The Sino-Japanese War started in August this year, and military troops and supplies were transported from various places in Japan to Hiroshima and Ujina that became the shipping base to the Chinese continent.
この年の8月に日清戦争が始まり、中国大陸への船積み基地となった広島と宇品へ日本各地から軍隊や物資が輸送された。