2007 November 8 (Day 49)
Weather: Rain
Site: C0006 (NT1-03) (33°01’ N, 136°47’ E)
Science Operations on Deck: Chikyu moved to NT1-03 at 01:00 a.m. 8 November, and began deploying beacons at five different locations from 06:30 to 23:00. Calibration was done at 01:45 of 9 November, and moved the ship to upstream 5 nm. Drifting began at 04:00 and running into with check on every joint connection.

Science Operations in Labs: Site summary meeting for Site C0004A was done and reports submission was set on 9 November. Continued Review process on C0003 Site reports, and report writing for C0004. Lab technicians continued setting up instruments and practice to carry core rack from laboratory to core container.