In 1860 the Tokugawa government in Japan sent ambassadors to the United States of America to exchange of ratifications covered in the Treaty of Peace and Amity negotiated with U.S. Consul Townsend Harris, and to formalize relations between the U.S. and Japan. Two ships carrying Americans and the Japanese ambassadorial delegation embarked on a journey that would change history. One of the ships, the U.S.S. Powhatan, stopped in Hawaii with the Japanese Embassy for about ten days.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Honolulu Mayor Issues Official Proclamation
This is a photograph of me with three of my Winter 2010 students from Hawaii Tokai International College. Their names are Daniel Mercier, Student Government President Kento Takebayashi, and Koki Murakami. Vice-Chancellor Douglas Fuqua, who is not in this picture, represented the college's administration.
Daniel is holding the official proclamation signed that morning by Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
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