NIPPON MARU Beached at Alang, India
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For 35 years, she was a symbol of elegance, discovery, and Japanese hospitality. But today, the story of Nippon Maru reaches its final chapter.
The legendary cruise ship, once a pioneer for the Japanese domestic market, has arrived at the shores of Alang, India, where she will now be dismantled.
The Nippon Maru may be destined for the shipbreakers, but her legacy as a pioneer of Japanese cruising remains secure.
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For 35 years, she was a symbol of elegance, discovery, and Japanese hospitality. But today, the story of the NIPPON MARU reaches its final chapter. The legendary cruise ship, once a pioneer for the Japanese domestic market, has arrived at the shores of Alang, India, where she will now be dismantled. Born in 1990 at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Kobe, the NIPPON MARU wasnโt just a vessel; she was a trailblazer. In an era when the Japanese cruise industry was just finding its feet, she set the standard. With her classic design and distinctive red funnel, she became a familiar and beloved sight in ports across Japan and beyond. Her statistics are staggering. Over three and a half decades, this ship completed more than 2,000 voyages and hosted over 600,000 passengers. She traveled an incredible 2.8 million nautical milesโthe equivalent of circling the Earth 133 times. Whether visiting hidden gems in smaller ports or major international destinations, she connected generations of travelers to the wonders of the sea Photo credit: By ใใใใจ in the Wikipedia in JapaneseThis photo was taken with โCanon EOS M100 - Self-photographed(original source on jawp: ja:File:Dainikaidaikaisougonipponmaru.jpg), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92423000 By 663highland - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22996750 By ๆฌ่ถ - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26059444 By Steven Byles from Yokohama, Japan - Nippon Maru, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=131749806 By ใพใ - ๆ็จฟ่ ใๆฎๅฝฑใ, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3149544 By Ootahara - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23096533 By Qqz65bb59 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59075192 #cruiseship #ship #lost #lostplace #oldship #travel #japan #japanese #japantravel #traveljapan #alang