| The Iwase Bunko Depository library has in its | | | | specified as 3 meters tall by 5 meters in width, had |
| ownership a record known as the Hyouryuukishuu | | | | been built from red sandalwood and metal and was |
| translated to the 'Tales of Castaways'. The document | | | | equipped with openings of glass or crystal. |
| was printed during the late Edo period which modern | | | | The mystifying characters of an unfamiliar writing |
| fans of the paranormal understand this vessel to be | | | | system were discovered etched inside the craft. |
| the 'Edo-period UFO'. | | | | Aboard the wandering vessel was a delicately |
| The evidence recorded tells the tales of Japanese | | | | decorated young lady with pale face and red |
| mariners who find themselves in unfamiliar nations | | | | eyebrows and locks. She was assessed to be amid |
| after becoming lost in the ocean, as well as castaway | | | | Eighteen and Twenty years of age. Considering that |
| visitors washed shorewards on the seashores of | | | | she uttered an unfamiliar language, those that chanced |
| Japan. To the Japanese public, who during this period | | | | upon her were incapable of determining from where |
| had existed living in a extended time of national | | | | she came. |
| seclusion, these unusual stories must have appeared | | | | In her arms, she grasped a basic timber case that |
| extremely sensational. | | | | looked to be of great importance to her, as she would |
| Together with these tales is the report of a damaged | | | | permit nobody to approach it. The highly detailed |
| ship with a extremely mystifying form. According to | | | | pictures, drawings and text are an important part of |
| the record, this large craft washed shorewards at | | | | UFO history and even today generate further interest |
| Harashagahama. The specifications of the craft, | | | | considering the clarity and definition of the material. |