Question: How far off shore is the island that Nichidatsu Fujii's followers began their march on?
Context: Nichidatsu Fujii (藤井 日達 , Fujii Nichidatsu , August 6, 1885 – January 9, 1985) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji order of Buddhism.  He is best known world-wide for his decision in 1947 to begin constructing Peace Pagodas in many locations around the world as shrines to world peace. Sevanavank (Armenian: Սևանավանք ; meaning "Sevan Monastery") is a monastic complex located on a peninsula at the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, not far from the town of Sevan.  Initially the monastery was built at the southern shore of a small island.  After the artificial draining of Lake Sevan, which started in the era of Joseph Stalin, the water level fell about 20 metres, and the island transformed into a peninsula.  At the southern shore of this newly created peninsula, a guesthouse of the Armenian Writers' Union was built.  The eastern shore is occupied by the Armenian president's summer residence, while the monastery's still active seminary moved to newly constructed buildings at the northern shore of the peninsula. Alcatraz Island ( ) is located in San Francisco Bay, 1.25 mi offshore from San Francisco, California, United States.  The small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison (1868), and a federal prison from 1934 until 1963.  Beginning in November 1969, the island was occupied for more than 19 months by a group of Native Americans from San Francisco, who were part of a wave of Native activism across the nation, with public protests through the 1970s.  In 1972, Alcatraz became part of a national recreation area and received designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1986. In 1981, Nichidatsu Fujii dispatched his followers to march and chant around the globe in support of the U.N. 2nd.  special session for disarmament.  In the U.S. marchers began in New Orleans, L.A. and San Francisco, in Canada marchers began in Montreal and Toronto.  The San Francisco March began on Oct. 21, 1981 with a ceremony on Alcatraz.  13 marchers, being Buddhist followers of Nipponzan-Myōhōji, Native Americans, U.S. and German citizens, began the S.F. march.  marching about 20 mile per day they were hosted each night by community groups in every town and on Native reservations.  many mayors and town councils made proclamations and such honoring the peace and disarmament marchers.  Over the course of the march citizens were moved to join.  By the time they arrived in Chicago the S.F. marchers numbered about 30.  In May 1982 the group of about 40 marchers from Toronto joined the S.F. group in Buffalo N.Y. at the International Peace Bridge doubling the size of the group.  Through the state of N.Y. 10 to 20 people joined the march daily.  When the S.F. group walked across the George Washington Bridge they numbered about 300.  The groups on other march routs also grew over the 7 months.  On June 12, 1982, in Central Park Nipponzan-Myōhōji marchers from the U.S.A., Europe, Africa, and Asia, joined with mobilization for survival organizers and religious and peace groups from around the world in a peaceful demonstration for disarmament of many million people. Nipponzan-Myōhōji-Daisanga (日本山妙法寺大僧伽 ) , often referred to as just Nipponzan Myohoji or the Japan Buddha Sangha, is a Japanese new religious movement founded in 1917 by Nichidatsu Fujii, emerging from Nichiren Buddhism.  "Nipponzan Myōhōji is a small Nichiren Buddhist order of about 1500 persons, including both monastics and lay persons."  The community reveres the "Lotus Sutra" as the highest expression of the Buddhist message. This is a list of episodes of the 2009 Japanese animated television series "White Album", based on the visual novel "White Album" by Leaf.  The episodes, produced by Seven Arcs, are directed by Akira Yoshimura, written by Hiroaki Satō, and features character design by Kō Yoshinari based on the original concept provided by Hisashi Kawata.  The story follows Tōya Fujii, a college student, and his relationship with his romantic interest and idol singer Yuki Morikawa, as well as his interactions with Yuki's senior, Rina Ogata.  The first thirteen episodes began its broadcast on January 3, 2009 on TV Kanagawa Japanese television network, and is set to conclude on March 28, 2009.  A second set of thirteen episodes was broadcast in Fall 2009.  The episodes were also aired on later dates on TV Saitama, Chiba TV, KBS Kyoto, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, and the AT-X broadcasting networks. Red Bird (c. 1788 –1828) was a leader of the Winnebago (or Ho-Chunk) Native American tribe.  He was a leader in the Winnebago War against the United States.  He was for many years one of the most friendly and trusted of the Wisconsin Native Americans.  In the late 1820s Red Bird and his followers began to grow uneasy over the encroachments of lead miners on Ho-Chunk land.  The tribe was also disturbed by the mistaken belief that two Ho-Chunk had been put to death at Fort Snelling in 1826 for a murder they did not commit.  Near Prairie du Chien on June 28, 1827, Red Bird and three companions followed the Indian code of revenge and under the influence of liquor murdered Registre Gagnier and Solomon Lipcap and seriously injured Gagnier's infant daughter.  They fled after Gagnier's wife and son escaped and gave the alarm in Prairie du Chien. Bhadant Nagarjun Arya Surai SASAI (佐々井 秀嶺 , Sasai Shūrei ) (born as Minoru SASAI (佐々井 実 , "Sasai Minoru" ) ), popularly known as "Sasai," is a Japanese-born buddhist monk who later chose India as his home.  Sasai came to India in 1966 and met Nichidatsu Fujii, whom he helped with the Peace Pagoda at Rajgir.  He fell out with Fuji, however, but he related that on his return journey he was stopped by a dream in which a figure resembling Nagarjuna appeared and said, "Go to Nagpur".  In Nagpur, he met Wamanrao Godbole, the person who had organized the conversion ceremony for Dr. Ambedkar in 1956.  Sasai claims that when he saw a photograph of Dr. Ambedkar at Godbole's home, he realized that Ambedkar had appeared in his dream.  At first, Nagpur residents considered Surai Sasai very strange.  Then he began to greet them with "Jai Bhim" (victory to Ambedkar) and to build viharas.  In 1987, a court case to deport him for overstaying his visa was dismissed.  He was granted Indian citizenship, which cost him his Japanese citizenship.  Sasai is one of the main leaders of the campaign to free the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya from Hindu control. Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling or Darjeeling Peace Pagoda is one of the Peace Pagodas designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds to help unite them in their search for world peace.  It is located in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.  Like most of the other Peace Pagodas, it was built under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujii (1885–1985), a Buddhist monk from Japan and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist Order. A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa; a monument to inspire peace, designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds, and to help unite them in their search for world peace.  Most (though not all) peace pagodas built since World War II have been built under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujii (1885–1985), a Buddhist monk from Japan and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist Order.  Fujii was greatly inspired by his meeting with Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 and decided to devote his life to promoting non-violence.  In 1947, he began constructing Peace Pagodas as shrines to world peace.
Answer: 1.25 mi offshore