Kimura Yoshitake
Commander of the Kanrin Maru
San Francisco
April 1, 1860
The touring of San Francisco has not stopped. Today, the Japanese embassy went to the Academy of Music. However, I decided to forego the reception and go to Mare Island to check on Commodore Cunningham. He was still not quite well but he was gradually getting better. I sent Captain Katsu to represent me at the ceremony. I hear it was very entertaining and interesting. My friends told me that the uniforms were very unique and quite "showy." The streets were decorated with American and Japanese flags. San Francisco was proud to help show off the new Academy of Music building. All in all, today was a pretty good day and i sincerely hope my friend Commodore Cunningham gets well soon.
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We all missed you at the reception, I know you would have loved hearing the music and sharing the celebration. However, I commend your choice to visit Commodore Cunningham. He, more than anyone, is really missing out of these experiences. I hope he is better soon, before he leave San Francisco for the other parts of our journey.
ReplyDelete-Manjiro John Nakahama