Blog post | 19-02-2018 | Leon Derksen
It was finally time to visit the place where the Kanrin Maru had wrecked some 147 years ago: Saraki Misaki itself. With Mr. ...
Blog post | 12-01-2018 | Leon Derksen
In an introduction, the Society told us they were established 20 years ago to emphasise the historical heritage of the Kanrin ...
Blog post | 09-09-2018 | Leon Derksen
From 7 to 9 September 2018, the Maritime Programme and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology conducted a dive survey ...
Blog post | 11-12-2017 | Leon Derksen
The project team consisted of prof. dr. Akifumi Iwabuchi and 3rd-year underwater archaeology student Hiromu Akamatsu, both of ...
Blog post | 22-12-2017 | Leon Derksen
The previous blog ended with Mr. Yoshida informing the project team of the locations of a number of shipwrecks, including two ...
Blog post | 05-01-2018 | Leon Derksen
With the information brought to us by Mr. Yoshida in our last blog post, we finally come to discussing the alleged anchor of the ...
Blog post | 02-03-2018 | Leon Derksen
Looking back, our trip to Hokkaido in November 2017 has been a great way to see how the story of a Dutch-made vessel has become ...
Blog post | 19-11-2017 | Leon Derksen
The story of the Kanrin Maru begins in 1853. At the time, the shogunate (then ruling military government of Japan) ordered a ...
