HIKAWA MARU 4K Sneak Peek (A Quick Visit To The Historic Japanese Liner)

In June of 2024, I made my first visit to Japan in nearly 30 years with the prime objective of revisiting the magnificent HIKAWA MARU, a beautiful Japanese combiliner that was built in 1930 for NYK Lines Yokohama to Seattle service. Along with the QUEEN MARY in Long Beach, the ROTTERDAM in Rotterdam and the QE2 in Dubai, the HIKAWA MARU is one of only four succssfully preserved ocean liners in existence. She is also the only Japanese ocean liner left from the nation's vast pre-war fleet and her Art Deco interiors were created by Marc Simon, a prominent French designer who worked on the ILE DE FRANCE and NORMANDIE, among other legendary ships. In this five minute video, I take you through some of the HIKAWA MARU's highlights but barely scratch the surface of what lies in store when I do a full Decked! top-to-bottom history and tour of the ship soon. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this soupcon of one of the world's wonder ships. Please, in the meantime, if you have not yet already done so, subscribe to this channel and thank you for your support. Artlist music used: "Taiyo Sun" by Ian Post. Very special thanks to Frank Wolthius for the more dynamic thumbnail! #nykhikawamaru #hikawamaru #oceanliner #classicliner #artdeco #marcsimon