Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.
Captain Tokushima
Colonel Nakabayashi
Captain Kanda
Colonel Kojima
Major Yamada
Hatsuko Kanda (Captain Kanda's wife)
Lieutenant Tanabe
Taeko Tokushima (Captain Tokushima's wife)
Captain Kurata
Sawa Takiguchi (Guide)
Second Lieutenant Takahata
Apprentice officer Funayama
Corporal Saito
Major Motomiya
Apprentice officer Noguchi
Command sergeant major Shindo
Captain Okitsu
Command sergeant major Imanishi
Corporal Hanada
Corporal Murayama
Denzo Takuguchi
Sakuemon
Apprentice officer Inoue
Tetsutaro Fukuzawa
Kichihei Sawanaka
