A procession walks along Kanmon Strait with the Kanmon Bridge in the background, in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on August 24.
15:29 JST, September 7, 2024
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi — A replica of a ship used for Korean diplomatic missions to Japan during the Edo period (1603-1867) recently made port calls in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, one of the ports visited at the time.
The crew of the replica ship then reenacted a procession of diplomatic missions sent by the Joseon Dynasty in August, which was applauded by the audience.
A replica of the Korean delegation’s ship is on display in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on August 21.
The restored ship is a 27-meter-long wooden diesel ship with a 22-meter-high sailing mast, built in 2018 by South Korea’s National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage. It made its first visit to Japan in August 2023 when it stopped in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture.
This year the ship has visited Tsushima, Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture and Ainoshima in Fukuoka Prefecture, all of which were once ports of call for the delegation.
On August 24 and 25, the crew took part in the Bakan Festival in Shimonoseki, where about 200 residents of the city and Busan, South Korea, dressed up in costumes of envoys and samurai and paraded through the area playing Korean folk instruments.
