Ship Launched in Japan

[SagaSolaris2667]

うわーすげえ！みにいきてえええ！！！

[winterwine1]

Thanks for sharing the video. Its a rare event to watch. 

[kalananissanka]

wow that's really nice.. safest way of launching, i guess

[Queenbooker]

That was very cool!

[alokraja1]

this is the the safest way of launch

[johntaheri]

i love it

[ahbushh]

Wow nice~

[nick34752]

omg u must be lucky...and i want to see it live

[craigie5488]

That must be an amazing sight to see in the flesh and not on video, anyway, was a great vid!

[jankrijt]

thanx for sharing! good stuff!

[wicreed]

That was interesting to watch.

[votejj]

What I would love to see one day is a side-launch as per watch?v=64dAv9sk7GE or watch?v=b1jmbUHhYGw. Now THAT is crazy stuff!

[moonspire]

When I first started watching this, I thought "Ok, ships are cool and everything, but what's so interesting about one being launched?"

And then I watched the rest.....

....That was quite majestic looking. 8-D

Now I want to see one in person...

Thanks for sharing! :D

[6663000]

Very cool. That would be fun to see a brand new ship being launched.

I bet they release ships like that all the time from the dry docks here in Halifax, but I've never actually seen it happen.

[DavePerry2012]

Hard to believe there were people under that ship pushing out supports by hand!

[NipponTelevision]

At one time, Kobe had huge Suzuki corporation which was the biggest company in Japan during Taisho era. It bankrupted but left a lot of subsidiary companies. Kobe still has Suzuki's legacy.

[iammovingtomexico]

very cool video! good stuff, man...

[BusanKevin]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

How are things?

[limestarinc]

Very interesting. Also interesting that they played that American marching band song too.

[mostawesomestjes]

wee SPLASH! ^-^ Great video!

[perucho28]

Awesome video KeVin.

[JoeCubicle]

That was really cool. I love going to community/local events. I feel goofy and have a good time. Good job Kevin.

[yuueli]

I've never seen Like this ..thanks for sharing

Nice vid

[Virginislandsnow]

wow that ship launched very quickly for it's size! That is surprising.

[HaxorLee]

I was kind of worried for a moment that "Tragedy" would hit and there would be a HUGE accident.

But damn for a boat that big, it sure was launched pretty fast.

[yozka]

wow this was cool ive never seen a ship launch great vid 5 stars!

[BusanKevin]

It was an amazing experience!

[tlayne587]

That is really cool...I can hardly wait to travel. There's so much to see!

[ThePacificCrossing]

look at all those salary man!!

[BusanKevin]

There were a lot of very proud and young looking salarymen there!

[hmjgriffon]

Eh, woulda been really awesome had it been a navy ship XD

[BusanKevin]

YEah...I would have really enjoyed seeing a frigate or destroyer being launched!

[coconutpanda]

That was fantastic! Interesting in this day and age of technology that they topple the supports manually.

[BusanKevin]

So true. It's 2009 and they were just using a good ole sledge hammer and their hands!

[Last7Azn]

Ahhh Awesome, Super cool.! And of course the American instrumental background lol.

[BusanKevin]

Yeah....that John Philip Sousa music just made it seem even more surreal! I'm glad it happened :)

[lon21]

cooooooll!!

hehe I think it's funny how the men that take away the supports are wearing hard hats...like that would make much difference if the ship were to fall on them...lol

[BusanKevin]

exactly....helmets or not, they'd be little more than red wet spots on the pavement!

[coughserum]

Nord Tradition?

[BusanKevin]

Yep...that is the name of it!

[pain303]

AMAZING! who is the owner of the vessel?

[realgunslinger]

LOL! wedding boat!

[zakyum]

wow thats big ;-)

[benzone50]

That was so cool! I loved seeing it go into the water!

[freakmrhyde]

Wow! That was a pretty big ship. Do you have any video of the propellers?

[BusanKevin]

No I don't. I didn't get to the ear of the ship.

[uglyengineer]

The "propeller" of a ship is its "wheel", or sometimes it's "screw."

[uglyengineer]

Maritime tradition is a big deal, it was probably a champagne bottle.

[BusanKevin]

You are probably right! I know sailors are a superstitious lot. I'm sure shipbuilders are as well!

[MageThief]

Nice video, a ship launch is one thing I also want to experience, special a big one.

[BusanKevin]

I never thought I would. When I was invited it was a very pleasant surprise!

[gortex1us]

Wow! pretty cool man.

[BusanKevin]

I thought so too! Thanks :)

[riverdave7]

when he started knocking out supports i was like :0 do not want

[BusanKevin]

That is certainly a job I wouldn't want to have!

[ACKizay]

OMG that was god level awesome OMFG XD i would so much pay to see that!

I Sir are a Youtube King now! XD

Keep up the Great Videos we all enjoy!

[BusanKevin]

Glad you enjoyed it so much!

[ID2Japan]

That is pretty impressive, i never witnissed* such an event so thanks for sharing

*spelling?

[BusanKevin]

"Witnessed".....glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment :)

[ID2Japan]

Thanks ;) I just had an English exam so I wanted to make sure I use proper English :P

[bestiaccia]

Wow, thanks for sharing this!

[BusanKevin]

thanks for watching!

[furetosan]

Awesomeness levels just went through the roof, sir!

I wanted to have seen that so badly! Wow!

[BusanKevin]

Thank you very much. It was just luck that I was able to attend. Of course I had to bring my camera ;)

[treetopteresa]

That was cool; thanks for sharing.

[BusanKevin]

Glad you enjoyed it so much!

[Graehaus]

What a thrill. And to hear "Monty Python's " Theme as well. :)

[BusanKevin]

haha....so true :)

[MrHiberto]

haha i would hate to be one of the guys moving those supports

[BusanKevin]

yeah. I hope they get paid very well. That's a job I'd be too chicken to have.

[smartiboi]

that was very cool

[BusanKevin]

It was awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[APOKALYPSE34]

very cool! now its time for a beer BUSAN!!!!!!!

[BusanKevin]

haha....I don't think I had one after that :) Possibly that evening though.

[HappyComfort]

Thanks for that video! Wow what a huge ship! Is that awesome or what? Thanks for the glimpse into something I will probably never see otherwise! :-)

[BusanKevin]

It was really cool! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[klynik]

Cool stuff Kevin-teacher!

[BusanKevin]

Thanks so much :)

[Gaeilge2000]

that was awesome! but it is hard to believe that an Atlantic Canada boy has never seen a ship christening! That was awesome, Kevin

[BusanKevin]

I've seen a few small fishing boats go in the water, but nothing like this!

[MicknFumi]

That would have been very cool to see live. Don't think I would have liked being one of those guys under it removing the wooden stabilizers though haha

[BusanKevin]

Not at all....that seemed like a rather scary job! I doubt the little helmets they were wearing would help them much if the ship suddenly slipped!

[RisuMiso]

Cool video. I like watching anything made with large amounts of metal. Does that make me a crow?

[BusanKevin]

Possibly! I think the metal would have to be shiny though.

[smiley62]

very nice!

[BusanKevin]

Glad you dug it!

[khmaster12]

kind of reminded me of Boston Harbor here at home. 5 Stars.

[BusanKevin]

Very cool and thank you for the 5 stars!

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

Awesome video!

What was with the American "ra ra" music??

Always makes me cringe when I hear that in Japan..

[DerSchnurrbart]

That song is "The Washington Post March" by John Philip Sousa. Kind of a strange choice for the launching of a Japanese ship but I guess they like the sound of it.

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

Yeah.. they play it at Japanese school events sometimes when there are marching bands and stuff too..

[BusanKevin]

I often hear Japanese marching bands playing Sousa's pieces. Very common and odd....to hear in Japan!

[BusanKevin]

it always does feel oddly out of place to hear American marching music played by Japanese bands!

[general081]

This seriously needs to be featured.

[DerSchnurrbart]

There are quite a few excellent videos that I think should be featured. Unfortunately YouTube usually features videos I don't think are very good or interesting. I wish there was something I could do about this.

[general081]

This video felt like New York City circa 1920. Only with lots of Japanese school children.

[general081]

That was amazing! I can't even imagine what it must have been like to be there.

[BusanKevin]

it was really great. I'm so happy I had the chance to check it out!

[supatoker420]

I was there!!!

[ChemistInJapan]

That was freaking awesome. I have a friend that works up in Yokohama for a ship builder. I'm totally gonna see if I can watch a launching. I wonder how often it happens.

[BusanKevin]

Yeah! I felt like a little kid at Christmas seeing this. it was a once in a lifetime thing.

[HardcoreTriplex]

Holy crap!!! that was awesome. I was super shocked when it just started rolling into the water lol. Thanks for sharing! What an amazing experience to see first hand!

[BusanKevin]

Thanks. what made it even more amazing was that I was only standing about 5 meters from the ship when it started to slide into the sea!

[mhensley81]

That was very cool Kevin!

[BusanKevin]

Thanks. i thought it was too :)

[zeroteku]

Nice! I want to build a big ship and launch it now :P

[BusanKevin]

Well, then...what are you waiting for? Get building! hehe

[zeroteku]

But I've got essays and stuff! I'm talking about connecting trees online and stuff!

[Skeezy727]

Pretty cool.

Must have been exciting being so close.

[BusanKevin]

it was very cool. I was so surprised that they let people stand so close!

[CakesBomb]

very cool footage...

[BusanKevin]

Thanks so much. I thought ti was quite cool!