And when you consider that most of those who came to settle in Ishigaki were from the middle or lower classes, without any opportunities to be educated, with less than fluent Japanese, it was very easy for misunderstandings to arise with the local residents.
加上來此墾殖的，多半出身中下階級，沒機會進學校念書、日文也不太靈光，容易和島民產生誤會。