STS "Akogare" Osaka/Busan Youth Exchange
In commemoration of the Year of Japan-Korea National Exchange in 2002, "Akogare" will make a round trip to Busan, Korea, one of the sister ports to Osaka, taking Korean, Japanese and Korean residents in Japan.

STS "Akogare" World Sail 2000
At the dawn of a new millennium, STS "Akogare" completed an east-bound circumnavigation via Europe, which was the first for a Japanese tall ship.