1 body, another crewman found after sinking of freighter

1 body, another crewman found after sinking of freighter

TOBA, Japan - Coast Guard members examine a rescue raft belonging to the South Korean freighter Zenith Light, which sank in the Pacific Ocean off Mie Prefecture on Feb. 14, at Toba Port in the prefecture on Feb. 15.

1 body, another crewman found after sinking of freighter

1 body, another crewman found after sinking of freighter

TOBA, Japan - Coast Guard members examine a rescue raft belonging to the South Korean freighter Zenith Light, which sank in the Pacific Ocean off Mie Prefecture on Feb. 14, at Toba Port in the prefecture on Feb. 15. (Kyodo)

View of Toba Port from Mt. Hiyori

View of Toba Port from Mt. Hiyori

Taken from an angle slightly to the left compared to the photo numbered 2043 [Cabinet Number46‐137‐0].==Date:unknown, Place:Mie, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐136‐0]

View of Toba Port from Mt. Hiyori

View of Toba Port from Mt. Hiyori

Taken from an angle slightly to the right compared to the photo numbered 2042 [Cabinet Number46‐136‐0].==Date:unknown, Place:Mie, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐137‐0]

Boat and sailors in matoyo beach

Boat and sailors in matoyo beach

Matoya Bay is located at the central east part of Shima Peninsula. It is carved deeply from east to west and is said to be second only to Toba Harbour. It was used frequently as a waiting port for winds during the era of sailing boats. Along the bay are two story clap board houses. A boat with three sailors is pulled to the shore. In the background, a sailor sits on a pole usually used to dry fishnets.==Date:unknown, Place:Mie, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐47‐0]

Bentenjima island at tomonotsu,bingo

Bentenjima island at tomonotsu,bingo

Tomo, located to the south of Fukuyama, prospered as an important port for sea traffic from the Nara Period. Sensui, Benten, and Kogo islands were praised as The Most Scenic Places in Japan by Korean messenger Lee Bang Eon during the Edo Period. The toba stones erected in 1271 and Benten-do are visible on Benten Island in the centre of the photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:Hiroshima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐38‐0]

2 jellyfish belonging to new family found in Mie Pref.

2 jellyfish belonging to new family found in Mie Pref.

TSU, Japan - The photo shows one of two jellyfish belonging to a new family which were found at Toba Port, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, by Takushi Horita, researcher at Toba Aquarium, in 1992, and given the scientific name Lobato lampea tetragona. The marine coelenterate has four gonads, half the usual number in jellyfish. The photo was released by Toba Aquarium on Oct. 2, the first time a picture of the jellyfish has been released.