However, a counter-statement is found in a collection of some comical essays by a Taishō novelist and script writer, Murakami Namiroku, in his "Collection of Satire Essays" ("Hiniku Bunshu"), and gives a more detailed view of the circumstances of Yonaguni women. One of the essays is titled Yonaguni and focuses on the same topic, claiming that "once a man steps on the island, no matter how strong he is, the man would be attacked by women coming from all directions, and hardly ever there could be men who could safely withdraw from there." Furthermore, he describes Yonaguni as an island where although there are almost only women, for reproductive purposes there are also men as many as around one-tenth of the women. Curiously, maybe because the weather here is strange, there are only female newborns. Serving as reproductive tools for the women, men are rarely able to live long." Murakami expresses his worries as well at the end, as the women here are all naturally beautiful and potentially they would attract those driven by sexual desire to explore "the hidden paradise." Nevertheless, these introductory essays aiming to bring an exotic taste are less specific than a quite comprehensive travel log by Yanagita Kunio, who was inspired by Sasamori's work and finally did his own research, "An Account of the South Sea" ("Kainan shōki)", published in 1925. A long essay from the collection is titled and devoted to "Yonaguni Women." He provides a detailed written record of their customs and daily life, and writes about how they are busy farming, cooking, and taking care of the kids, with two photographs attached, wearing clothes not so much different from those in mainland Japan. Yonaguni islanders traditionally believed that their island had once been ruled by a goddess named Miruku, who brought fertility to the land. She was ousted by a god named Saku after a flower-growing contest for control over the island, in which Saku stole her flower while she slept. Miruku vanished, and the island's primeval prosperity sank into poverty once she left. The islanders thus held rituals in honor of the goddess in the hope that she might one day return. As late as the 1980s, the highlight of the Yonaguni harvest festival was a procession involving a person in a Miruku mask reenacting the goddess. A nearly identical myth is widespread in Korea. The island has an area of , a population around 1700, an annual mean air temperature of , and annual precipitation of .