page_title: Asama Maru
hierarchical_section_title: Asama Maru
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the NYK Line ship Asama Maru, 1930s postcard 日本語: 日本郵船『浅間丸』
context_page_description: Asama Maru was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was named after an important Shinto shrine.
  Asama Maru set a record of her maiden voyage to California, and surpassed this record on her fourth voyage from Yokohama to San Francisco.
context_section_description: Asama Maru (浅間丸, Asama maru) was a Japanese  ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK).  The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was named after an important Shinto shrine.
  Asama Maru set a record of her maiden voyage to California, and surpassed this record on her fourth voyage from Yokohama to San Francisco.
caption: Asama Maru in a 1930s postcard
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