Takeshima Travel Diary (1) (San'in Shimbun)

22nd At 12 o'clock we boarded the steamship and set off from Matsue. Also on board were Island Governor Higashi, Tax Bureau Director Yoshida, and several other well-known gentlemen of renown. Today the weather was so clear that I was actually concerned about the weather on subsequent days, but in any case I went onto the deck and pointed out Honjo, Moriyama and other places, and looked back at Daisen. The unusual appearance of familiar mountains provided topics, and the scenery increased interst more and more of the people on the deck. As the ship advanced, mountains came into view. Among these the Tertiary tuffaceous mountains near Moriyama revealed their yellow ocher bald tops, differing from those of other mountains. Their peculiar shapes, added to their warm appearance, presented a special panoramic landscape like the mountains often seen in pictures by Buson, Toyohiko and others.