Update 30 August: From Kirk Patterson – Konpira Consulting, based in Kyushu: “As it turns out, Shanshan seems not to have had any significant impact on marinas and their boats....

Typhoon Nanmadol (c) Japan Meteorological Agency Super Typhoon Nanmadol, the 14th typhoon of the year, is expected to approach southwest Japan, including Okinawa Prefecture, the Amami islands in Kagoshima Prefecture...

The Other Pacific: North of the Equator If sailors think of the Pacific idyll, it’s probably the real or an imagined Tahiti that comes to mind. At any rate, it’s...

Reprinted with permission from Konpira Consulting For many years, Japan was “terra incognita” on the world cruising map. Few cruisers came to Japan and those who did typically passed through...

The rally was established by the Japan Ocean Cruising Club in 2013, and while the years before many boats from abroad joined the rally, in 2019 we were the only...

Japan The following summarizes our notes from the 2015 cruise of Let’s Go! From Okinawa to Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan from April to June, 2015. They are an edited version of...