An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer returned home on Saturday after successfully completing his solo non-stop voyage across the Pacific, becoming the oldest person to reach the milestone.
Kenichi Horie arrived in the Kii Strait off Japan's western coast, completing his trans-Pacific voyage in 69 days after leaving a yacht harbour in San Francisco in March.
It was the latest achievement for the octogenarian adventurer, who in 1962 became the first person in the world to successfully complete a solo non-stop voyage across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco.
Sixty years later, he travelled the opposite route.
![Kenichi Horie, seen here after arriving in Osaka Bay, was also the first in the world to successfully complete a solo non-stop voyage across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco in 1962. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YXYYDLMAX32DAX7FZ6UTYQ72BI.jpg?auth=ea13107c3a036692327ad77b2a3c861e5bf17132e7f86b94ff28f8d4a123b272&width=16&height=13&quality=70&smart=true)