1860: Japanese Embassy to America Visits Hawaii

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.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Fire in Yeddo (November 11, 1859)

Pacific Commercial Advertiser Supplement. Honolulu: Thursday, January 19, 1860.

FROM YEDDO- A large fire took place in the city of Yeddo on the night of the 11^th November. From the appearance at Kanagawa, it was thought it was a very extreme conflagration.

Parties of Americans from the Powhatan had visited Yeddo, and described it as a splendid city.

1860: Japanese Embassy to America Visits Hawaii

Friday, December 10, 2010

Fire in Yeddo (November 11, 1859)

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