Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama

Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama. . (This monument is made up of three plaques. The first plaque is on the front.) , This monument is dedicated to the fifteen young men from Yawatahama, Japan who sailed 11,000 kilometers across the Pacific in a 15 meter wooden boat to realize their vision of coming to America, landing at Point Arena on August 13, 1913. Their dream and courage continued to be a source of inspiration and a foundation of the friendship between the people of Yawatahama and Point Arena., Raven B. Earlygrow , Mayor, City of Point Arena, (Plaque on the top of the monument:) , Young Japanese men left a small city called Yawatahama in Japan heading to the United States with a small fishing boat called Utase Bune in 1913. , Entrusting their dreams and hopes to a compass..., (Plaque on the side of the monument:) , Courageous men who traveled with Utase Bune , Maanamura Nishiuwagun Ehime prefecture Tomesaburo Ueno 44 years , Same as above Kikumatsu Ueno 51 years , Same as above Heisuke Ishida 49 years , Same as above Tadashi Ishida 26 years , Same as above Yashichi Ueno 25 years , Same as above Kantaro Nakai 34 years , Same as above Kunimatsu Matsuda 29 years , Kawakamimura Nishiuwagun Ehime prefecture Iwasuke Yamauchi 39 years , Same as above Otoharu Hagimori 24 years , Same as above Kojiro Nakoaka 33 years , Same as above Shigematsu Sakita 26 years , Same as above Yaemon Nakaoka 24 years , Same as above Yoshihiro Yano 24 years , Tenshinmura Kitagun Ehime prefecture Harutaro Okano 35 years , Uchiumimura Minamiuwagun Ehime prefecture Kyutaro Matsumoto 39 years , Above are 15 spirited people