Reception for Japanese Embassy at the Academy of Music

William W. Finney
4/1/1860 Oh how I envy the luck of the Japanese officers of the Kanrin Maru! The Japanese officers of the Kanrin Maru and the Japanese embassy received their own personal reception at the Academy of Music. Unfortunately I was not popular or important enough to receive an invitation to the reception at the Academy of Music, but my officer friends of the USS Powhatan were lucky enough to attend the reception. According to my officer friends of the USS Powhatan, the reception at the Academy of Music was quite grand and overall very wonderful. The reception included both American and traditional Japanese entertainment. However, my officer friends did observe that the Japanese officers seemed to like and enjoy the Japanese entertainment slightly more than the American entertainment