After 8 p.m. they reached Hirasawa forest which was 1.5km from Tashiro Motoyu, however, they lost even the track toward Tashiro, being blinded by sundown.
夜8時過ぎに田代元湯まであと1.5kmの平沢の森まで進出するが、日没により前後不覚となり田代方面への進路も発見できなくなった。