1803-02-22•Pre-1900•Harayadori Coast, Hitachi Province (modern Kamisu, Ibaraki)•Japan

Utsuro-bune / Hollow Ship of Japan

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WITNESSES
12
SHAPE
disc
COORDINATES
35.7400, 140.8300

Historians generally treat the account as Edo-period folklore, possibly inspired by a foreign woman adrift in a round vessel. SOURCE →

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