Monument of Japan's first corvette on display in Hokkaido town

A monument of the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first sail and crew-driven corvette, is on display in Kikonai in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on April 22, 2015. The Kanrin Maru became the first ship to cross the Pacific with a Japanese pilot in 1860. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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