The Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast TrailYosuki Hosoda was a Japanese second-class passenger on the Valencia who survived in the Bunker Party. He was one of the survivors that reached shore from lifeboat No.3 during the first horrific hour after the Valencia struck. He was travelling with two other Japanese men, T. Manwakio and S. Rancuna, who did not survive and were possibly on lifeboat No.3 with Hosoda.

The Valencia Disaster

 Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail1. The Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail2. The Voyage Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail3. The Boats Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail4. The McCarthy Boat Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail5. The Bunker Party Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail6. On the Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail7. The Rafts Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail8. The Turret Raft Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail9. The Rescue Ships Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail10. The Aftermath Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail11. The Survivors Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail12. The Lost 

The West Coast Trail

Shipwreck on the West Coast TrailPrologue Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail1: The West Coast Trail Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail2: When to Hike & Fees Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail3: Trailheads Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail4: Getting There Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail5: Considerations Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail6: Campsites Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail7: Shipwrecks Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail8: Routes Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail9: Sights & Highlights

Owing to Hosoda's poor command of English, he appears to have not been interviewed or called to testify after the Valencia disaster. He was heralded as a hero in one article in The Seattle Post Intelligencer on January 30th, 1906. “Out of the thirteen men in the boat, Hosoda was the coolest, and was the only one to render me any assistance in caring for my wife and daughter.” Said F.J. Campbell. “He kept his head when others in the lifeboat lost all sense and reason. He had the good sense to assist in keeping the lifeboat away from the side of the Valencia when she was being lowered, and it was largely due to his work that the boat was not crushed and all hands lost before we made a start for the shore.”