Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama

Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama (HM17P2)

Location: Point Arena, CA 95468 Mendocino County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 54.871', W 123° 42.596'

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Inscription
(This monument is made up of three plaques. The first plaque is on the front.)

This monument is dedicated to the fifteen young men from Yawatahama, Japan who sailed 11,000 kilometers across the Pacific in a 15 meter wooden boat to realize their vision of coming to America, landing at Point Arena on August 13, 1913. Their dream and courage continued to be a source of inspiration and a foundation of the friendship between the people of Yawatahama and Point Arena.

Raven B. Earlygrow
Mayor, City of Point Arena

(Plaque on the top of the monument:)
Young Japanese men left a small city called Yawatahama in Japan heading to the United States with a small fishing boat called Utase Bune in 1913.
Entrusting their dreams and hopes to a compass...

(Plaque on the side of the monument:)
Courageous men who traveled with Utase Bune
Maanamura Nishiuwagun Ehime prefecture Tomesaburo Ueno 44 years
Same as above Kikumatsu Ueno 51 years
Same as above Heisuke Ishida 49 years
Same as above Tadashi Ishida 26 years
Same as above Yashichi Ueno 25 years
Same as above Kantaro Nakai 34 years
Same as above Kunimatsu Matsuda 29 years
Kawakamimura Nishiuwagun Ehime prefecture Iwasuke Yamauchi 39 years
Same as above Otoharu Hagimori 24 years
Same as above Kojiro Nakoaka 33 years
Same as above Shigematsu Sakita 26 years
Same as above Yaemon Nakaoka 24 years
Same as above Yoshihiro Yano 24 years
Tenshinmura Kitagun Ehime prefecture Harutaro Okano 35 years
Uchiumimura Minamiuwagun Ehime prefecture Kyutaro Matsumoto 39 years
Above are 15 spirited people
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HM NumberHM17P2
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Date Added Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 7:38pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 438451 N 4307530
Decimal Degrees38.91451667, -123.70993333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 54.871', W 123° 42.596'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 54' 52.26" N, 123° 42' 35.76" W
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Area Code(s)707
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 797 Port Rd, Point Arena CA 95468, US
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