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Koshin Maru Japan: The 5,192-ton cargo ship which was either driven ashore or sunk by a tsunami. [37] Kyotoku Maru No. 18 Japan: The 60-metre (200 ft) fishing vessel was driven 500 metres (1,600 ft) (or 500 yards, 460 m) ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma. The vessel was later scrapped, beginning September 2013. [38] [39] [40] Kyotoku Maru No. 81 ...
Meisho (名所, lit. ' famous places ' ) originally referred to sites in Japan famous for their associations with specific poetic or literary references. With the development of woodblock printing and newer styles of tourism during the Edo period , the term came to denote a wider range of places of interest.
CHERRY HILL – A motorist died in a predawn crash on Route 38 on Sunday. The driver, whose name was not released, was in a vehicle that left the highway shortly before 4:10 a.m., according to New ...
D.C. firefighters said a vehicle plunged into the Potomac River after being involved in a crash the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Police are investigating whether wintry weather played a role in the ...
A man whose wife was on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. has revealed the final text he received from her before the crash.. On ...
Tōya Maru (洞爺丸) was a Japanese train ferry constructed by Japanese National Railways (JNR) which sank during Typhoon Marie, known locally as the Tōya Maru Typhoon, [1] in the Tsugaru Strait between the Japanese islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū on September 26, 1954. JNR announced in September 1955 that 1,153 people aboard were killed in ...
Scene from the Edo meisho Zue depicting Suruga-chō, illustration by Hasegawa Settan Scene of Nihonbashi area Scene of Fudo Waterfall. Edo meisho zue (江戸名所図会, "Guide to famous Edo sites") is an illustrated guide describing famous places, called meisho, and depicting their scenery in pre-1868 Tokyo, then known as Edo.