NHK explained that the first stage of the TV drama was Izunokuni City when I watched NHK’s Taiga drama “The 13 Lords Shogun”. It may be around Izu-nagaoka because it is said that there is a hot spring at the center of Izu Peninsula or may be the area of Nirayama or Ohhito. It’s troublesome to me to examine it on the internet one by one. However, such place name does not appear in my old map book. I have neglected it after all without understanding it well.
It was an incident in the days of the end of the Showa era. My family of four decided to visit the house of my wife’s uncle living in Konosu City in Saitama Pre. and to stay one night. However, unfortunately, I had a schedule to play golf with my friends. after all, Only I decided to visit directly to the house after finished the play from Ushiku City in Ibaraki Pre.
However, there was no loop road that connected both area Ushiku and Konosu directly at that time. I approached the destination while repeating turns with the help of a map. However, it was more serious than expected to confirm it under the dark lighting after brought my car in the edge of the road. In addition, the direction itself did not have an idea at all at a dark night, and only the place name of the mark which occasionally appeared was a reliance.
Now we can easily reach with a car navigation system even in unfamiliar places, but that’s not much different from the ant march. The ants do not even know what their living area and where are they moving from where to what in area look like. They merely only follow it before. Don't you think that we should drive checking our current location and the direction we are heading after memorizing the course of latest map.
It is not to have been limited to a trip and a drive that the map is necessary. It is also the case when working on SDGs which is the biggest challenge for earthmen. The following must be considered when tacking the challenges: understanding the overall picture of the issue, the severity of issue, target value, concrete measure, and schedule for the problem improvement. It is various data to become the criterion. The map is a graphic representation of the part of the data related to geography part.
Thus, I decided to buy a new map book which is as detailed as possible while taking a walk. The newly bought map book was the thickest and most expensive at the store. With this, if it is possible to accurately judge not only domestic circumstances but also international situation, it is a cheap purchase.
I checked municipalities name of Izu Peninsula in the atlas promptly. As for five, the municipalities names which are Izu City, Izunokuni City, Higashiizu Town, Minamiizu Town and Nishiizu Town. The big change in municipalities names is due to the Great Heisei merger, but it is not always the case that major changes will not occur in the future. I attain an advanced age, and my antenna is apt to rust. Therefore, I should possess a new atlas at least.
[Feb. 22, '22 Yoshihiro Fujiwara］
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