When the then-80-year-old Bo saw the importance placed on this event by the Japanese poetry community, and their enthusiasm for the human rights memorial concert video entitled "The One I Love is on Fire Island," he was deeply moved. This set the foundations for happy exchanges between Chinese and Japanese poetry, and planted the seeds of friendship between Bo, Chang, Imatsuji, and Maruchi.
當高齡八十的柏楊參加發表會時，看到日本新詩界對這件事的重視，他們對柏楊帶去「我愛的人在火燒島上」人權紀念音樂會錄影帶的喜愛，更是大為感動這一段中日詩人交流的佳話，從此種下柏楊、張香華與今 / 和典、丸地守間的深厚友誼。