Captain of Kanrin Maru
March 22,2010
Kanrin Maru
What an exciting day! My crew members and I finally get to meet at the famous San Francisco City Hall! This day was a great deal. We had the chance to meet up with the officials of America's government. We were widely accepted into the town hall and were greeted with a warm welcoming. We all gathered around to dine at the Job's hotel, which, by the way, had delicacy's more interesting than the International Hotel. Unfortunately we had to end this wonderful day with a misfortune. One of our sailors passed away this evening. I experienced such a great lamentation, that I felt the need to engrave some fair wells onto his tombstone. So long, my friend.
I too am greatly saddened by his passing; it truly is a loss. I would like to personally thank you, however, for paying your respects by engraving the tombstone. I'm sure that he would liked to have known that he was honored in such a way.
ReplyDelete-Manjiro Nakahama John
Samurai, Translator