The Honjo Domain that was making efforts until then to maintain its picturesque view, placing an officer called Shimamori (guards of the island), tried to look this change from a different angle and took it as an opportunity.
それまでは景勝地として大事にし、島守という役人を置くなどしていた本荘藩ではあったが、藩はこれを逆転の発想で好機と捉えた。