水利事業に貢献で八田與一銅像の首を、元台北市議が頭部を切断したそうです。
“Contributing to irrigation projects” It seems that the head of “Hatta Yuichi” statue was cut off by the former Taipei City Council.
嘉南の人たちの大切な思いを非常に残念に思います。
I am very sorry about the important feelings of the people of “Kanan”.


台湾の水利事業に日本統治時代に造られた南部台南市の烏山頭ダム。
“Karasuyama head dam in southern Tainan City” built in the Japanese rule during the “water irrigation project in Taiwan”.
これは、聞くところによると日本人技師、石川県出身の八田與一氏が現地の人たちに「飲水思源」と言われるまでに、現地の人たちと一緒に
不毛の大地を三年輪作を実現し大穀倉地帯に導いたとききかされています。
According to what I hear it is a Japanese engineer,
Until Mr. Yoichi Hatta born in Ishikawa Prefecture, is said to be “drinking water Siyuan” to the local people,
The barren land along with the local people
To achieve a three-year crop rotation have been told when that led to large granary.
その銅像は、嘉南の人が隆田駅の倉庫にあるのを発見し、烏山頭に持ち帰り、倉庫に隠しておきました。
世情が落ち着き日本がタブーでなくなった1981年に元の位置に置かれました。
The bronze statue discovered that the person of Jia Nan was in the warehouse of Ryuta station,
I brought it back to Karasuyama Head and hid it in the warehouse.
It was put in its original position in 1981 when the society settled and Japan ceased to be a taboo.
その後ろにも墓があり、昭和43年5月8日米国潜水艦の魚雷攻撃を受け沈没した大洋丸の與一さん
昭和45年9月1日に珊瑚飛瀑に身を投げた妻の外代樹さんの死を悼み、嘉南の人々が二人が永遠に烏山頭に眠って貰うことを願い、御影石を探し出し、
日本式の墓を造って、ダムを見下ろす丘のほとりに埋葬しました聞いています。
There is also a grave behind it, Yuichi of Ocean Maru who was sunk by the torpedo attack of the US submarine May 8, Showa 43
Mourning the death of his wife Mr. Toshiki Kaori who threw himself to the coral flying on September 1, 1954,
Kanan people
I hope that two people will sleep forever in the mountain of Karasu, search for granite,
I’ve heard that I built a Japanese style tomb and buried it on the hillside overlooking the dam.
水を飲む時は井戸を掘った人に感謝するという台湾の人たちの尊い願い「飲水思源」と言われているそうです。
When drinking water it is said that the valuable wishes of Taiwanese people “thanking people of drinking water” to thank those who dug a well.
この感謝するという台湾の人たち尊い気持ちが、日本にも教え伝えられていたので残念です。
非常に、完成された立派な国だと思っていましたがまだ深いものあるのですね。
Taiwan people precious feeling that this thank you is, unfortunately is because it was also reportedly taught in Japan.
I thought that it was a very fine country that was completed, but I am sorry that there is still a deep thing.
詳細
Details
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2017/04/18/10359240.html
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E7%94%B0%E8%88%87%E4%B8%80