以下は、父の思い出の紹介（英訳）です。
In August, 1944, Harutaro left Kobe with a fleet of steamships to Singapore to work as agricultural expert and advisor to the Malay Plantation Project. Though the Pacific War was intensifying, his heart bounded all through the voyage with expectation for the new land across the sea. In Malaya, when a squall began to fall, people got out of their house naked to ‘take a shower.' They had another custom called 'mandi,' the way of washing themselves by pouring water over the head. At night, the sky turned to be star-studded beauty. The Southern Cross was especially beautiful. From time to time, the popping sound of drums came up. Close to the seashore, several beautiful Malay girls were seen dancing merrily. Their dance itself was, unlike the Japanese traditional dance, much slower and easier in motion. It was really superb. The plantation Harutaro worked for was located at South Coast Mine in Johor Province. He cared for total 13 farms surrounded by jungles. He visited each farm and talked in the offices with the youths until three o’clock at night. The local people were different in faces, clothing and characters. Even under the Japanese military occupation, they were all friendly and warm-hearted toward him.
When I was a small child, my father, Harutaro, used to take a long nap after lunch. After finishing it, he sat at a brazier and smoked. I begged him, “Dad, tell me a story, will you?” He nodded with a smile and slowly started telling about his experience in Singapore and Malaysia. I liked to hear his stories, since he was a good story-teller. To tell the truth, I, the son of Harutaro’s, haven’t had a chance to go to Singapore and Malaysia, though those places have always been the ones I would like to visit, to trace back what my father experienced there.
父、春太郎は太平洋戦争中、日本企業から農業指導者としてシンガポール、マレーに派遣されたのですが、本人はすでに他界しており、具体的にマレーシアの何処で仕事をしたのか不明です。８０年近く前のことなので、判明したとしても、マレーシアのその後の著しい発展により、周辺の景色も相当変わっているのではないかと思います。　by Yoshiyuki Hirano