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Otaru

American  
[aw-tah-roo] / ˈɔ tɑˌru /

noun

  1. a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.


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The Suiso Frontier, the ship Granholm toured Friday as it was docked in the port of Otaru, is the world’s only liquefied hydrogen marine carrier.

From Washington Times Apr. 14, 2023

In the north, the 184-passenger Hanseatic from Hapag Lloyd will ship out for coastal Siberia in May on a 17-day trip from Shanghai to Otaru, Japan.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2014

Miyoshi's rehearsals began in the green hill town of Otaru, on the big northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, high above Otaru Bay.

From Time Magazine Archive

After V-J day, when American ships appeared in Otaru Bay, things began to look up again.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dazzled by its blinding brilliance, our people could not see where they were going; and instead of reaching her appointed station in the harbour, the Otaru dashed at full speed upon the rocks.

From Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Lumley, Savile

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