This year, I finally went on the photography trip I had wanted to take for a long time.
I chose a day with clear skies, so almost all the photos were taken in the middle of summer, in the intense heat.
I first noticed the critical point I made in this article when I went to Fukuyama and Tomonoura.
After seeing a film set in Tomonoura from the "Tsuribaka Nisshi" series, I had wanted to visit for a while.
After that, I continued to take photos of the beauty of the many islands on the eastern side of the Seto Inland Sea National Park, including Kojima in Kurashiki, Onomichi, and Washuzan in Mihara.
Finally, I took photos of the western side of the Seto Inland Sea National Park.
From Hiroshima, I boarded the luxury cruise ship used during the G7 Summit, choosing to depart and arrive in Mihara.
Along the way, we stopped at two islands for about 30 minutes to do some sightseeing.
At one of these islands, Shimokamagari, the fallacy of this issue reached its peak.
I could guess why.
As I wrote some time ago, NHK Osaka is leading the way in spreading this major lie.
At the same time, left-wing forces in Hiroshima Prefecture are using this lie to get the government to spend a lot of tax money on preserving the sites involved.
To put it bluntly, they are extorting public Money from the government.
They are charging an admission fee of 800 yen to hide the truth and display it reverently as if it were a correct historical fact.
I left after only a few minutes, out of anger at the sheer stupidity and falsehood, and without even bothering to waste the admission fee.
Rather than displaying such lies openly, Shimokamagari Town should be a place for tourists to visit.
A magnificent mansion, built by a great man from the island, is located far from the pier.
It is splendid and has a beautiful view of the Seto Inland Sea.
The view from the second floor and around the mansion is also superb.
Growing up in Yuriage, which faces the Pacific Ocean, I found this place particularly excellent.
The Seto Inland Sea is quiet, so it has an entirely different atmosphere from Yuriage and a tranquil beauty.
I understood why the great man from this island built his mansion in this place without being told.
A country that only asks for Money... In a nutshell, the scholar Amenomori Hoshu could be described as "the Wakamiya Yoshibumi of the Genroku period."
Wakamiya was the editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
September 12, 2019
The following is from an article by Takayama Masayuki that appeared in the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho, released yesterday.
It is titled "A Country that only asks for Money."
This is a brilliant article that everyone will agree with regarding my assessment that he is the one and only journalist in the post-war world.
In this article, he reveals the truth about why Japan and South Korea suddenly held the World Cup jointly.
This is the first time that people all over the world, not only the Japanese people, have learned the truth.
The same is true for the truth about the Joseon Tongsinsa.
In particular, those in control of the NHK Osaka news department must read this keenly.
This is because they have repeatedly reported things that are hard to believe as Japanese, such as the Joseon Tongsinsa introducing culture to Japan.
The severity of NHK, which had a man with a look of sincerity on his face say things like "There are good people in Korea, so we should work on Japan-Korea friendship..." when the Abe Cabinet was reshuffled, was not only out of the ordinary, but it must have been apparent to all those with discerning eyes that the people controlling the NHK news department were not genuine Japanese.
A Country that only asks for Money
In summary, the scholar Amemori Yoshishu could be described as "the Keibun Wakamiya of the Genroku period."
Wakamiya was the chief editor of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
People may remember him for his strange death in a hotel in Beijing and writing, "Why not give Takeshima to Korea and make it a friendship island?"
Anyway, he liked that country.
The trigger for this madness was meeting Kim Il-sung in person.
When he returned to the company, he requested to go to Seoul to study the language.
After that, he wrote nothing but articles praising Korea.
In 1995, he wrote an editorial suggesting that the Soccer World Cup, which was to be held in Japan, should be jointly hosted by Korea and Japan.
Kiichi Miyazawa, who blindly followed the Asahi, nodded in agreement, and the unexpected joint hosting came to pass.
However, Korea did not have the strength to host the World Cup.
The Asian currency crisis that broke out soon after the decision was made caused the country to default.
Wakamiya made a fuss, and FIFA's Chung Joon ran around, but in the end, Japan provided financial support.
That wasn't all.
Just before the opening ceremony, the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred, and the resulting economic downturn meant that there was no longer any money to build the stadiums.
When it became clear that co-hosting was impossible, Wakamiya made a fuss again, and the former Japan Export-Import Bank was forced to provide a loan of 200 million dollars.
Although the tournament was held, the only thing that remained was the stigma of being the "dirtiest World Cup" due to the Koreans' rough play and the referees' bribing.
Wakamiya was as much of a womanizer as the Koreans.
After leaving the company with this scandal as a souvenir, he became a university professor in Korea, which was his dream.
He had a good life until his unnatural death.
The life of Amemori Hoshū is so similar to Wakamiya's that it seems he might have been his ancestor, except for the fact that he was a homosexual.
The Tsushima Domain employed him in his 20s, and at the age of 33, he was sent to Waegwan (enclave) in Busan, where he saw Korea for real.
It was around the same age as Wakamiya when he met Kim Il-sung, and he became similarly obsessed with Korea.
At that time, the Joseon Dynasty was in the depths of poverty.
So when the Tokugawa Shogunate succeeded, a total of 400 envoys burst into Japan in the name of celebration.
They stayed for a whole year, indulging in revelry, and because they were poor, they even stole the crockery, bedding, and hanging scrolls from the alcove of the inn.
Arai Hakuseki, the shogun's senior counselor, was very strict with this freeloader group and ordered their entertainment expenses and itinerary to be cut in half.
He also asked the Koreans to refer to the Tokugawa shogun as the "King of Japan."
He treated them as if they were Taikomochi.
At this time, the person in charge of entertaining the Japanese delegation was Hoshū.
Hoshū, who had expressed the same wish as Wakamiya to have been born in Joseon, was furious at Hakuseki's treatment.
The two men's exchanges were intense, but everyone knew Hakuseki was right.
Ultimately, the shogunate told the Joseon side that they did not need to come to Edo and would be received in Tsushima.
This is the "decision to select a remote location to host the Joseon missions to Japan."
The Joseon missions to Japan persistently demanded lavish entertainment and tried to gain an advantage by approaching Ieharu, the tenth from Hidetada, from the second Tokugawa shogun.
They never came again after the simple reception on Tsushima in 1811.
The other day, the Tensei Jingo column featured Amenomori Hoshū.
In light of the current Japan-Korea spat, it began by saying, "Amenomori, who was caught between the two countries, which were both concerned about prestige and appearances, suffered so much that he went half-gray."
No, Japan doesn't care about appearances. We're saying you should stop coming over in such large numbers and mooching off us, costing us 1 million Ryo in hospitality.
The column also touches on the "King of Japan" issue, writing that he was "obsessed with enhancing national prestige" without even understanding a joke.
It seems to be making a dig at the Abe administration, which has forced the White House to move out of Japan.
While the Joseon missions to Japan took advantage of the situation, they expressed no gratitude, saying, "We should lament and resent the fact that the filthy Japanese are prospering" (Kim Gym, "Nito Sanyuka").
It's the same as when we rescued them from default.
Everyone will praise Hakuseki's response here.
The column concludes with the words of Hōshū, "Let us not deceive each other or fight, but communicate with each other in truth."
These are words to be said to a country that tramples on the agreement on comfort women that Japan has conceded to and swallowed and that only takes the Money.
It would be rude to publish them in a newspaper that Japanese people read.
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