Pacific Venus at the port of Yokohama	Set off from Yokohama	continue plotting	Path of the Umbral Shadow on the chart	the meeting for optimum course
the big weather mascot	the eclipse day's morning	the sunrise !	the Pacific Ocean as smooth as glass	Kita Iwo tou(Is)
We can see the sea birds	Our observation deck	set up in a hurry	the ship go toward the east	my equipment
partial eclipse begins (image of mirror pin-hole)	officer looks up at the sun	All systems go!	I lost the sun !	continue the partial eclipse
continue the partial eclipse	After observation (photo by Kazuo Shiota)	Iwo tou(Is), fierce battlefield of World War II	The Sofu Iwa	Tori Shima, nesting place of albatross
one days breakfast	Japanise foods	a dessert image of total solar eclipse	I was interviewed by NHK