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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.

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.

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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.

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… ![]()
For a lot more videos, visit the author’s YouTube channel.












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