(updated May 12) Schedules updated.
Contact: Hokule'a welcoming project headquarters at Hiroshima "Shiawase no hoshi Hokule'a Kai"
(in Japan Sailing Federation Hiroshima branch office)
secretary: Okita Yuzo
Tel：082-296-7725 Fax：082-233-3529
E-mail:hyacht-f@kind.ocn.ne.jp
http://www.pref.hiroshima.jp/soumu/kokuki/hokulea/index.html
May 22
AM: Hokule’a departs Mukuno harbor at Oshima
PM: Hokule’a arrives Miyajima (Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima). Crewmembers will visit Itsukusima-Jinja (UNESCO World Heritage Shinto shrine about maritime affair).
May 23
AM: Hokule’a departs Miyajima, then arrives Kan-non Marina (Hiroshima City). Canoes, yachts and Utasebune (a kind of Japanese traditional sailing ship for fishing) will greet Hokule’a on the sea. Then welcome ceremony will be held at the marina.
PM: Crewmembers will visit Hiroshima Peace Site and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Night: Reception at the marina. Anyone can join this.
May 24
9:00-17:00 Canoe Tour
Crew Holiday
May 25
9:00-17:00 Canoe Tour
PM: Workshop at Kokutaiji High School and Sanyo Jogakuen Women’s High School
May 26
9:00-17:00 Canoe Tour
AM: Crewmembers will visit Hatsukaichi Gallery.
13:30-15:30 Nainoa Thompson Lecture at Hiroshima Children’s Museum.
*This museum has the planetarium and now screening the museum’s original program “The Adventure of Hokule’a”. This program is based on Will Kyselka’s book “An Ocean in Mind” and advised by Kato Kosei.
May 27
Hokule’a departs to Uwajima.
A call for volunteer started at April 27 (contact the headquarters below).
Contact: Hokule'a Welcoming Project Headquarters "Shiawase no hoshi Hokule'a kai"
TEL：082－296-7725
