Originally published on July 21, 2019.
This essay views Iwate Prefecture as the birthplace and home of Kenji Miyazawa, a neighboring prefecture of Miyagi, and a region of great scenic beauty along the ria coast of Sanriku, while criticizing the political conduct of Ichiro Ozawa.
It also refers to Taro Yamamoto and Denny Tamaki, urging the people of Iwate to awaken politically in order to protect the beauty and pride of their homeland.

2019-07-21
I say this to the people of Iwate Prefecture.
I say this to the people of Iwate Prefecture.
To me, Iwate Prefecture is, above all, the prefecture where Kenji Miyazawa was born and raised, and it is the neighboring prefecture of my hometown, Miyagi Prefecture.
One of my closest friends in high school was born and raised in scenic Kesennuma, which continues toward Iwate.
When I visited his home, I was astonished by the beauty of the Sanriku ria coast.
That beauty and the ugliness of Ichiro Ozawa do not suit each other at all.
What he is doing now is already a series of acts that are themselves those of a traitor to the nation and a seller-out of the country, though perhaps he was that way from the beginning.
It is surely time to put an end to allowing Ichiro Ozawa, who is moving the lowest possible men such as Taro Yamamoto and Denny Tamaki, to trample Iwate Prefecture.