Friends of Andy went to Hakodate, visited to the stairs where Andy was last seen sitting on, and with the help of the 5 Hakodate registered National Park guides, we went down to the Samukawa shore and walked along the shore to the end of the shore and went back to Anama and climbed up the steep cliff using ropes. The sea was rough and saw no one there except one sea lion swimming before us, looking at us in delight. The Hakodate mountain has just woke up from the long sleep of winter, with only bare trees and less grass. But we were not able to find any clue of Andy. Only we saw was the beautiful nature full of spring coming delights and the rough and atrracting sea, and we can't but pray for Andy existing somewhere in the Mother Nature.

We met Mr. Sada and put our thanks for him and his family. He said he and his family always think of Andy's missing. We also put our thanks to the Shinto priest of Hakodate Shirine and the Nature guide center officer, who gave us lot of informations about Hakodate Mountain and the town through telephone and e-mail last fall. Many people visit the mountain and some of them climb up the mountain and walk through the mountain routes every day and they always keep in mind the missing of Andy.