He found the grave to be: ‘Tidy and showing ample evidence that it is being regularly tended by villagers, with no less care than is given to their own memorials... there are two vases, one on either side of the gravestone, for evergreens which are frequently renewed, and a cactus has been planted on the left-hand side.’ His story of the grave appeared in the Asahi Evening News under the headline ‘Shades of the Past, Islanders Revere Memory of Seaman Who Died There Over 100 years ago.’ A further account of Sanuki Hiroshima with a brief mention of Lake's grave appeared in This is Japan'' No. 17, 1969 in an article by Rowland G Gould called ‘Lairs of the Forgotten Pirates.’ 'The feeling for the sea is even more dramatically evident in the grave of a British naval officer who died on the island while on a survey mission in 1866. On the day I happened by there were flowers and offerings of chocolates on the freshly raked sand before the gravestone that is just outside the Hiroshima Shrine compound. ‘They could not bury him in the shrine compound and make him a Shinto god like Japanese ancestors,’ explained an islander, 'but after a century, nearby villagers spontaneously see to it that the spirit of the Englishman so far from his own ancestors is comforted.' The Grave in 21st Century In 2009 the grave was rebuilt; in 2011 a wooden sign alongside the grave was replaced by one carved from granite. In 2014, a research paper was written on Lake's story. While held by the British Library and The Bodlean Oxford University, a version of the paper is available online at Google books which provides the base source for much of this article. 2018 Celebrations In 2018, a celebration was held around the grave to mark the 150 year anniversary of Lake's death. This might seem a minor event but it was important enough for Paul Madden, the British Ambassador to Japan to note that the monument that was being unveiled is a symbol of the enduring friendship between Japan and the UK: ‘The new granite commemorative monument that is being unveiled today is a fitting and handsome tribute both to Midshipman Lake, and to the enduring friendship that exists between Japan and the UK.’ The ceremony lasted one morning and in attendance were leaders from the local communities, a