In 1803 a woman in a strange round vessel washed ashore in Japan

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The Utsuro-bune (”hollow boat”) was an object that “allegedly washed ashore in 1803 in Hitachi province on the eastern coast of Japan.” According to the legend, “a young woman aged between 18 and 20 arrived aboard the ‘hollow b…