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Montevideo Maru (Japanese: もんてびでお丸) was a merchant ship of the Empire of Japan. Launched in 1926, it was pressed into service as a military transport during World War II .
The myth of Hakudo Maru, a celestial being that came to earth and taught humans how to build ships. It is said that the name maru is attached to a ship to secure celestial protection for itself as it travels. For the past few centuries, only non-warships bore the -maru ending. Its use was intended as a good hope naming convention that would ...
Maru obi (丸帯, "one-piece obi ") is the most formal type of women's obi, though all but obsolete today. It is made from cloth about 68 cm wide [21] and is folded around a double lining and sewn together. Maru obi were at their most popular during the Taishō and Meiji periods. [16]
Nisshin Maru No. 2 In 1957, Taiyo Gyogoy purchased Abraham Larsen (23,326 tons) from the Republic of South Africa, fitted it out and renamed it Nisshin Maru No. 2 (27,035 tons). [11] Nisshin Maru No.2 was the first ship to be decommissioned as a whaling factory from the beginning of the 1965/66 season, and worked thereafter as the mother ship ...
Tatsuta Maru (龍田丸), was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki , Japan . The vessel was named after Tatsuta Jinja an important Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture .
Maruchan (マルちゃん, Maru-chan) is a brand of instant ramen noodles, cup noodles, and Yakisoba produced by Toyo Suisan of Tokyo, Japan.The Maruchan brand is used for noodle products in Japan and as the operating name for Toyo Suisan's division in the United States, Maruchan Inc.
Shinshū Maru (神州丸 or 神洲丸) was a ship of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. She was the world's first landing craft carrier ship to be designed as such, and a pioneer of modern-day amphibious assault ships. [1] During some of her operations, she was known to have used at least four cover names, R1, GL, MT, and Ryujo Maru.
The Kamikawa Maru-class cargo ship (神川丸型貨物船, Kamikawa Maru-gata Kamotsusen) was a type of cargo ship of Japan, serving during the 1930s and World War II. Four of the five ships of the class were converted to seaplane tenders during the war.