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Hiroshima: Race on Re-Created Pirate Boats of Murakami Suigun, Which Dominated Seto Inland Sea in Medieval Japan

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

19:25 JST, September 13, 2025

ONOMICHI, Hiroshima — A boat race was held on Innoshima Island in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, using boats re-created to look like the ones used by the Murakami Suigun, a clan of naval warriors that dominated the islands in the Seto Inland Sea during the 14th to 16th centuries.

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