2008 January 14 (Day 27)
Weather: Overcast
Site: C0007 (NT1-03A) (33°01’ N, 136°47’ E)

The Chikyu was onsite and the Borehole Assembly (BHA) run to the seafloor by 10:30 pm, and after confirming a tag about 4082.5m mean sea level, the BHA was lifted, cleaned, and run down to 8 meters above tag depth. The first core at site C0007 was shot at 11:45 pm and recovered the mudline. HPCS coring with APCT3 measurements every two cores continues through the slope apron sediments in the shallow subseafloor.