On the 23rd, three months after the accident that the tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, a message was attached to the flower stand at Shari Town Hall, hoping to find the missing person, and visitors were looking for flowers. I did.

On April 23, 14 passengers died in the accident where the sightseeing boat "KAZU 1" carrying 26 passengers and crew sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and the whereabouts of 12 people are still unknown.

Approximately 1,500 bundles of flowers have been donated to the flower stand at Shari Town Hall so far, and a message requesting the discovery of the missing person, such as "I hope you can find it early and wrap it in a warm futon," is also attached. increase.



While it was raining on the 23rd, we saw people visiting the flowers.

Of these, Noriko Ito, who runs a guesthouse in Utoro, Shari-cho, said, "When one of the passengers was a college student, he stayed at our guesthouse. I joined hands hoping that they would be found soon. "



In addition, a man in his 40s who visited from Chiba prefecture for sightseeing and boarded a sightseeing boat in Utoro on the 22nd said, "I was not worried because I was taking safety measures very well. I can only say that I want everyone to be found early. That's it. "

Search difficult corpse delivery from Russia

The Japan Coast Guard has dispatched a total of about 500 patrol boats to the area around the site in the accident where a sightseeing boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, killing 14 people and missing 12 people. I am continuing my search.



However, it has become difficult to predict in which direction it was swept over time, and the Japan Coast Guard has not found any missing persons since May, making the search difficult.



On the other hand, on the coast of Kunashir Island in the northern territories and the coast of southern Sakhalin, three bodies were found from May to last month, and as a result of DNA analysis by Russian authorities, two passengers and one crew member are missing. Consistent with human DNA material.



Regarding the bodies of the three people, adjustments are underway for delivery through diplomatic routes between Japan and Russia, and according to the people concerned, transportation by ship is the axis of consideration.



Initially, a proposal was made to take it offshore between the main island of Hokkaido and Kunashiri Island, but no agreement was reached.



Currently, methods are being considered for Japanese ships, including private ships, to pick them up, but the specific location and timing have not yet been decided.

Shari Town Tourism Association Safety Measures to be posted on the website

The tourism association in Shari-cho, Hokkaido, where the number of tourists has dropped significantly after the sinking accident, will post the safety measures of tourist operators on its website and start efforts to promote safety.



Shiretoko is entering the summer holiday season, but due to the sinking accident, tours have been canceled one after another, and according to the Shiretoko Shari Town Tourism Association, the number of guests in Shari Town last month was about 26,000, in front of Corona. Compared to 2019, it is only 56%.



For this reason, the Tourism Association has decided to use road subsidies to summarize the safety measures of tourist operators and post them on the website so that tourists can visit with peace of mind, and it is scheduled to be released later this month. ..



In addition, we are considering conducting a questionnaire in September to have tourists evaluate the safety measures of each business operator.



Takeshi Niimura, secretary general of the Shiretoko Shari Town Tourism Association, said, "It is true that the trust that has been built up over decades has been destroyed by this accident, so we would like to make efforts to restore trust even little by little." I'm talking.