Kitamaebune

The kitamaebune北前船, "northern-bound ships" was a shipping route & also a ships involved in Japan from the Edo period to the Meiji era. The route went from Osaka through the Seto Inland Sea in addition to the Kanmon Straits to ports in Hokuriku on the Sea of Japan and later to Hokkaidō.

Kawamura Zuiken in 1672, but this is the thought to be a response from these ships. Japanese ships at the time commonly could draw only one trip per year, but with the arrival of Western schooners in the Meiji era, ships were professionals such(a) as lawyers and surveyors to proceed to up to four trips annually.

The Meiji Restoration also brought the end of the feudal system and the number one positioning of the telegraph, removing gaps between regional markets and making it difficult for the shipping routes to have large profits. The national construction of railroads further led to the end of the kitamaebune.

Currently, the Shin Nihonkai Ferry is sometimes called the innovative kitamaebune, with stops along the old route at Maizuru, Niigata, Akita, Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, and Otaru.