[Theoria]

Ireland is similar to the Pacific NW in regards to currents and the 'edge' of 'their' known world. Many a castaway has washed ashore.

Some of the more famous ones, or at least the ones history has 'written' down. Otokichi certainly had a interesting life. He reminds me of Cabeza de Vaca.

Japanese Castaways of 1834: The Three Kichis

Monument to the Three Kichis, Fort Vancouver, Washington, 2009

[SunkenCiv]

Otokichi yah yah yah... [/singing]

Thanks Theoria!