久しぶりのブログです。
（新幹線出水駅のとなりを走るローカル線肥薩オレンジ鉄道です）
２ヶ月くらい休眠中でした。久しぶりのブログです。尖閣問題で最近愛国心が強くなりました。産経新聞を読むたび，そんな気持ちになります。中国帝国主義の弱い国いじめはもうたくさん！チベット族もウイグル族もひどい弾圧を受けているのだろうなあ。本当にひどい国になったもんだ。周恩来と現主席・首相は尊敬していたのに・・・
気持ちを変えて，心の故郷出水の紹介です。
In Izumi,a number of samurai residence remain.Bordering with Higo(presentaly Kumamoto)and facing the Shiranui Sea,Izumi was a strategically important point both in terms of land and marine traffic.
In 1599,the Satsuma Clan selected brave samurai from every corner of the domain to construct a community of residences which also served as a fortress with trees planted on the stone walls surrounding the community.
This turned out to be the largest tojo(local castle)in the Satsuma domain.
Young men in the local community were trained both physically and mentally to prepare foy contingency under the "law for training young men in Izumi".Even now,educatin of the young in this district is based on this law.The community is large in scale,with a total area reaching 60ha and accommodating 150 homes.The beatiful stone walls,samurai residences,and gates convey the image of the samurai community of the Satsuma Clan to the present day.
Finally,about over 10,000 craines arrive in Izumi in late October,there to remains until late February of the following year.
武家屋敷等歴史的にも出水はたくさん魅力がありますが，何と言っても出水は万羽鶴の渡来地ということと，新幹線が止まる駅だということが誇りでもあります。