Muragaki Norimasa;Lord of Awaji, Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, and Governor of Kanagawa. San Francisco,March 17, 1860
We finally made it to San Francisco. This is an exciting event because the first and last Japanese vessel to ever go across the Pacific and under the Golden Gate Bridge was in 1613. That was over 200 years ago. I can't believe we are here. Charles Walcott Brooks, one of the city's supervisors, took Manjiro and seven samurai officers to dinner at the International Hotel. I Heard it was wonderful. Then later they tried "ices and frozen creams" at the Job's Hotel.
Today was filled with new experiences.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment