The Light upon the Sea. A short story by artist Samizu Matsuki DRAFT
The lights upon the sea By Samizu Matsuki Chapter 1 The year of 1945 has particular significance to the school kids who happened to live alongside the Tohoku Mainline and beyond IBURI-HONSEN (the main line) because of frequent visits by Royal family members and most often, Emperor HIROHITO himself. As customarily we used to bow lowest when the train marked with the 6-petaled golden chrysanthemum happened to pass through those particulars places. as I mention since the frequency itself makes every suspicion that the Emperor could have been in any area other than "ours" - TOHOKU and IBURI HONSEN, the main artery of the railroads heading toward "North" And of course coming from the same direction. That's how often the Japanese Royal family traveled toward North, possibly to Manchuria. ------------------------ Page 2 For the Manchurian Railroad system then was the most "modern" of all within the Great Asian Co-prosperity Sphere's boundaries...