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Established its foundation as maritime transportation company, we mainly shipped Izuishi tuff to Edo, with a big Sengokubune ship. Many years later, as one of the leading families, we founded Tokai Bus and Tokyowan Kisen (passenger ship) companies, and made efforts to vitalize homeland industry and attracted banks. One of the families of my great-grandfather's age was a mayor and then a member of the Parliament. Here I was, born and raised far from Shimoda, but regularly visited Saichu in the summer vacation, after spending a few days in another old house in Ito to watch the firework. For me, Saichu was an impressive house of Grandmother, accompanied with the memory of midsummer Drum Festival, where I strolled after portable shrine on the busy streets.

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Ascending the ancestral line further, we are known to have been a prevailing maritime kindred in Kishu District, called Saika Shu. The head of the family followed the same first name "Chukichi," which eventually lead to "Saichu," our well known family name. I, myself, is continuing my freelance IT business, while engaged in NPO to afford aged people and children opportunities to listen to live music. Recently I lost my father and all of a sudden, duly appointed the role to settle the inheritance and manage family affairs. I naturally reflected upon family history, especially its root and cultural value.

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