Japanese Sake bottle off a sunken japanese troop transport

[waffenrock42]

hey guys, i recently was given a japanese sake bottle from a friend of mine The bottle came off a japanese troop transport. In the 70's a diver picked up about 12 of these bottles from a wreckage of a japanese troop ship. when he passed away his son sold them to a ww2 collector who then gave 2 to my friend who gave 1 to me as a gift. It is a brown color with japanese marks on the top and bottom of the sides and a mark on the bottom. There is still some dirt and sand cacked on the lettering but it is a real beautiful bottle. I will be getting the information on which ship it came off of and where it was sunk emailed to me soon. I will be posting pics soon too and would love to hear ure opinions on it but right now my camera is dead so bare with me. best regards -justin

[FightenIrish35]

sounds like a neat find...would love to see images when you can post some

[waffenrock42]

im doing now ill have them up within ten minutes

[Paul G]

The suspense is Killing me!

[Paul G]

I wonder if these came from the Truk Lagoon wrecks. I understand it was a popular dive spot, and still is today. I think in the early days it was still OK to remove items from the wrecks. Now Its illegal, so that makes your items even harder to get.

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[waffenrock42]

Video of bottle

[waffenrock42]

i cant seem to get this working anyway heres the link tell me what you think:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whS0ChoLWV8

[waffenrock42]

i have a video link up now

[waffenrock42]

im not sure where it came from all i know is that it was brought up when it was legal to dive these sights. im glad i have this bottle

[Paul G]

Cool, I can't wat to see what ship it came from! You can probbly have the text translated here, but you may have to hand copy it onto paper to be able to read it. NIce find!

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[waffenrock42]

thanks i have alot of other japanese stuff that i will be posting soon and ill send you a message when i find out what ship it came from

[Jareth]

do you attend the Union N.J. shows?

[waffenrock42]

yes i do

[Jareth]

I'm usually floating around eric Doody's table. He's one of the few all Japanese dealers there. Perhaps we know each other? If not, see you next show.

[Tim B.]

Is it a sake or beer bottle? Looks more like a beer bottle to me. I have a couple I picked up in the "weeds" while in Guam. Surprising what still lays around out there if you look for it.

Truk Lagoon (now Chuuk after a name change) is a GREAT dive location if any divers are out there, a bit expensive to get to, but well worth the trip. It is considered a marine sanctuary now and removing items off any of the wrecks is strictly forbidden and don't get caught!! Some nice "field trips" into the hills as well as some Japanese gun emplacements are still there, or were back in 1993.
Tim