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But there are some circumstances ...... and it is partly by his own preference." "Where is he going?" "To Nobeoka in Hiuga province. As the place is so far away, he is going there with his salary raised a grade higher." "Is some one coming to take his place?" "His successor is almost decided upon." "Well, that's fine, though I'm not very anxious to have my salary raised."
At any rate, Hiuga, as the region in which he dwelt was called, was not likely to serve the ends of a party of warlike invaders, there being no part of Japan less fertile. So, as the story goes, Jimmu, being then fifty years old, set out to conquer some richer realm.
He is going to court hardships in a strange part of the country in preference of his home and the school where he is working, both of which should satisfy most anybody, because he is tired of them. That may be all right if the strange place happens to be a lively metropolis where electric cars run, but of all places, why Nobeoka in Hiuga province?
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