is a Japanese training sailing ship operated by the National Institute for Sea Training out of

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. She was built by

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, and was launched on 15 February 1984, with her commissioning occurring on 16 September. She was built as a replacement for the 1930-built barque ''Nippon Maru''. ''Nippon Maru'' is long, with a beam of and a draft of . Her

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is 2,891. She is rigged as a four-masted

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, with a sail area of , and has two 1,500-horsepower diesel engines for auxiliary functions. She has a crew complement of 70, with a training complement of 120 trainees.

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