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# Japanese Castaways in the Northwest
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/episode/japanese-castaways-in-the-northwest-jgwn6n/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:59:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-10T11:08:35.000Z
- Description: For centuries, there is evidence that Japanese vessels have washed up on the WA coast.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, Season 4, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_0b602443-e85c-451e-ad0c-da990105fba0, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.16

For centuries, there is evidence that Japanese vessels have washed up on the Washington coast. Evidence exists in finds of iron tools in pre-contact archaeological sites. But probably the most dramatic was the arrival of three survivors of a drifting junk from Japan in the 1840s.