Teschemacher
President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
San Francisco
March 19th, 1860
Today, the Japanese decided to let the general public aboard on the Karin Maru. I think this is a wonderful gesture to the public as a return for them greeting the Japanese upon their arrival to San Francisco. I was really excited when I first arrived. Captain Kimura greeted us and began leading the tours. The translators helped translate to people so that they could understand what the captain was saying. It was a whole new experience for me and many others because we were seeing things that we have never seen before. In paticular, I was really fascinated with the cultural differences because it really opened my eyes. It was nice to see what they believed and practiced.
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Your culture also fascinates me.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that everyone enjoyed seeing our beautiful ship. I hope that my translating was accurate. We all were more than happy to extend the knowledge of our culture to the people of San Francisco.
ReplyDelete-Manjiro Nakahama John
Samurai, Translator
We are very intrested at your culture and lifestyle. There are a few differences that are really intresting.-Muragaki Norimasa
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