Welcome aboard the Web Site of Ships!
This web
site is written in English & Japanese.
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and Japanese Language Support.
You can acquire information on all Japanese ferries and cruise ships through this web site.
INDEX
Links to Ferries, Cruise Ships
& Ports
Links to ship lovers' web sites
Links to maritime organizations
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This web site is maintained by Tsuyoshi Ishiyama.
If you have any information on ferries or cruise ships, please let me know.
This music is "UMI" (The Sea).
This web site is born on July 1,1999.
| The Shape of Japan
JAPAN Japan is an island nation surrounded by the sea. It is an arc- shaped archipelago that expands a long way from northeast to southwest. The four islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu are the main islands. The population of Japan is over 120,000,000, the ninth largest in the world. Japan's transportation system is so well developed that it is so easy and safe to travel in the country.
NATIONAL FLAG (HINOMARU ) The Japanese national flag ( hinomaru ) has a red circle on a white backgrand. It was used by merchant ships to identify themselves as being of Japanese nationality during the Edo period ( 1603-1868 ). Japan ( Nippon ) means" The land of the rising sun", so the red circle is a symbol of the rising sun. UMI NO HI (The Third Monday of July) UMI NO HI ( Marine Day ) is a day to be thankful for the blessings of the sea, and to express wishes for the prosperity of Japan as a country surrounded by the sea. It is one of national holidays in Japan. JAPANESE LANGUAGE Japanese language consists of three kinds of alphabets: Kanji (the ideographic Chinese characters ),Hiragana and Katakana ( the phonetic characters ). To read a newspaper, one must know 1,945 commonly used Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana, along with the English alphabet.:-o
LINKS Guide
to Japan Gate39.
com Japanese
Language and Culture Network Japan
Today The Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet
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