yakatabune

[TetsuyaNomura]

Does anyone know what a yakatabune boat is?
Thanks.

[Belton]

屋形船 [やかたぶね] (n) pleasure boat, houseboat

屋形船 : barge, houseboat, old-fashioned houseboat

やかたぶね【屋形船】
a roofed pleasure boat

Maybe a boat like these
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=%E5 ... 2%E8%88%B9

[TetsuyaNomura]

Thanks!
Yakatabune were mentioned in a article I was about Odaiba I was reading, and i wasn't sure what they were.

[Jessi]

There are a lot of Yakatabune out on Tokyo Bay near Odaiba. I found a nice article that goes into a lot of detail with pictures

I'd like to go on one sometime and see what it's like