The Voyage of the Kanrin Maru, the 150th anniversary remembered
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The Voyage of the Kanrin Maru, the 150th anniversary remembered| Ayeshalan |
Posted: March 18, 2010 07:52 pm
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 Okamisan  Group: Admin Posts: 1,380 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 22, 2004  |
On March 17, 1860, a sailing vessel from Japan passed through the Golden Gate, the first time a Japanese ship had crossed the Pacific. This article from the SFGate website recalls the event and notes the commemorations of it this year:
150th anniversary of Kanrin Maru's epic voyage It appears there was more than a little culture shock on both sides, not surprisingly. -------------------- Jamie, Teahouse Okamisan
"If you’ve got eyes to rhythmatize Bring your flat hat and your ax ’Cause tonight at ten we’ll be workin’ again At the Teahouse on the Tracks" -- "Teahouse on the Tracks," by Donald Fagen (from Kamakiriad, 1993) |
     
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| Ayeshalan |
Posted: June 17, 2010 04:16 am
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Okamisan Group: Admin Posts: 1,380 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 22, 2004 |
The Kanrin Maru and her captain on that first Japanese voyage, Kaishu Katsu, have now appeared in Ryomaden, this year's NHK taiga drama, about one of the men who went on to build the Japanese navy, Ryoma Sakamoto.
-------------------- Jamie, Teahouse Okamisan
"If you’ve got eyes to rhythmatize Bring your flat hat and your ax ’Cause tonight at ten we’ll be workin’ again At the Teahouse on the Tracks" -- "Teahouse on the Tracks," by Donald Fagen (from Kamakiriad, 1993) |
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