


Japanese Castaways in the Northwest
True tales from the most interesting place on earth.
Japanese Castaways in the Northwest
Season 4 Episode 2 | 4m 24s | CC
For centuries, there is evidence that Japanese vessels have washed up on the Washington coast. Evidence exists in finds of iron tools in pre-contact archaeological sites. But probably the most dramatic was the arrival of three survivors of a drifting junk from Japan in the 1840s.
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