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Japan's naval training squadron arrives at Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships -- Setoyuki (L), Asagiri (R) and Kashima (foreground) -- arrive at the Port of Manila on a training mission on Oct. 13, 2014. The squadron will observe a memorial service on Oct. 17 for the war dead of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea during World War II ahead of its 70th anniversary in late October.

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MSDF training fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet -- the training ships Kashima (L) and Yamagiri, as well as the destroyer Sawayuki (R) -- returns to Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2010, wrapping up a five-month around-the-world training voyage. The fleet visited 11 countries but canceled a port call to Qingdao, China, as bilateral ties were strained due to a territorial dispute in the East China Sea.

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2009, shows the breakwater at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, where three people believed to have been fishing on Dec. 12 have gone missing. Although the breakwater is a roped-off area, many people trespass there to go fishing.

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers from police and coast guard search for three people who went missing at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2009. The three are believed to have been fishing, possibly on a breakwater, on the evening of Dec. 12.

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Japanese MSDF vessels arrive in Cambodian port

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Members of the Cambodian Navy greet the arrival of three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels the southwestern port of Sihanoukville, the last destination in the training squadron's 155-day cruise around the world, on Sept. 6. The vessels Kashima, Murasame and Yugiri carry about 750 officers and crew, including approximately 180 newly commissioned officers.

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A 69-year-old Osaka man begins solo yacht trip

Ikuo Kashima, 69, sets sail on a solitary, around-the-world yacht trip Tuesday Sept. 15 from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in Osaka Prefecture in his 13.92-ton yacht. He plans to complete the voyage without stopping at any port along the way. Kashima, the first Japanese to cross solitarily both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans more than 30 years ago, said, ''I want to show what a 70-year-old man can achieve.''

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Japanese naval training ship calls at Rio port

Crew members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's training ship Kashima stand to attention on Aug. 4, 2015, after calling at Rio De Janeiro port as part of their oceangoing training voyage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese MSDF vessels arrive in Cambodian port

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Members of the Cambodian Navy greet the arrival of three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels the southwestern port of Sihanoukville, the last destination in the training squadron's 155-day cruise around the world, on Sept. 6. The vessels Kashima, Murasame and Yugiri carry about 750 officers and crew, including approximately 180 newly commissioned officers. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

The boat is probably the cargo boat of the time, the Bezai boat. The sail has been folded, and the boat is anchored and covered with a straw mat. Tagonoura was a port of the Edo era where sengokubune (junks with a capacity for a thousand koku of rice) came in and out from Kashima, a territory of the Shogunate. The shadow of the wooden bridge is beautiful. * A photo from the same angle is in the book edited by Ozawa Kenji The End of the Bakufu and Meiji in Pictures , entitled Mt.Fuji from Tagonoura 1880s Kinpei Album, p.67. The only difference with (7) is the angle.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐45‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

The boat is probably the cargo vessel of the time, the Bezai boat. The sail has been folded, and the boat is anchored with a straw matting. Tagonoura was a port of the Edo era for Sengokubune (junk boats with capacity for one thousand koku of rice) of the Shogunate that came in and out from Kashima, a territory of the Shogunate. The shadow of the wooden bridge is beautiful. * A photo taken from the same angle is included in the book edited by Ozawa Kenji The End of the Bakufu and Meiji in Pictures , entitled Mt.Fuji from Tagonoura 1880s Kinpei album ( p.67).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐1‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

This is a old-fashioned cargo boat, or Bezai boat. The sail has been folded, and the boat is anchored. Tagonoura was a port where boats used to come and go during the Edo period with rice from the Bakufu territory of Kashima. The wooden bridge casts a beautiful shadow on the surface of the water. * A photo taken from the same angle entitled Fuji from Tagonoura 1880s Kinpei Album is included in the End of the Bakufu Era and Meiji in Photos edited by Ozawa Kenji (p.67).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐17‐0]

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Japan's naval training squadron arrives at Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships -- Setoyuki (L), Asagiri (R) and Kashima (foreground) -- arrive at the Port of Manila on a training mission on Oct. 13, 2014. The squadron will observe a memorial service on Oct. 17 for the war dead of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea during World War II ahead of its 70th anniversary in late October. (Kyodo)

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MSDF training fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet -- the training ships Kashima (L) and Yamagiri, as well as the destroyer Sawayuki (R) -- returns to Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2010, wrapping up a five-month around-the-world training voyage. The fleet visited 11 countries but canceled a port call to Qingdao, China, as bilateral ties were strained due to a territorial dispute in the East China Sea. (Kyodo)

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Collision of cargo ships in Pacific

Investigators inspect the Sumiho Maru at Kashima port in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on May 27, 2019. The vessel was one of the two cargo ships that collided in the Pacific Ocean off eastern Japan the previous day, leaving one man dead and three other crew members missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2009, shows the breakwater at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, where three people believed to have been fishing on Dec. 12 have gone missing. Although the breakwater is a roped-off area, many people trespass there to go fishing. (Kyodo)

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers from police and coast guard search for three people who went missing at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2009. The three are believed to have been fishing, possibly on a breakwater, on the evening of Dec. 12. (Kyodo)

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A 69-year-old Osaka man begins solo yacht trip

Ikuo Kashima, 69, sets sail on a solitary, around-the-world yacht trip Tuesday Sept. 15 from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in Osaka Prefecture in his 13.92-ton yacht. He plans to complete the voyage without stopping at any port along the way. Kashima, the first Japanese to cross solitarily both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans more than 30 years ago, said, ''I want to show what a 70-year-old man can achieve.''