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The sky was deep blue and endlessly clear in the Izu Peninsula. All the way from Shuzenji to Doi Onsen the car ran smoothly at a pleasant speed without anything in the opposite lane. About half way, the road widely curved to the left, the driver of our limousine taxi stopped the carat the outer curve to take a rest It was on April 18, 1968; 22 years ago, during our short honeymoon trip of 2 nights and 3 days With little money At the edge of the cape, a huge black pine rises high, and the scene of a sacred figure of white porcelain, Mt. Fuji Is just in front of our eyes filling our sight. To the left, the ocean expands widely the straight horizontal line of dark blue splits the sky beneath our eyes Deeply below our feet, White billows are broken against the precipitous rocks. "What a magnificent view!" Near this place, there was a street vendor, an aged woman selling various corals. We bought from her a good sized white one of about a foot diameter wearing deeply waved folds.
In the beginning, it was placed on the shelf in our
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