SHARI, Hokkaido More than a year after the deadly sinking of a pleasure boat in rough seas, tour boat operators here resumed cruises to Cape Shiretoko on the same route taken by the ill-fated Kazu I.
A salvage firm has successfully raised a sunken tour boat to the sea surface off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido, according to NHK World-Japan. The "KAZU I" sightseeing boat sank on April 23 off the peninsula with 26 people on board
The Japan Coast Guard plans to restart the salvage operation of the sunken tour boat Kazu I from scratch after the vessel dropped even deeper into the sea during the first attempt.
Much to the shock of the family members of the missing passengers and crew members of the sunken tour boat Kazu I, an operation to salvage the vessel proved unsuccessful.