Brazil Maru

I went to Japan on this ship in 1960. If you have sailed on her, I'd like to hear from you. boone527@yahoo.com

We either went to Japan or came back from Japan on this ship. We left for Japan in Dec. 1963 and came back to America nine months later. The other ship we were on was the Sakura Maru. My twin and I had our third birthday on the Pacific ocean. I remember sitting in a high chair, eating a half a grape fruit with sugar sprinkled on it, and big storm rolling in, breaking dishes and things. Also, the bath tub water was salt water. I also remember the bunk beds. They had a leather strap attached to an metal eyelet and one of the straps was off the eyelet and I was worried the bed would fall off. lol.

I made the previous comment and I'm adding another thought. I remember coming to our room and there were two or three Japanese women in kimonos in our room and they were just leaving. It was like they had been assigned the room before and hadn't left yet before we arrived. In looking back, that doesn't make a lot of sense as the ship would have been cleared of previous passengers and the room would have been clean. But I distinctly remember these middle-aged women in our room! I also remember that when we left Japan there were these ribbons that everyone held and threw to the people below. We would all hold on to them until the ship went far enough that the ribbons would break. It was so colorful and beautiful. I was too little to see over the railing and two sailors were standing next to me and one of them picked me up so I could see. (I was 3.)

We went to Japan in August?, 1963 I believe. what an adventure for us kids! We went through a typhoon. Also, some older kid tried to throw me overboard. I can still remember hanging over the railing seeing the waves and the deck below. A fellow missionary dad saw him and yelled at him, chased him down and hauled him off to the captain, who locked him up until we landed in Japan.

We traveled from Buenos Aries to San Francisco on the Brazil Maru in 1972. Have 8mm footage from trip. Looks like that may have been one of her last trips.

I came to Hawaii from Santos Brazil in 1970. It was an old ship but I enjoyed. I still remember going through the Panama cannal and eating hot dogs on deck. It was one of the best experience of my life, I will never forget.