I try to imagine what the people involved must have felt at the time. What actually happened? I try to feel the fear, anguish, and regret that they themselves must have felt as they lay dying so far from home. "Matayoshi has also visited the site in Pingtung County where the Japanese troops under Admiral Saigo came to avenge the murder of the Miyako Islanders.
又吉曾親訪宮古島官民遇害之現場，「極力驅動想像力，去探訪當時風飄琉球人被原住民砍頭的地方，訪問排灣族人，希望逼近事件的真相，追思那些在異鄉結束生命遇害者的恐懼、悲傷和悔恨。」