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Nippon Maru

By Muza-chan on Jan 7, 2010 | In Japan travel | 16 feedbacks »

In Yokohama, in the Minato Mirai 21 area, you can see a sailing ship named Nippon Maru.

Yokohama Nippon Maru

I liked it very much, because, as I wrote before, I love sailing ships, they make me remember the stories with explorers read in the childhood. :) So, I wanted to know more about it and here’s what I found…

Nippon Maru, graciously nicknamed “Swan on the Pacific Ocean", was built in Kobe in 1930 and was a training ship for the cadets of the Japanese merchant marine.

Yokohama Nippon Maru

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Yokohama Nippon Maru

It is 97 meters long, the height of the tallest mast is 46 meters from the water, it has a gross tonnage of 2278 tons and the crew is made up of 29 sailors.

Its life wasn’t “adventurous", but I’m sure that Nippon Maru remained in the memories of the 11,500 cadets who were trained on it.

Yokohama Nippon Maru

In 1984, after 54 years of service, during which it made 1,830,000 kilometers, Nippon Maru was replaced by another ship, also called… Nippon Maru. The old Nippon Maru was brought to the Yokohama harbor and was opened as a museum in 1985.

A few days ago I found on YouTube an excellent video with the new Nippon Maru…


…and here’s another fine video, also with the Nippon Maru 2, featuring a time-lapse with the sails opening… B)

For a lot more videos, visit the author’s YouTube channel.

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 imGoes
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Wow the ship really cool, have more photo? XD RT @Muzachan: Nippon Maru [link]
01/07/10 @ 14:03
 southernkbelz
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Such beautiful sailing ships! RT @Muzachan: Nippon Maru [link]
01/07/10 @ 14:04
 buckybit
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I really admire your blog, Muza-chan. You re-define "japanophile" in a good way :) RT @Muzachan: Nippon Maru [link]
01/07/10 @ 14:07
 achapin_jp
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@Muzachan Nippon-Maru is really beautiful. In some time, I want to see it!
01/07/10 @ 14:26
 ohsweetBloG
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01/07/10 @ 14:41
 Thepoolofzen
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01/07/10 @ 15:30
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01/07/10 @ 15:39
 neurodrive1
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01/07/10 @ 16:37
 yamada25
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01/07/10 @ 17:09
 PratyayB anerjee · http://sakuratoursntravels.blogspot.com/
Majestic Ship Nippon Maru Tsugoi
01/07/10 @ 17:26
 oshiratori
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01/07/10 @ 18:48
 Tornadoes28 · http://toshogu.blogspot.com
That's a beautiful ship I visited there in 2004 and stayed at that moon shaped hotel. I love Minato Mirai.
01/07/10 @ 19:05
 whipcracker Email
RT @Muzachan: Nippon Maru http://bit.ly/5Ua2fD It looks like acombination of an ocean liner and a sailng vessel. Sailing into a brave new world.
01/07/10 @ 21:27
 purplehayz
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Nippon Maru [link] - A #Japanese sailing ship moored at Yokohama
01/07/10 @ 22:51
 ivan_filios
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01/08/10 @ 12:24
 Matthew 真秀 · http://www.poolofzen.com
There must be a few Nippon Maru! Here's one I rode on to look at Naruto Strait's whirlpools.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Poolofzen/TourNarutoWhirlpools02#5283521219290817858
01/11/10 @ 11:18

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