JAPAN: JAPANESE FLOATING FAIR MADE READY FOR WORLD VOYAGE.

Record ID: 468853

  • Title: JAPAN: JAPANESE FLOATING FAIR MADE READY FOR WORLD VOYAGE.
  • Date: 31st October 1962
  • Summary: 1. GV. THE "SAKURA MARU". 0.04 2. SV. SHIP'S NAME. 0.06 3. GV. SIDE OF SHIP WITH 'JAPANESE INDUSTRY' SIGN. 0.09 4. MV. PAINTER AT WORK. 0.12 5. MV. SIGN "WHEEL HOUSE" TILT TO GV OF WHEELHOUSE. 0.16 6. GTV PAN..RECEPTION HALL. 0.22 7. GTV PAN..CONTINUATION OF ABOVE. 0.30 8. MV. SIGN "ESCALATOR". 0.31 9.
  • Embargoed: 15th November 1962 12:00
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  • Location: KOBE, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVA8HFLI8RWEE95ZTI2NOKKEUS6T
  • Story Text: THE WORLD'S FIRST FLOATING FAIR, THE JAPANESE EXHIBITION SHIP "SAKURA MARU", IS NEARLY READY TO SAIL FROM THE KOBE SHIPYARDS WHERE SHE WAS BUILT. HUNDREDS OF WORKMEN ARE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO HER INTERIOR DECORATIONS.

    MEASURING MORE THAN 500 FEET FROM BOW TO STERN, THE 12,200 - TON VESSEL ACCOMMODATES 152 PASSENGERS AND 430 EXHIBITION STANDS. IT WILL BE USED BY THE JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL FLOATING FAIR ASSOCIATION, A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY, TO PROMOTE THE EXPORT OF JAPANESE GOODS.

    TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM SPACE FOR TRADE EXHIBITS, THE "SAKURA MARU" HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH HER ENGINE ROOM AND STACK AT THE STERN. THIS LEAVES THE MIDSHIPS SECTION FREE FOR A LARGE EXHIBITION HALL, A LOUNGE, CONFERENCE ROOM, OFFICES AND A RECEPTION HALL COMPLETE WITH STAGE AND FILM PROJECTION FACILITIES. THE RECEPTION HALL HAS SEATS FOR 500 PEOPLE AND A JAPANESE GARDEN AND TEA HOUSE BUILT ON TO IT.

    FOR THE TIME BEING, THE FLOATING FAIR IS SCHEDULED TO CALL AT AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND PORTS. LATER, THE "SAKURA MARU" WILL MAKE HER WAY AROUND THE GLOBE ON HER SALES TOURS, DISPLAYING JAPAN'S PRODUCTS TO POTENTIAL BUYERS EVERYWHERE. WITH HER MODERN FACILITIES AND THE WIDE RANGE OF HER EXHIBITS, THE "SAKURA MARU" IS A FAR CRY FROM THE SQUARE-RIGGERS THAT USED TO SAIL FROM ENGLAND AND AMERICA TO DISPLAY MERCHANDISE ON THEIR WOODEN DECKS TO PEOPLE IN FOREIGN PARTS.
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