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Kaiwo Maru II (Wallpaper 2)
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Kaiwo Maru II is a regular participant in international tall ship gatherings such as Operation Sail and is a multiple winner of the Boston Teapot Trophy. In 2010, Kaiwo Maru II visited San Francisco, California to commemorate the 1860 voyage of the Kanrin Maru, the first Japanese ship to officially visit the United States. About 90% of the journey was made under sail, and they brought one passenger, a retired businessman who is descended from one of the original Kanrin Maru crew members. In March 2011, Kaiwo Maru II was on a voyage from Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii when an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. She was subsequently diverted to Ōkuma, Fukushima where she served as accommodation for workers tackling the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. Kaiwo Maru was a Japanese training tall ship. She was launched on February 14, 1930. Sails were removed between 1943 and 1955. She retired on September 16, 1989 and she is exhibited in Kaiwo Maru Park, Imizu, Toyama36°46′48″N 137°06′37″E / 36.78008°N 137.110139°E / 36.78008; 137.110139.