FUKUI -- Shohei Yamamoto may not be a professional storyteller.
But the 77-year-old's experiences on Etorofu Island after Japan's surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, seem to have made an impression on an audience unaware of his hardships.
Yamamoto was in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, just before Japan surrendered. He and his little sister took a ship from Nemuro, eastern Hokkaido, to his home island.