In Aomori, 40 people including Lieutenant Kozeki, waited for them, making rice gruel with a rice cooker they had brought with them, thinking the troop would return that day because the weather was better than the previous day.
青森では天候が前日よりも良かったので今日こそは帰ってくるだろうと、小関中尉以下40名は炊飯具を携行して幸畑で粥を作って待っていた。