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World's largest floating bookshop opens at Hakata port

FUKUOKA, Japan - The world's largest floating bookshop on the 6,818-ton Doulos opened to the public at Hakata port in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 12 with about 500,000 books and 350 volunteers from more than 50 countries aboard. The Doulos, the world's oldest ocean-going passenger vessel still in service, will open for 10 days at Chuo pier following its arrival on May 11.

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World's largest floating bookshop opens at Hakata port

FUKUOKA, Japan - The world's largest floating bookshop on the 6,818-ton Doulos opened to the public at Hakata port in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 12 with about 500,000 books and 350 volunteers from more than 50 countries aboard. The Doulos, the world's oldest ocean-going passenger vessel still in service, will open for 10 days at Chuo pier following its arrival on May 11. (Kyodo)

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A distant view of the city of Kobe

View of Kobe harbour from Mt. Suwa (present-day Chuo Ward). Mid-Meiji Period. This is a tinted version of photograph #2823. The octagonal building on the left is the Hyogo Prefecture Council Hall built in 1882. The iron pier for foreign vessels (built in 1884) is visible further down to the south. On the right of the north-south street is the Kodera residence and its garden under construction (present-day Sorakuen).==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐46‐0]