by Jun Shimazaki Satsuki Shobo JPY2,200 (incl. tax)
ISBN 978-4909542571
In 1918, in the final days of World War I, the Japanese steam liner Hirano Maru, traveling from Liverpool, to Yokohama, was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Wales. The bodies of passengers and crew members washed ashore were buried respectfully by local residents. A century later, efforts arose in the UK to reconstruct the lost memorial. This book tells the story of the heartwarming remembrance of the victims in a small village and provides a detailed introduction to the history of the Hirano Maru, the state of the world at the time, Japan-U.K. relations and the stories of the victims.