Muragaki Norimasa;Lord of Awaji, Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, and Governor of Kanagawa. San Francisco,March 31, 1860
Today was an extraordinary day. Despite the weather anyway. Today we toured around the city and are staying at the beautiful International Hotel. We went pretty much everywhere. I am not used to the fact that women here are allowed to be anywhere and everywhere. Anyway, the International Hotel was so beautiful. The carpets with their flower prints was one of the prettiest things I have ever seen. My eyes were captured by one specific object, a porcelin chamber pot. It was so pretty. I have never been or stayed in a grander place in my life. The Americans have such big hearts for letting us stay here.
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I was glad to stay lodge on the boat instead of going out in such rainy weather.
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