Name: Tateishi Onojiro

Date: April 1st, 1860

Location: Academy of Music, San Francisco

This morning, San Francisco was a cloudy city but at noon, everything cleared up and the sun came out. My, the weather sure changes fast in San Francisco. Today, at the reception, we met many consuls from other countries such as Italy, France, Britian, and Russia. They were all dressed in ostentatious clothing and I thought they looked funny compared to our Japanese style of clothing. It was a wonderful celebration and the San Francisco citizens were very kind. The Americans were drinking a lot of wine, dancing to loud music, and singing songs loudly after the mayor gave a long speech. We did not know what they were celebrating but we still joined in anyway. It was fun and entertaining and I really enjoyed this memorable day.