No, not Santa Claus. The Kaiwo Maru is a training vessel for students from universities across Japan who are planning a maritime career. It's docked at the pier at the end of our island for the Christmas/New Years season. While the rivers to the north, south and east of Harumi are narrow and there are bridges joining them to other islands, to the west of Harumi is an expanse that opens onto Tokyo Bay, so we are looking northwest in this picture. You can take a look at the area through Google Maps:http://maps.google.ca/maps?rlz=1T4TSCA_enCA441CA441&q=%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E6%99%B4%E6%B5%B7%E5%9F%A0%E9%A0%AD&gs_upl=0l0l0l13321lllllllllll0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl
