DREAM OF JUJUBE TREES - RECOLLECTION OF SINGAPORE AND PLANTATION IN MALAYA DURING WORLD WAR 2 (ENGLISH VERSION) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

DREAM OF JUJUBE TREES - RECOLLECTION OF SINGAPORE & PLANTATION IN MALAYA DURING WORLD WAR 2 - “What did Dad Experience on his New Mission during the War?” In August, 1944, Harutaro left Kobe with a fleet of steamships to Singapore to work as agricultural expert and advisor to the Malay Plantation Project. Though the Pacific War was intensifying, his heart bounded all through the voyage with expectation for the new land across the sea. In Malaya, when a squall began to fall, people got out of their house naked to ‘take a shower.' They had another custom called 'mandi,' the way of washing themselves by pouring water over the head. At night, the sky turned to be star-studded beauty. The Southern Cross was especially beautiful. From time to time, the popping sound of drums came up. Close to the seashore, several beautiful Malay girls were seen dancing merrily. Their dance itself was, unlike the Japanese traditional dance, much slower and easier in motion. It was really superb. The plantation Harutaro worked for was located at South Coast Mine in Johor Province. He cared for total 13 farms surrounded by jungles. He visited each farm and talked in the offices with the youths until three o’clock at night. The local people were different in faces, clothing and characters. Even under the Japanese military occupation, they were all friendly and warm-hearted toward him. For Harutaro, it was a ‘fairy land.’ In early spring, 1945, Harutaro happened to work hard supplying foods for the ‘Kamikaze Boat Corps.’ The Japanese army asked him to offer help for these soldiers. They also asked him, to try to find the Communist Headquarters in the jungles and get into it, ready in case for the Japanese imminent defeat in the Pacific War.