 On that date, a party of 44 officials from Shimane Prefecture visited Ulleungdo.The Japanese officials, including Kanda Yoshitaro, travelled to Ulleungdo by way of Dokdo, and informed Sim Heung-taek, then Magistrate of Ulleungdo, that the rocks had been incorporated into Japan.According to Korean historians, Sim immediately contacted Yi Myeong-nae, then Governor of Gangwon Province.