Hakuho-Maru: the journey is over

The port of Maizuru. This city was not damaged by American bombs; next to modern construction sites, you can see old Japanese houses with tiled roofs.


The aft wheelhouse, from which the vessel and winches are operated while working with heavy equipment. A television camera is visible, allowing the navigator on the bridge to see the work on the stern of the winch control panel, communication facilities on the ship and a TV, on the screen of which the devices lowered from the stern boom into the water are clearly visible.


Underwater earthquake on May 9, 1969, at about 02 hours Japanese time. The recording was made by a bottom seismograph south-east of the Samara Strait during the expedition to the Hakuho Maru.


Not far from Maizuru is the famous "Bridge of the Gods" — Amanohashidate. It is a narrow (sometimes less than 100 m) sand spit overgrown with pine trees. The shores of the spit are eroding from the sea, and they have to be reinforced. Every Japanese aspires to visit this beautiful nature reserve.


The Soviet port of Nakhodka greeted us with sunny weather. All the participants of the flight got acquainted with the city and its surroundings, and in the evening they had a rest at the sailors' club. The Japanese took Russian souvenirs with them: Khokhloma bowls, cups, spoons, balalaika dolls, matryoshka dolls, cigarettes and pleasant memories of the city, its inhabitants and their hospitality.


The voyage ended, the ship returned to Tokyo, and we set off on a short overland trip across the country. I managed to visit various scientific organizations (the Institutes of Oceanology and Earthquakes at the University of Tokyo, the Geological Survey of Japan), as well as the ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto. A ride on the express train, traveling at a speed of about 200 km / h, leaves an unforgettable impression. Due to the fact that the railway mostly runs along an embankment high above the ground, the speed is almost not felt. The rural areas of the country are very interesting with countless squares of rice fields, where the planting of seedlings was just finishing.


Small villages with a very peculiar architecture of wooden buildings, unusual compared to the huge reinforced concrete and glass buildings of cities. Forested mountain slopes, bamboo groves. In places, the road runs along the coast, and from here you can see small bays, islands and the calm surface of the sea stretching into the distance.


Many cities in Japan, including Tokyo, were severely damaged by American bombing during the war, but Kyoto remained untouched. Therefore, all the ancient temples and palaces have been preserved here, which attract numerous tourists from all over the world. Kyoto is home to the famous Golden and Silver Pavilions, the Imperial Palace, and many temples. There are two large universities in the city — public and private, and an observatory.


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