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Kyoto river tour resumes after fatal boat accident

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a traditional wooden vessel moving on the Hozu River in Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture on July 17, 2023, as a popular river tour reopens following a suspension in the wake of a fatal accident in March. The accident occurred on March 28 when a boatman made a steering error and the vessel hit rocks and capsized, with all those aboard falling into the water and two boatmen left dead.

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Kyoto river tour resumes after fatal boat accident

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a traditional wooden vessel moving on the Hozu River in Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture on July 17, 2023, as a popular river tour reopens following a suspension in the wake of a fatal accident in March. The accident occurred on March 28 when a boatman made a steering error and the vessel hit rocks and capsized, with all those aboard falling into the water and two boatmen left dead.

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Kyoto river tour resumes after fatal boat accident

A traditional wooden vessel moves on the Hozu River in Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture on July 17, 2023, as a popular river tour reopens following a suspension in the wake of a fatal accident in March. The accident occurred on March 28 when a boatman made a steering error and the vessel hit rocks and capsized, with all those aboard falling into the water and two boatmen left dead.

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Kyoto river tour resumes after fatal boat accident

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a traditional wooden vessel moving on the Hozu River in Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture on July 17, 2023, as a popular river tour reopens following a suspension in the wake of a fatal accident in March. The accident occurred on March 28 when a boatman made a steering error and the vessel hit rocks and capsized, with all those aboard falling into the water and two boatmen left dead.

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Kyoto river tour resumes after fatal boat accident

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a traditional wooden vessel moving on the Hozu River in Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture on July 17, 2023, as a popular river tour reopens following a suspension in the wake of a fatal accident in March. The accident occurred on March 28 when a boatman made a steering error and the vessel hit rocks and capsized, with all those aboard falling into the water and two boatmen left dead.

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Ferry boat

A flat-bottomed ferryboat used to transport people and cargo. Two boatmen hold poles at the front and the back. The passengers all wear mage (hair tied up )so this was taken at the end of the Edo era or the beginning of the Meiji era. Location is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐19‐0]

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A yakatabune (a leisure boat)

The same photo as No.12-28. Many people are on the houseboat. Two boatmen take the helm. The other twelve may be passengers. They strike different poses, showing that this is probably a dramatized photo of a boat picnic.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐18‐0]