Takeshima Travel Diary (3) (San'in Shimbun)

We had spent three days watching passing clouds in the sky, but the wind this time was unfortunately no different from a whirlwind. On the 24th, there was rather a strong wind blowing from the west, then it turned northwesterly soon after clouds had come over from the east, then finally northeasterly before dying down. Such a rotation of wind is commonplace, yet I was able to observe it more clearly, as I was transfixed by the moon every day on the islands. In any case, I reassured myself that the wind would surely die down quickly, the weather would be fine, and there would be no need to ask about cables from the weather station, or such like. At 6:30 pm on the 26th, we at last departed from Saigo, and headed north to Takeshima.