Reception for Japanese embassy at the Academy of music

Fukizawa Yukichi (Captain Kimura's assistant/ Translator)
San Francisco's Academy of Music
April 1st, 1860
Today we are going to visit the Academy of Music. I had always been curious to examine the American's perspective of musical arts. Surprisingly, the American's composition of classical music was rather soothing. In Japan, music plays a big role in the background of operas. In America, music are composed to express one's feelings. The Americans uses instruments that help the music sound more vivid, so the audience can visualize images in their head. As for us Japanese, music is a part of our culture. Overall, I would say today was quite amusing. I think I would've enjoyed it more if I wasn't so busy translating Captain Kimura's conversation with Mayor Teschemacher.