The Awa Maru (阿波丸) was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. The ship was built in 1899 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The ship's name comes in part from the ancient province of Awa. This turn-of-the-20th-century Awa Maru was the first NYK vessel to bear this name. A second mid-century, 11,249 ton Awa Maru was completed in 1943.