The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Queen Charlotte Island from the Sky

Me and Mr. Goats

The world's largest raven

Seaplane to pick us up

CD also released

Enthusiastic Mr. Goats

Afternoon concert of Mr. Goats

Last lunch

Kitchen house

Cooking is Susan's natural food

Breakfast is homemade pancakes

Zodiac Hurricane

Mr. Goats

Decaying totem pole

Bear parents and cubs in the Millennium Forest Decaying totem pole

Kotetsu eating sea urchin

Takes out the sea urchin

All-you-can-eat sea urchin

Watchman grabs a sea cucumber and shows it

I am fascinated by the totem pole

Gwaii Hana National Park was born thanks to the Haida movement for forest protection.
There is also a theory that the Haida ancestors have the same roots as the Japanese.

Many forest giants are returning to Queen Charlotte Island when will it be? Maybe only the world's largest "raven" knows.
 

The decaying cycle of life is also the fate of nature.

The moss in the forest goes on for a thousand
years and two thousand years.

I think the beauty of nature can be sustained
without human intervention.
It seems that the small human being was reminded.

Soon a seaplane will come to pick you up.

Lunch in an empty cove.

Mysterious sea creatures.
Mossy forest.

The cycle of nature told by the phantom totem pole.
Encounter with wonderful sea and forest creatures.

"Mr. Goats" playing the guitar after the last lunch.

 The melancholy melody seems to be listening to
the spirits of the forest.

His CD, a professional guitarist,
brings the life of the, forest to life.

Time goes by as if the giants of the forest
were listening quietly.

You can catch as many "crabs" as you like in the basket set in the sea in front of you.

You can easily get a halibut by hanging the line.

Sea urchins that look delicious are lined up on the seabed.

I don't have any inconvenience in food, but I get as much as I need when I need it.

For the first time 17 years ago,
two guests came to the Island.
Two years ago, I bought a used "Zodiac Hurricane"
speedboat.

The meal is Susan's home cooking,
which moved to this Island 18 years ago.

All natural foods are used,
and bread and cakes are handmade health foods.

The guest house owner "Mr. Goats" (52) abandoned his job as a dentist at the age of 27 and decided to make this Island his hometown and moved from Germany.

He applauds his way of life when he realizes that it is his life to live in harmony with nature rather than making money.

 If I met earlier, I might have become a resident of this Island.

In Japan, art museums and works of art exhibited in museums.
The Haida continue to refuse to preserve.

It decays over time and returns to the forest.
32 phantom totem poles.

 The Haida people, who have a sad history, have no idea of leaving anything to their grandchildren.

In the next few decades, even what is now built is destined to become obsolete, decay into weeds, and disappear into the soil.

Four days blessed with fine weather, a week later, rain and baptism in the rough sea awaited.

Ravens have given us good luck.
A decaying world heritage totem pole.

When one group is in the forest, the next group cannot enter the village.

Consideration for nature.
Admission is free unlike Islands in other countries.

What's more, it was a raw sea urchin from a Haida watchman.

September 5-11, 2007

　　　　　　　　　　Yoshimasa Ikeuchi, a traveling iron man

Kotetsu's one word

I felt the passage of time in the appearance of the phantom totem pole, which was built over 150 years ago, decaying. "Forest spirits" seemed to be everywhere in the Millennium Forest. Even if the time comes for the earth to perish, the last thing that remains is not to feel like this forest.

A totem pole that speaks to the earth.

I can understand the meaning, albeit a little.
Humans must coexist with nature. Only the starry sky is shining as it was for tens of thousands of years. It was a memorable Island trip that made me feel like I found the evolution of the earth.

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