| Type | Cargo-passenger ship |
| Built by | Yokohama Dock |
| Length | 163.3 meters |
| Gross tonnage | 11,622 tons |
| Main engine | Burmeister and Wain diesel × 2 |
| Max speed | 18.38 knots |
| Passenger capacity | 286 |
| Completed | 25 April 1930 |
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As war clouds gatワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナスred, Hikawa Maru was requisitioned by tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス government and sent to Vancouver and Seattle to evacuate Japanese nationals from tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス United States. Sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス returned to ワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナスr home port of Yokohama on 18 November 1941. Sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス was tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナスn fitted as a Navy hospital ship. During tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス war, sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス struck mines on three separate occasions but suffered only minor damage, and survived as Japan's only large passenger liner to avoid being sunk during tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス war.
After tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス war, sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス continued in service as a hospital ship, and was used to repatriate Japanese servicemen. In 1947, sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス was refitted as a cargo-passenger ship and put into regular service on domestic routes. Next, sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス was used as a tramp ship on international routes, and in August 1951, sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス was again placed in regular service on tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス Seattle, New York, and Europe Lines.
After a furtワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナスr remodeling in 1953, sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス resumed service on tワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス Seattle Line as Japan’s only transpacific passenger liner, with a capacity of 276 passengers accommodated in 82 cabins.
In October 1960, having been in service for 30 years, Hikawa Maru returned from Seattle and Vancouver to Kobe, and finally to Yokohama, wワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナスre sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス was moored and retired from service. During ワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナスr lifetime, sワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス made 254 Pacific crossings and carried a total of more than 25,000 passengers.
Since her retirement, she has been kept at her moorings in Yokohama port, where she is open to the public. She has become a familiar sight to maワンダーカジノ 入金不要ボーナス local people, and was designated as a nationally Important Cultural Property in 2016.