Gifu University

Also, the symbols that were found inside the craft supposedly did not match any known alphabet from from Russia or Ukraine or wherever this woman might possibly have come from.

Now, Tanaka Kazau, professor emeritus at Gifu University, has studied this Utsuro-bune legend for many, many years.

In fact, he was so enamored by this story that he left his main area of research to study this legend.

and I found an interesting comment he made.