I took these shots from my room as we passed through the strait early this morning as the sun was rising.
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| The local pilot boat approaches our ship. |
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| The local pilot will guide us through the strait. He's getting ready to transfer over to our ship. |
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| The transfer of the pilot was a success, and the pilot boat moves on. |
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| It's a beautiful morning, and you can tell the leaves are getting ready to show amazing color. |
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| The local lighthouse has lights that show direction symbols and numbers. |
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| You can cross the strait between Honshu and Kyushu islands by bridge, ferry, or tunnel. |
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| Japan is known as the "land of the rising sun." The sun came up at 6:28am this morning, and we embarked through the strait at 6:30am. |
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| The ship began blowing its horn, and many of the local fishermen moved to make way for the Amsterdam. |
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| This city is on the Honshu side of the strait. It seems that everyone has a Ferris wheel in Japan. |
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| The Kyushu side of the strait. |
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| Boat traffic moves in an orderly fashion through the strait. |
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| I'll have to research it later, but that looks like a stadium on the Kyushu side of the strait. |
