This was intended for the Commemorative Exhibition of Opening the Seikan Tunnel held in the same year, and Toyoji's descendants purchased the restored ship after the exposition, then presented it to Hakodate City.
これは、同年の青函トンネル開通記念博覧会にあわせたものだが、博覧会の後に豊治の子孫が復元船を買い上げ、函館市に寄贈した。