The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

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The evening light is especially beautiful

Ninstins with seven colors of light

No matter how many times I see it, it's different each time . Mr. Goats says.

World Heritage Ninstins Totem Pole

Bald eagle whose beak has collapsed

Crocodile

A human child held in both hands of a bear

Kotetsu looking up at the totem pole

Totem pole reflected in the sea

Mr. Goats taking a nap

Me shooting from the top of the rock

During global warming, people all over the world must know how to think about Haida forests and be aware of the forest cycle.

Watchman, who protects Haida, limits tourists in a casual way.

He is careful not to be with other tourists at the same time.

I was just stunned as if it had been magical.

If you notice, there is no one around you anymore.

The totem pole eventually decays and is covered with moss.

The new life that sprouts on it circulates the forest to
the next generation.

The so-called tells the history of the house that lives there,
and thinks that it will never be preserved permanently.

In front of the abandoned village,
a decaying totem pole tells the history of the earth while tilting to collapse.

When I listen carefully and stare,
I strongly feel something mysterious and spiritual.

"What's this feeling.”

I was overwhelmed by the scenery that kept talking
to humans on earth until the time when it decayed.

The Haida people, estimated to have 14,000, were infected with smallpox during exchanges with Europe (1774) and dropped to 600.

(Survey material 100 years ago).

Nearly 130 villages have abandoned their villages, and those who survive have moved north to Graham Island, where they will never return.

A human child held in both hands of a bear.

A rotten bald eagle with a beak.

A large tree carved with whales and frogs.

It seems that there is an important message to protect nature, the color and shape appear to change depending on the time of day.

A mysterious model is drawn.

 It may have been a message to the current global warming that the Haida people were cutting down trees while considering the forest cycle.

A totem pole is created from a large cedar tree called Red Caesar.

It grows fast, contains natural preservatives, and is well preserved.

Clothes and hats are knitted from bark to build a large house where hundreds of people can gather.

The phantom totem pole in the village of SGaang Gwaii (Ninstins) on Anthony Island is registered as a World Heritage Site.

For us, the totem pole had a strong image of amulets and religious affairs.

Humans have lived in Haida Guaii (Queen Charlotte Island) for more than 10,000 years,
and there is even a legend that "human beings were born on this Island."