Colorful tourists include a few dogs on Ogasawara Maru ship

おしゃれな日本の観光客が多いです。小笠原丸に乗っていた犬もリボンを着けています。

 

I love how well dressed Japanese tourists are. Even the dog is wearing a bow.

Unfortunately, on both the outbound and return ship, the weather was too rough for the early morning captain’s tour. We’ll have to go another time to catch the tour.

Matching camera and photographer camo raincoats

大きいカメラとカメラマンは同じカモフラージュのレインコートを着ています。

These guys were prepared for cold weather, and spent hours monitoring the sea for birds, dolphins, and whales.

Rough seas with no land in sight

外洋にいることは、不思議な気持ちです。人によって、船の旅はきびしそうです。

It’s a strange feeling to be in the open sea. In my opinion, only 4 or 5 hours were truly difficult out of the 50 hour round trip voyage. Others have different experiences, even on the same boat.

Leaving Tokyo, the view through a gauzy cabin curtain

都市に出るとき、わくわくします。小さな部屋から、東京湾の風景が見えます。

Leaving the metropolis produces feeling of excitement, and some trepidation about a 25 hour boat trip. At least we were in a 4 person room with a table, chairs bolted to the floor, and bunk beds.