The first morning, we went to Ajishima, a small island an hour away by a ferry boat from Ishinomaki, expecting to see some seabirds.
横浜からの夜行バスで石巻へ、朝一のフェリーで網地港へ、島のバスで最南端、ドワメキ崎へ。公共の交通機関をぽんぽんと乗り次いで、昼前にはこんな真っ青な海と金華山を眺めていた。
It's the island where a Russian expedition came by the order of Vitus Bering in 1739. There is a statue of Bering at the beach on the island and I later found out that it was made by Kate Thomson, a British sculptor! I joined a project called "Postcard to Japan" after the earthquake disaster in 2011, which was organised by her and her Japanese husband from Tohoku, Hironori Katagiri. Here is my postcard if you don't remember it!
シノリガモ (Harlequin Ducks)
雄３羽でシンクロナイズドスイミングをしていた。さすが道化！
Ancient Murrelets
海を眺めているとウミスズメが目に入ってくる。けっこうたくさんいた。
島内を歩いて網地港へと戻ったが、不思議と鳥影が少なかった。唯一声がするアオジですら警戒心が強くて、なかなか双眼鏡に入らない。 隣の田代島は猫が多く住むことで有名らしいけれど、網地島もそんな影響で鳥がシャイなのだろうか。それでもウソ（それもアカウソ！）を発見して、ちょっと満足。
Replica of San Juan Bautista
前回の東北旅行で行きそびれたサン・ファン館に閉館前に駆け込んだ。
The original galleon, San Juan Bautista was made in1613 in Japan by Masamune Date with the help of Sebastián Vizcaíno. It had a tiller, steering stick rather than a wheel. It seems that it was after mid 17th century that a galleon had a wheel.
On this ship, Date sent a Japanese embassy accompanied by Luis Soteloto and Vizcaíno to Rome via Acapulco. But when the ambassador finally got back to Japan after seven years, Japan was in the middle of the closure of the country.
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