Title Graphic -1999 Expedition Tokara-
Hyouichi Kohno's Adventure Voyage
~ 1,300 km by Sea Kayak from Okinawa to Matsuyama, Ehime ~

Expedition 2001Title Contest

9/19 FINISH!!
Ehime Shinbun runs Special Report as full one page with color photos.

Map of the Expedition's wake

"Thank you everybody!!" (by Hyouichi Kohno)


1999/7/26
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Hyouichi Kohno is the first Japanese adventurer to achieve the goal of reaching the North Pole as a solo walker. Now he is starting the next stage of his dream. The first step toward this achievement is Sea Kayaking. This  adventurous voyage includes communication with the people who live in the Islands linked by the Kuroshio Current.

On this Web site, we will publish how the expedition is going. Please enjoy his expedition with him; row the kayak, meet and communicate with the islanders, and experience the cultures that call the 'Kuroshio Current area' their home..

Beginning in the middle of June to September, we will continually update these pages as the expediton progresses.

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Kohno used this CCD camera in his June 30th report.


The island's name "Tokara" is "Takara" in Japanese text and maps. But in the English maps of "Encyclopedia Britannica's World Atlas," it is printed as "Tokara." On these pages our editor will use "Takara" for Japanese but "Tokara" for English. The Japanese name "Takara-jima" mean "Treasure Island".

Hyouichi Kohno Expedition Office
102-4 Higashiishii, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-0932 JAPAN
Voice:81-89-905-1121 Fax:81-89-957-2274
h-kohno@mbf.sphere.ne.jp

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