JAL DC-6 JA 6203 date change line passage commemorative certificate(VERY RARE)

When crossing the Pacific Ocean, you always pass 180 degrees longitude, that is, the date change line.
At a time when traveling abroad was not yet common, traveling across the Pacific Ocean between Asia and the United States was a major event in life.
Therefore, in the past, shipping companies and airlines issued a "date change line passage commemorative certificate" as a souvenir for passengers crossing the Pacific Ocean.
The date and the captain or captain's signature are included in these commemorative certificates, but in the case of Japan Airlines, it was customary to include the boarding aircraft as well.
As you can see from the image, it seems that this day was a flight by the DC-6B "City of Nara" (JA6203).These commemorative certificates are also connected to the equatorial festival in the world of ships, and it is often in the form of God allowing and blessing passengers to pass, and in this case, as you can see, the Seven Lucky Gods are the motif. The back is the explanation in English.
The custom of issuing commemorative certificates to passengers by airlines was carried out not only on the date change line, but also in the passage of the equator and the Arctic, but there was also the trouble to type the passenger's name one by one
There is), in the era of jets, when the number of passengers increased, it was only distributed pre-printed ones, and eventually when overseas travel became no longer rare, each company stopped issuing commemorative certificates.
It's just a piece of paper, but it's a pity that these clever services are not available in today's air travel.
randen hebben tekenen van gebruik zie fotos
Heeft ook gevlogen voor Dutch Transavia. PH-TRG. July 1968