Kimura Yoshitake
Commander of the Kanrin Maru
San Francisco
March 22, 1860
Today, I, along with the other Japanese officers of the Kanrin Maru, went to San Francisco's City Hall. San Franciscans seemed to be very proud to have been the first city in the United States to welcome us, the representatives of Japan. Resolutions were read in English and Japanese. Afterwards, a banquet was held at the Job's Hotel. Like the dinner at the International Hotel, the banquet was extremely delicious with even more new Western foods and the iced cream which was served at the last dinner. However, when we left San Francisco to sail to Mare Island Navy Yard, it was a very sad time. We had lost a sailor named Jenno-suke who died on board earlier. His tombstone was laid at Marine Hospital with Japanese characters engraved by Captain Katsu and English words engraved by Lieutenant Brooke.
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I enjoyed the banquet at the Job's Hotel as well
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