But now, in a few short years, everything had changed. Because the Japanese lost the war, Ishigaki at this time was under the jurisdiction of the American military, and Taiwanese who had been under the Japanese had suddenly become the citizens of a victorious nation--the Republic of China.
只是，短短幾年，景物依舊，已人事全非﹘﹘由於日本戰敗，此時的石垣島，是屬於美軍託管的範圍，而原本同屬日本轄下的台灣人，如今卻搖身一變，成了堂堂戰勝國﹘﹘中華民國﹘﹘的國民。