Arriving Bridge Yokahama

Shores and Seas, Coasts and Coves

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February 3rd 2009
CS: Sunday 1st February 2009. We finally eased out of Masan on Saturday evening about 4pm. The weather had been pleasant all day allowing the last of the loading, including two huge pipe devices on the deck as well as much loose equipment stowed below the deck sheets, and of course more of the ubiquitous pipes that come in all sizes, lengths and colours and which we seem to collect and dispatc ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more