Board Thread:Fanmade/@comment-27358240-20180605080259/@comment-26912075-20180606003138

Well, the shipbuilding tech was not much compared to Europe, as they had ships that were not built for war, but rather for long travel. Thus they were not as durable as they were not built that way. Other than that, they were extremely effective, able to reach as far as Hawaii and South America from their small origin space in the South Pacific. I imagine if they would've colonized northern Indonesian armies, then their boats could've reached Japan given fair conditions. They were just unaware that those islands existed at the time. If we alter history a tiny bit, then they can certainly happen across Japan at this time period.