Kushimoto, Wakayama
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Kushimoto is a coastal town located in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 15,192 in 8354 households and a population dens
Kushimoto Town Hall
Shionomisaki Southernmost Point Park
Hashigui-iwa
Ertuğrul Memorial
Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul
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Ertuğrul, launched in 1863, was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage to Japan in 1890, she encountered a typhoon off the Kushimoto coast of Wakayama Prefecture
Kushimoto, Wakayama
…was established on April 1, 1889, within Nishimuro District, Wakayama with the creation of the modern municipalities system. On September 16, 1890, the Ertuğrul incident occurred, in which an Imperial Ottoman Navy frigate on a goodwill visit to Japan floundered in a typhoon off of Kushimoto with great loss of life…
Voyage of frigate Ertuğrul to Japan, by Major general Osman Nuri Pasha (1839-1906).
Ertuğrul
Head of the navy, Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha
The crew of Frigate Ertuğrul, Middle: Rear Admiral Ali Osman Pasha