist the historical fact! I'll write about that in detail later.

(Vocabulary)
clerical   事務（員）の, 書記の
a clerical error   (書類上などでの) 事務的なミス

　
真珠湾歴史地区は４つの区域に別れる。日本軍の攻撃により沈没した戦艦アリゾナが内部に戦死者を残したまま慰霊碑となっている。そして大東亜戦争で活躍した潜水艦の展示、同様に戦艦ミズーリ記念館、そして航空機の展示施設である。
　
まずバッグ類を預けなければならない。一眼レフカメラと小型のデジカメを首からぶら下げ、スマホ、パスポート、カード類などをポケットに詰め込んで、貴重品以外全てを預けた。順路に沿って、まず戦艦アリゾナ記念館へ向かった。
　
アリゾナ記念館は洋上に造られており、そこへ行くには船に乗らなければならない。チケットを買うと船の時刻が既にチケットに刻印されていて、戦史を説明している建物（入り口に戦争への道と書かれていた）にはあまり時間を割けなかったが、後で立ち寄れると聞いたのでじっくり見るのは後回しにして素通りしてパールハーバーメモリアルシアターへ入った。ここで映画を見なければ慰霊碑までの船に乗れないことになっている。
　
予想通り、くだらん男のくだらん演説を聴いた。記録映画の中で日本軍は当然ながら悪者だった。宣戦布告がなかったと批判されているが、確かに事務上のミスで宣戦布告は攻撃後になってしまったが、ならば宣戦布告をしてから始まった戦争があるのだろうか？多くは偶発的な衝突か相手の隙を突いた奇襲から始まるのではないか？狂人ＦＤＲの演説を聴きながらそんなことを思った。仮にも他国の元大統領を狂人と呼ぶことには抵抗があるのだが、実はこれは僕の言葉ではない。アメリカの元大統領フーバーの言葉である。（と書いても出典を示せと言われることがあるのでここに抜き書きしておく。"madman"とはっきり書かれています。）
　
渡船に乗るまでの間、撮った写真を整理していた。その中である記述に気がついた。３枚目の写真を見て欲しい。２枚目の案内板の一部を拡大したものだ。日本の真珠湾攻撃が原因でアメリカは第２次世界大戦に参戦することになった、、、、嘘つけ！ 

Pearl Harbor

　　The destination of April 11th was Pearl Harbor. My wife would rather take a walk around Waikiki and I went out alone. I already understood how to use the fixed route buses. When I got to the nearest bus stop, a just-arrived bus extended the ramp for wheelchair users. This town might be physically challenged-friendly.
　　I arrived at the Pearl Harbor Historic Site by the number 42 bus directly without an exchange of buses. I heard other passengers chatting in the bus; one of them was happy to turn 65 soon, because he will get the yearly discount bus ticket for seniors. I wanted to know its price, but I'm not good at talking, so I didn't. I'll check it later.
　　The quantity of today's blog entries would be more than 20. Most of them will be sad stories for U.S. citizens, but I mean no offense to U.S. citizens who live now. I don't want to force them to apologize, but I want them to know the historical facts without embellishment nor exaggeration. The good facts are all right to be repeated in our history, but we must know the facts in order to avoid repeating the bad happenings. I'll start writing about what I felt in the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites.

 (Vocabulary)
mean no offense (to somebody) （＜人＞に対して）悪気はない
embellishment 潤色として加えられる細部

今日はパールハーバーの観光をする。カミさんはワイキキ周辺の散歩をするというので一人で出かけた。路線バスの利用方法をマスターしたのでタクシーは使わずバスで移動。目の前に止まったバスから車椅子利用者用のスロープが出てきた。この町は意外にも身障者に優しい町かも知れない。

ワイキキから４２番バスで乗り換えなしでパールハーバーに到着した。他の客がもうすぐ６５歳になると喜んでいたので聞き耳を立てるとバスの格安年間シニアパスがあるそうだ。いくらなのか尋ねてみたかったが、話すのは苦手なのでやめた。帰宅後調べてみよう、、、

今日の記事はおそらく２０編以上になるだろう。アメリカ人には辛い話が並ぶと思うが、僕は今生きているアメリカ人に謝らせたいとも、謝ってもらいたいとも思っていない。ただ、起こったことを正しく理解してもらいたいと願うだけ。事実を事実として、なんら脚色することなく理解してもらいたいと思う。良い事実なら繰り返されても良いが、悪かった事実を繰り返さないためにはまずその事実を知らなければならないと思うから。では、始めます。

Ukulele Exhibition

　　After the dinner show, our attendant took us to the shopping street, but I wasn't interested in shopping there and dropped in at the Ukulele Exhibition Site. The procedure of the production of ukuleles was exhibited there. It was interesting.

ウクレレ奏者には堪えられない展示館だと思う。製造工程から始まっていろいろなウクレレが展示され、ヴィンテージ物も。

 

Dinner Show

　　The most known attraction in the Polynesian Cultural Center would be its extravagant dinner show, and that was really great as I had expected. I'd like to show you some scenes of the wonderful pageant, but picture shooting was prohibited. The pictures below were from the warm-up show performed by students of BYU. In such a situation, I don't drink a beer to avoid spending time in the washroom, but it was sad to eat steaks without wine. The center was run by the Mormon foundation and alcoholic beverages were prohibited in the park due to religious reasons.
　　The long-waited dinner show started at 7.30 after the stage was blanketed by darkness. While I was watching the show, I often forgot to eat the gorgeous dinner. The story was gripping and was about a baby who was born in a King's family and grew up to a great leader of the nation. It's worth while to visit Hawaii and watch!

ポリネシア文化センターの一番の呼び物は、ディナーショーだ。ただ、ショーを写真に撮ることは禁じられていた。下記に並べる写真は、前座のショーを撮影したものでここまでは撮影を許可されていた。演者はおそらく学生たち。彼らのショーに続いて行われたプロによる(と思われる)時代劇を豪華な食事をいただきながら鑑賞。このようなとき、トイレへ行かなくてすむようビールは飲まないが、ワインが飲めなかったのが辛かった。
プロによると思われるショーは完全に暗くなった１９時３０分開演。食事の手が止まってしまった。どうやら、一人の男が生まれ、いろいろな試練を経て次世代を率いるリーダーに成長する物語。迫力満点の素晴らしい野外劇だった。一見の価値、十分に有り。

Canoe Tour

　　Next, we were led to the canoe tour. The tourists were able to enjoy the scenery of the Polynesian villages from on the water, but I thought that the canoes might have been a speedy transportation to take lots of tourists efficiently, who were tired of walking after wandering a long way, to the central area of the park, where the dinner show would be held.

カヌーツアー

続いてカヌーツアー。水上からポリネシアの国々の雰囲気を味わうという建前だが、おそらくは歩き疲れた観光客をメインの建物がある地域へ効率よく運ぶためのもののような気がした。(^_^;)外観からは各国の伝統的な家屋にはあまり差が無いような気がしたが、もちろん間違っていると思います。

 

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

Tonga

　　After enjoying the show on the rafts, we walked around the park with our attendant. The first stop was the Tongan Village and we learned about Tongan culture and history, then enjoyed Tongan music. The park was divided into several areas by the nation and I'll show you pictures which I took in the Tongan area.
　　While I was viewing the Polynesian folk houses in the park, I became eager to visit some countries in them. If you ask me which country is the best for me, I'll probably answer "Tahiti", which showed us beautiful and elegant dances. I now have a pamphlet which I got at the entrance gate of the park, and I'll show you below.

ショーを見た後、アテンダントの案内で園内を見て回った。最初に寄ったのがトンガ村。トンガの文化や歴史を学び、トンガの楽器を使った演奏を楽しんだ。国ごとにエリアが分かれていて文化の説明があった。写真はトンガの写真を呈示する。それぞれのお国柄を見ていて、ポリネシアのどこかの国へ行ってみたくなった。その中でもどこかと問われたら、優雅なダンスを見せてくれたタヒチかな？入園時にもらった園内のパンフレットがあるのでいっしょにＵＰします。

Battle, Worship, Gratitude, Love

　　The dances from various Polynesian islands were partly alike and partly different, and their dances were really nice and entertaining. I didn't understand their words, but I was able to roughly imagine what they were describing from their facial expressions, behavior, and outfits. The team with blue outfits was from New Zealand, the red one from Tonga, and the yellow one was from Tahiti. The Tahitian dance was very elegant. The Samoan dance, of which I didn't take pictures, was a bit manly and made me feel a sense of deja vu. It was the dance that I had seen before the rugby match of Samoa.

各国のダンスは似ているようでも有り、違うようでも有り、様々で楽しいショーだった。彼らの言葉はわからずとも、表情や身振り、衣装の華やかさなどで表現していることは理解できた。青は確かニュージーランド、赤はトンガ、最後の黄色いグループはタヒチで優雅な感じがした。写真はないが、サモアのダンスは男性的でどこかで見た気がしたがラグビーの試合の時のダンスそのものだった。

Casting

　　Who do you think were performing there? Actors? Or, local dancers? They were the students of Brigham Young University(BYU) from Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, and so on. They make money for learning in BYU by performing their traditional dances and working for the publicity for their cultural aspects. The lives in Hawaii weren't financially easy for the students from poor countries. The Polynesian Cultural Center was not only a theme park but the means for the fulfillment of those students' studies.
　　I found an important fact from their outfits, particularly from the ornaments of their ankles and wrists. The last picture shows the monument in front of the Hilton Village, and I had been wondering what that meant. I understood, it was the Polynesian dance.

さて、この演じている若者たちはいったい誰だろうか？俳優？地元の人たち？実は皆ブリガム・ヤング大学の学生だという。サモア、フィジー、ニュージーランド、トンガ、、、などからの留学生だという。自らの文化をここで披露することで収入を得て学費の足しにしているという。貧しい国からの学生にとってハワイでの生活は楽ではない。ポリネシア文化の広報活動をすると共に、自らの勉強に資するという意味で２重の恩恵のある施設なのだ。単なる娯楽のためのテーマパークではなかった。

彼らの足下、手首を見て、ハッと思ったことがある。最後の写真はヒルトンビレッジの前にあるモニュメント。いったいこれは何なのだろうと初めて訪れた去年から疑問に思っていたのだが、まさにこれはポリネシアのダンスではないか。そうだったのかと、目から鱗体験。

Medley of Polynesian Dances

　　Various kinds of Polynesian traditional dances were performed on the rafts moving on the pond which was artificially set in the Polynesian Cultural Center. I didn't understand the differences between the dances of various nations and our attendant briefed us on them. The women's movement of rocking their hips means small fishes and the men's movement of continuing to open and close their legs, bending their knees means the fishery nets. That is, men catch women, and it contains something erotic. The rafts were controlled by a boatman and some boatmen were thrown away from the raft due to the strong rolling from energetic performances.

 ポリネシア文化センターの中に水路が作られていて、次々に現れる艀の上でポリネシア各国家の伝統的なダンスが紹介される。それぞれのダンスに違いがあるようだが、門外漢の僕には区別がわからないのでアテンダントがダンスの意味を教えてくれる。女性が腰を激しく振るのは小魚を意味し、男性が膝を曲げてピンクレディーのように股をパカパカと閉じたり開けたりするのは漁網を意味していて、男性が女性を捕まえる、、、ちょっとエロチックな面もあるダンスだとか。艀は船頭によってコントロールされているが、あまりの激しい動きに艀が揺れ、艀から落ちてしまった船頭もいた。(^_^;

Aloha!

　　Pay attention to the right hand of the statue in the first picture! That's the "SHAKA SIGN". This statue stood in front of the gate of the center. I read only the conclusion part of the description of the statue; DESCENDANT OF HAWAIIAN CHIEFS, A FAMOUS FISHERMAN, A BELOVED COMMUNITY LEADER, AND "FATHER" OF THE SHAKA. After this statue and the advice of our attendant, we are showing the Shaka sign in the picture, but.... Anyway I was excited to think what tour would start from then.
　　To tell the truth, I was astonished to read the full description of the statue after coming back to Japan. How and when was the Shaka sign born? The description is written monotonously, but its contents were sad. The person of the statue was born in 1882 at Laie, where we were. That means, when he was 16 years old, Oahu island was swallowed up by the U.S.. He must have been worse off than before. He seemingly lost his first three fingers of the right hand in a nearby sugar mill accident. Then he was transferred to the railroad company. He had given signals with his two-fingered right hand on his duty. That's the origin of the Shaka sign. For detailed information, please read the description below. Focusing on the right hand in the picture, his three fingers are surely cut down.

(Vocabulary)
He is worse off than before.　前より暮らし向きが悪くなった.

ポリネシア文化センターの入り口の前にあった像の右手に注目。あのシャカサインだ！銘板の最後のまとめの部分だけを読んで、（ハワイの酋長の末裔、有名な漁師、愛された地域の代表、そしてシャカサインの父とある）、、、、アテンダントの指示に従い、銅像の真似をしてシャカサインをしてみたのだが。
　
実は帰国後、この銘板を読んで驚いている。シャカサインがどのようにして生まれたのか、、、が書かれている。文章は淡々と書かれているが、内容は悲しい。銅像の男性は１８８２年ライエに生まれたとある。ということはアメリカに飲み込まれたのが彼が１６歳の時。アメリカ統治下のサトウキビ工場の事故で右手の「最初の３本の指」をなくしたとある。仕事が出来なくなったのか、サトウキビ鉄道へ移り、右手を振って合図をしていた。つまりそれがシャカサイン。後は碑文をお読みください。写真を良く見ると確かに指が切れている、、、
　
（注：英語では親指はthumbでfingerに含まれず、人差指が第１指で小指方向へ順に第２指、第３指、、と呼びます。なので最初の３本の指とは人差指から薬指を指します。フィンガー５というグループがありましたが、英語的には誤りです。指は５本ありますが、フィンガーは４本しかありませんから。）

Polynesian Cultural Center

　　The Polynesian Cultural Center is located at Laie, which we passed by yesterday. That could be accessible by a fixed-route bus, but if the show was performed longer than its schedule, you'd miss the last bus. What's more, some places between Laie and Waikiki were poor in public security. That's why I chose a tour for sightseeing the Polynesian Cultural Center.
　　The chartered bus arrived at the designated site on time. The tour guide was a female Japanese student from Brigham Young University - Hawaii. She gave us some lessons about Hawaii on the way to the center. She had lived there for 2 or 3 years and her perspective contained the student's distinctive mind-set and it was new to me as I'd never lived overseas. If I could mark her guidance, I'm sure to give her full marks. However, if some historical aspects were added to her explanation, her result would have been much better. Brigham Young University is a famous private one and its founder is the Mormon foundation. Under Mormon rules, alcoholic beverages were prohibited in the campus and associated facilities, naturally including the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was sad to keep away from wines during the dinner.
　　The total 30~40 passengers were on the bus and they were grouped into several subgroups. We chose the most high class one, which was all-time attended by a guide in the center. Our seats were set at the front in the show, and the dinner was great. The attendant in the center was also a Japanese student from Kagoshima. His explanation was great as well as the one of the guide in the bus. They were useful to me.

ポリネシア文化センターは昨日通過したLaieにある。路線バスで行けないことはないのだが、ショーの終了後、遅れずにバスに乗って帰るのは難しく、また道中は治安が悪いのでセンターまでの往復を考えてツアーに参加するよう勧められた。
　
指定された場所で待っているとバスがやって来た。バスガイドは日本人学生でブリガム・ヤング大学ハワイ校に在学しているとのこと。道中約１時間、ハワイの現状を説明してくれた。学生ならではの視点も有り、バスガイドとして点を付けるなら１００点！ただ、もう少し、歴史の勉強をしていればもっと良かった。ブリガム・ヤング大学は有名な私立校で母体はあのモルモン教。その関係で施設内は禁酒らしい。夕食時、飲めないのがちょっと残念。
　
同じバスに乗ったツアー客だが、いろいろなコースに別れており、我々はこれが最初だが、最後と思い、一番高価なコースとした。バスから降りると他のツアー客とは別行動。昼間も夜もショーは最前席、一人の学生がずっとアテンドしてくれていろいろと説明してくれる。彼をいじるのが楽しかった。(^_^;)バスガイドの女子学生の話と、このエスコートしてくれた男子学生の話はためになった。

Hilton Grand Vacations Club

　　I got up fairly early on the 10th. It was seemingly getting better. We had already a reservation of the Polynesian Cultural Center tour in the afternoon, and so I was going to stay at the beach or the poolside until noon. However, as I was a member of the Hilton Grand Vacations Club and was invited to the lecture on the club over a light meal, I attended it. I felt that my option of travelling became wider. Every island of the Hawaiian islands has its own features and all of them attracted me. I'd like to visit Hawaii next year and the short trips from Oahu island to other islands are also great, though I had to stay several days on Hawaii island, as it's far bigger than Oahu island. The following pictures were taken from the office of the Hilton Grand Vacations Club on the 34th floor of Waikikian, which is a building in the Hilton Waikiki Village. I think that persons on the neighboring balcony are maybe recommended to buy a room there.

１０日は昼からポリネシア文化センターツアーを予約しているので午前中はビーチでのんびりするつもりだったが、閑だったし、ヒルトンバケーションクラブの会員になっているのでクラブの説明会に参加してきた。無料だけど超軽い朝食を食べながら話を聞いた。また旅の行き先が拡がったような気がした。ハワイ諸島それぞれの島に特徴があり、他の島にも行ってみたくなった。来年もハワイに行くつもりだが、一泊二日くらいで他の島にいてみるのも良いな。ハワイ島だけはでかいので何日も滞在しなければいけないと思うが。写真はオフィスのあるワイキキアン３４階からの眺め。隣には購入を勧められている人たちがいた。

Hanauma Bay and Koko Crater

　　When I visited Hawaii for the first time last year, I asked an American for his advice and he suggested Hanauma Bay as the most beautiful beach on Oahu island. However, that was a little far for me, a first-time visitor. This time, our drive was already behind schedule and there was a short-cut route, but I wanted to drop in at this beach at least. My impression was just "What a beautiful bay!" I heard that the beach was shot in the movie starring Elvis Presley, "Blue Hawaii".
　　The beach was not a park, but located in a preserve. The colonies of coral prevent sharks from sneaking into the bay, and it leads to the safety of small fishes and humans. The fishes in the bay seemed not to fear humans. You can swim with fishes there. I thought that snorkelling would be fine. I decided to swim in Hanauma Bay next time. The parking lot along the road was fairly high, but you can use a tram to the beach.
　　Just after leaving Hanauma Bay, our car got into an area called Hawaii Kai, which was really beautiful and looked peaceful. Admiring its gorgeous atmosphere, the driver told me that the area was included on the route of the Honolulu Marathon. I felt that it would be wonderful if I was able to run the street in Hawaii Kai. However, the runners have to run more than 30 km until arriving at Hawaii Kai and then the slope of Diamond Head was waiting for them. In order to enjoy running in Hawaii Kai, I would have to build my strength up, but I wanted to join the Honolulu Marathon in the not so distant future.
　　One more thing. I noticed at Hanauma Bay that we had passed by a steep slope on the right side. Koko Crater was along the road. The three big craters on Oahu island are Diamond Head, the Punchbowl, and Koko Crater. I stood on two of them. I'd like to climb the last one, Koko Crater next time. The scenery from the summit must be great. I heard that it took an hour to reach its summit. The trail to the summit used to be an important route for supply to the military fort on the summit. A part of the railroad seemed to remain.
　　We parted in front of my condominium after receiving his contact number to get in touch with him during our stay on Oahu island. I got various information from him during the drive, like an annual senior bus pass on Oahu island, issues of garbage and industrial waste, supplies of water and electricity, reasonable and secure bars and pubs in downtown, and so on.
　　We got tired and bought some food which was easy to eat. I think that it's the best way to save money in the Waikiki area. We went out to the beach with wine and ate the food viewing the boats on the ocean. Today was also a wonderful day!

ハナウマ湾

昨年、あるアメリカ人に初めてハワイに行くのだと話したら、ハナウマ湾へ行って見ろとアドバイスを受けた。だが、ホノルルからは意外に遠く、行きにくい場所にあったため立ち寄ることは出来なかった。なので今回初めて来て見たが、何と美しい海だろうと思った。聞けばエルビス・プレスリーのブルー・ハワイの撮影地だと言うではないか。

ここは公園ではなく、保護区になっており、サンゴが群生しているためサメが入ってこないし、魚類は保護されているため人間を怖がらないらしい。次の機会には絶対にここで泳ごうと思った。シュノーケリングが楽しそうだ。道路はかなり高い位置にあり、ビーチまで下りていかねばならないのだが、トラムが運行しているようなので大丈夫。

ここを出てワイキキに向かうとすぐにハワイカイと呼ばれる地域に入った。実に美しい街並み、入江に感心していると、フルマラソンではこのあたりを走る、ということでコースを走ってもらった。ここを走ったら気持ちいいだろうなあと感じた。ただし、３０キロくらいからのコースで、しかもハワイカイからダイヤモンドヘッドの登りになるので若干きつめになる。なので楽しむためには十分な走力を身につけておかねばならないがフルマラソン、走りたいぞ。

通り過ぎてわかったのだが、右側がいやに急で、左側も落ちている。ドライバーから聞いた。ココ・クレーターが右側にあったのだ。我々の車はそのクレーターの東側斜面を走ったことになる。頂上まで登山道が有り、かつてはトロッコで頂上にある陸軍基地までトロッコで物資を運んでいた名残りで、今も線路が残っていて、線路を歩いて上るらしい。そんなことを聞くと登らずにはいられない。

うちまで送ってもらってチャーターしたタクシーとはお別れ。連絡先をしっかりと聞いているのでまた利用したい。路線バスの年間シニアパス、ハワイの粗大ごみ事情や、産廃事情。電気や水の供給問題、地元の人たちが利用する飲み屋など、、、いろいろな情報を仕入れることが出来た。

今日も疲れたのですぐに食べられるものをいろいろ買い込んで帰宅。結局これが一番安い。ワインを下げてビーチへ出て海岸で軽く食べたらもう眠い。素晴らしい一日だった。