The Japanese cruise ship, Nippon Maru, returned Sunday to a port south of Tokyo after its final voyage to mark the end of its 35- year career, in which it carried a total of 600,000 passengers and sailed around the world.
Fans and the families of crew members gathered at a terminal in Yokohama to bid farewell and showed gratitude to the retiring 22,472-tonne ship, once considered a pioneer of Japan’s luxury cruise industry.
They waved flags and cheered as the Nippon Maru, operated by a subsidiary of Japanese shipping firm Mitsui OSK. Lines Ltd, berthed at around 8 am after having completed a three-day cruise in the Pacific off eastern Japan.At a retirement ceremony held on the rooftop of the Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal, Captain Koichi Uchida expressed his appreciation to the ship.
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