【鹿児島④-2】哀感！知覧特攻平和会館で見たリアル 南薩摩観光後編

【鹿児島④-2】哀感！知覧特攻平和会館で見たリアル 南薩摩観光後編

On the last day, We will do a lot of sightseeing in southern Satsuma! It’s a beautiful mountain. It’s called “Kaimon-dake” and is also known as Satsuma Fuji. We are heading to Ryugu Shrine now. It’s about a 25-minute drive from Ibusuki Hakusuikan. It is a shrine dedicated to Princess Otohime (Toyotamahime), and is said to be the cape from which Urashima Taro set off for Ryugu Castle. We are guided to a designated parking lot . It seems that the system is to leave the car keys and pick them up at a souvenir shop (Nishikiya) on the way back. I was a little wary. This shrine is connected to the story of Yamasachihiko and Umisachihiko, and is also related to the shrine we visited when we went on a trip to Miyazaki, so I’ll attach it here. They said that they were closed today due to a couple’s quarrel. lol There are quite a few famous people from Kagoshima. At Nishikiya, you receive your car keys on the way home. The vermilion and sky colors are beautiful. It really looks like the Dragon Palace. First, wash your hands. The turtle art is cute. From the legend of Princess Otohime and Urashima Taro, this shrine is said to be the god of matchmaking and to have the power to pray for safe voyages and travels. Small luck… (lol) The votive plaques here seem to be seashells. You write your wish and leave it on this shell mound. While you’re there, let’s also go to Nagasakihana Misaki, the southernmost tip of the Satsuma Peninsula. In summer, it is also a place where sea turtles lay their eggs. On the way, Urashima Taro and a turtle appeared! It is said that if men walk around the turtle clockwise twice and women walk around it counterclockwise twice, then stroke the turtle, their wish will come true. You have to do this! Some people have placed shell votive plaques here. Mt. Kaimon has an elevation of 924m and a beautiful cone shape. You can’t enter the lighthouse, but I think this is the southernmost point of Minamisatsuma. The tide was low, so I decided to go on a little adventure. The sea is very beautiful! Should I dive? It’s so beautiful! The smell of roasted sweet potatoes is delicious. I got the car keys and headed to the next spot! Wait a minute! The sunset is so beautiful! I’d like to see it! Next, we head to the station, which is an 8-minute drive from Ryugu Shrine . It’s a small unmanned station located at the southernmost tip of JR in Japan. Higashi-Nemuro! I wish I had stopped by when I went to Nemuro. Mt. Kaimon towers behind the yellow postbox. Luckily, the train just arrived! Isn’t this scenery so beautiful? Opposite JR Nishi-Oyama Station is a shop called “Kaimon Market Kyutaro”. I bought mango gelato here! It’s really delicious! It’s so delicious! If you stop by here, you should definitely try it! Next, we head to Kaimon-dake a 9-minute drive from Nishi-Oyama Station . Up ahead, you can meet the Tokara horse, a native horse of Japan. The Tokara horse is a native horse of Japan that originated in the Tokara Islands (the islands between Kagoshima and Amami Oshima). They are grazing, so be careful not to get too close! Enjoy it after understanding the horse’s instincts! No feeding allowed! There seems to be an observation deck, so I went to take a quick look. The main attraction is the Tokara horse. It seems that this pasture was created after the horse was almost extinct, but they increased the number of horses. They are so smart that they go home at 8am and come back by themselves at 3pm. The Tokara horse is small and short-legged! It’s rare to see the Tokara horses, a natural monument, grazing in the open. They all ate grass all the time. I was surprised when they started fighting. For some reason, there was a problem with the audio not being recorded. It’s a shame because I wanted to share the voice of the Tokara horses. Next, we headed a little north to the Chiran Special Attack Peace Hall in Minamikyushu City. It’s a 40-minute drive from Kaimon Sanroku Nature Park. This is a place that all Japanese people should know about. Foreigners and Japanese people of all ages came to see it. Here, you can rent a tablet-type audio guide for 200 yen. Supported languages ​​are English, Chinese, Korean, and French. Photography is only permitted in the lobby and the Zero Fighter Exhibition Room. In fact, this is a history that people who don’t know much about the Special Attack Corps should know about. A little about the Special Attack Corps. Chiran City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Here is the place where young people once departed for a “one-way sky” that they would never return from alive. December 8, 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, starting the Pacific War. Pearl Harbor was the main base of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet. Towards the end of the war in 1944, Japan’s war situation was getting worse and worse. In order to protect Okinawa, the front line of defense, Takijiro Onishi launched a kamikaze attack. Pilots in planes loaded with bombs became weapons and carried out suicide attacks on enemy fleets. This attack sacrificed the pilot’s life, and he could not return alive. The army’s sorties in the Battle of Okinawa came from various places, including Chiran. Of the 1,036 who died in battle, 439 were from Chiran. The age range was 17 to 32 years old. They were young men with an average age of 21.6 years old. There were not enough fighter planes, so they even used training planes, risking their lives. A ruthless operation that ignored the dignity of life. At the Chiran Special Attack Peace Hall, you can find letters, wills, and death poems from young men who, in their teens, had come to terms with their own death and made the decision to do so. Some had dreamed of soaring through the sky, some died for their country or to protect their families, and some had hoped to become baseball players… These were the premature deaths of young men full of dreams and hope. In the days before setting out, the special attack corps members sleep in triangular barracks. On the night before their departure, they wrote words that revealed not only their resolve to fight,
but also their deep love for those they were leaving behind. Letters of love—written at the cost of their lives. An excerpt from the farewell letter of Toshio Anazawa. And yet—
As a man who was once engaged to you, and as a man now facing death, there are still a few words I want to leave behind. More than anything, I wish for your happiness. Please have the courage to let go of the past, and someday, find a place where your future can shine. You will live on, moment by moment,
in the reality that lies ahead. I will no longer exist in that world. Now that the end is near, I wonder— what is it that I still long for? Just a few things, First, a book I want to read… Next, a painting I want to see… Next after that, Chieko I want to see you. I want to talk to you. I want to, more than anything… Final Letter of Hitoshi Ishigaki I am ready. To serve His Majesty the Emperor—
I was born for this purpose. I am deeply grateful to have been brought into this world for such an honorable cause. Thank you for raising me with such care for these 24 years. I go now with joy. I will die in the line of duty. To be chosen for this special mission is the greatest honor of my life. Now, I go to scatter among the clouds of the southern seas. Even if my body vanishes in the ocean, my spirit will forever protect this nation. Though I may die, my soul will be reborn seven times, each time pledging loyalty to my country. To my younger brothers and sisters, I pray that you will carry on in my place, and continue to protect the nation under the Emperor’s reign. Finally, I offer my sincerest wishes for your good health and well-being. The Tokkō (special attack units) missions continued until around July 1945. The following month, atomic bombs were dropped— and the war came to an end. Teenagers and young men in their twenties were chosen from across the country. After only brief training, they were told to give their lives for the nation—
and they went. But war… regardless of which side you’re on,
always takes countless lives. Every one of them had a family. Every one of them had dreams. Every one of them believed in tomorrow. Should we truly accept the Tokkō as acts of noble sacrifice? Should we honor them only as symbols of pride? At the Chiran Peace Museum, you can also hear the stories told by living witnesses. May those skies…
never become a battlefield again. At the Chiran Peace Museum, you’ll find a faithfully reconstructed triangular barracks— the very kind where Tokkō pilots spent their final days. In those last quiet nights,
they wrote letters to their loved ones. They shed tears in the dark,
knowing they would never return. It’s said that after a mission,
when the schoolgirls who cared for them came to clear away the bedding, they found the pillows wet with tears. The sacrifice wasn’t limited to planes. There were Tokkō missions by human torpedoes and explosive-laden boats as well. In total, more than 6,000 lives were extinguished—
all in the name of serving their country. It leaves us with a haunting question:
Why were they born? Why did they live? For whom did they die? These thoughts weigh heavily. And the deeper you reflect,
the more it hurts. Just a 6-minute drive from the Chiran Peace Museum. I’ve heard a lot about Chiran Samurai Residences, so I went there There were no people around, so I just looked at the gardens and that was it. I didn’t want to end it there, so I had a light meal at a soba restaurant near the samurai residences. They have a lot of menu items! I was at a loss as to what to eat. This limited-time nabeyaki udon was really delicious! It’s a shame that it’s only available for a limited time. I headed to Kagoshima Airport using the toll road called Ibusuki Skyline. It was a very fun and educational trip to Kagoshima! TSUKIYOMI’s chicken soba is delicious when you pour truffle oil over it! Finally, I used my Priority Pass to get a massage on my flight. Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe to my channel!

この旅は、鹿児島に呼ばれた旅でした。
と言いますのも、会社で景品が当たるところから始まり、白水館に宿泊し美味しい料理と砂むし風呂の体験、JR西大山駅に到着するとちょうど電車が来て、旅行中に南薩摩市のイベントに参加したところ当選して美味しい鹿児島の牛肉が当たりました。
こんなことってあります？！そして、知覧特攻平和会館。とても悲しく考えさせられる場所でした。
鹿児島旅が終わってから、特攻についての本を読んだのですが、何というか…特攻を美談で終わらせてはいけない。そんなつもりはないと怒られるかもしれませんが、いろんな本を読むと闇が深かったので。
ヒロポンってご存じでしょうか？私は初めて聞きました。ヒロポンって覚醒剤らしいです。
戦時中から戦後直後にヒロポン入りのチョコレートやお酒が造られていました。
元々は、航空病対策の航空食糧として作られたそうなのですが、ドイツ空軍がヒロポンを食したことで成果を上げたという知らせを聞きつけます。もしかして…これ以上は確実ではないので書きません。
かの有名な日本人作家もヒロポン中毒になったそうですね。（自粛）
特攻ってなんで若い子ばかりなんだろうと思って調べてみました。やはり教育勅語や軍人勅諭などで国民を洗脳したつもりでも、特攻作戦を批判する人もいたそうです。なので世間知らずな若い子たちを教育したという説がありました。当時を生きていないので本当のところはわかりませんが、もうあのような惨劇を起こすことがありませんように。これ以上書くと長文になってしまうのでこれにて。
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参考・出典
知覧特攻平和会館
ヒロポンと特攻（相可文代）
特攻隊員の現実（一ノ瀬俊也）
徳島県遺族会会報第226号
国土地理院ウェブサイト

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