41° 46' N and 140° 44' E: Hakodate Harbour, Hokkaido

On this voyage the C. W. Morgan spent ten days at Hakodate harbor in Japan where they painted and cleaned the ship. Hakodate harbor was the first harbor built on Hokkaido, and was opened to foreign trade in 1854. Hakodate harbor has a humid subtropical climate but is close to an oceanic climate, and a humid continental climate and as a result winters are cold and summers are warm. As whalers traveled to northern Japan and Siberia for whaling the Japanese found it harder to supply the boats, and return stranded sailors. Japanese officials would take stranded sailors into custody until they could be sent home. Many died from harsh condition and lack of food and water and some were even accused of being spies due to attempts to escape custody.

Source: "Hakodate, Hokkaido." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Oct. 2014. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.