First Japanese in Europe: Incredible Story of the Tensho Embassy (1582 - 1590) // DOCUMENTARY

[@VoicesofthePast]

Hope you enjoy it folks! Big shout out to Thomas Lockley, the writer - lots more great stuff coming this year from him. His book on Yasuke is amazing, check it out: www.amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1 One correction - Nakaura has been beatifed, not quite canonized yet. Nearly there mind.

[@ruthnovena40]

That was very well done,

[@jcastle614]

BRAVO!!!

[@rb3872]

Normally I'd find primary sources on your channel, mostly eyewitness-accounts. Although it was great to listen to, I'm still a bit puzzled on how much of this story is fiction and fact. I have checked your sourcelisting, but I do not know on what the story and the sources are based on. Are they based on a eye-witness account, or contemporary second hand accounts? Or is the story of these specific jesuits much fiction and only based on the persecution of jesuits of that time in Japan and a faint knowledge of a diplomatic mission/missionary across the continents of that time?

[@VoicesofthePast]

@@rb3872 Based on the sources provided and an extensive record called "De Missione Legatorvm Iaponensium ad Romanum curiam".

[@rb3872]

@@VoicesofthePast thank you for your quick answer!!

[@untruelie2640]

"He had never been hugged before - let alone by the ruler of half the world." This scene is somehow hilarious, absurd and wholesome at the same time.

[@dukadarodear2176]

Yes. It shows that diversity not homogeneity makes life worth living. Just as well that the Japanese gave Roman Catholicism back to the Romans.

[@angelopueyygarcia43]

@@dukadarodear2176 yes and in the balkans that causes civil wars.

[@Schmuni]

@@angelopueyygarcia43 was it truly the diversity that caused the civil war? I think hate, politics and tribalism played a bigger part.

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

@@dukadarodear2176 If diversity is a strength, the term “Balkanization” wouldn’t exist.

[@Nilbop]

@@AndrewTheMandrew531 That's not what Balkanization is referring to.

[@anthonypalo8191]

imagine being a samurai, a knight, and a saint.. Nakahura was quite a fellow.

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

Literally the power of God and anime on his side.

[@millaemm]

Pls, this needs to be a TV show or a movie.

[@giovannibez9509]

Probably he is the only human being to have achieved it

[@suzbone]

​@@millaemm127% agree

[@asellandrofacchio7263]

Reminds me of John Smith

[@Archphoenix1]

Imagine you are an italian bandit trying to rob a caariage and 4 samurai come out looking like nothing you have ever seen before, that must have been really weird

[@ATart6]

Confusion can sometimes lead to fear. And in that bandits case.....he’s F#%€d!

[@OverlordARG]

"You picked the wrong carriage, fool!"

[@spyrofrost9158]

Dada... dada... YOOOOOOOOOO

[@wilmerbesitan1200]

Samurai: umai wa mo shindaero Italian Bandit: cosa?

[@nijnjivol5763]

@@wilmerbesitan1200 the Italian guy speaks English?

[@David_ESP]

Interesting fact from a spaniard: Some japanese people from a posterior Japanese embassy loved so much Spain that they settled there, mostly in a town in Andalusia called "Coria del Río". You can trace the Japanese lineage of some of their descendants because of the surname "Japón" which is the spanish word for Japan.

[@Vampybattie]

They were not the same ppl! Thoes were different samurai

[@shinestar2912]

@@Vampybattie Actually they are the same samurai. The first Japanese people to settle in Spain were the members of an embassy led by Hasekura Tsunenaga. Instead of returning to Japan in 1617, six samurai remained in Coria del Río, near Seville. The surname Japón (Spanish for "Japan") is conserved among approximately 700 inhabitants of Coria del Río, identifying them as descendants of the members of Hasekura Tsunenaga's delegation.

[@VoicesofthePast]

@@shinestar2912 I think he meant it was a different embassy. This is the Tensho, that was the Keicho.

[@TVwriter23]

@@VoicesofthePast That's the thing the OP didn't say they were just that some Japans ambassadors decided to remain in Spain.

[@Prodigi50]

@@TVwriter23 OP said “the embassy”. That implies this embassy.

[@eiRagnaRok]

I don't think we give enough credit to the audio quality of this channel, it sets the mood so perfectly.

[@VoicesofthePast]

I spent a lot of time fiddling with the audio on this one, so that is very much appreciated. Thank you!

[@eiRagnaRok]

@@VoicesofthePast Thank you for making such good quality videos :)

[@barrydysert2974]

AGREED!:-) 🖖

[@barrydysert2974]

@@VoicesofthePast i haven't the words to express my appreciation to you, the voice, and all the humans that assist you in making these voices live again in the 21st century. 🏆 You produce Fine Art that is educational, in the tradition of all great art. 🙏🙏🙏🖖🙏🙏🙏💜

[@JuQui228]

Especially with headphones. It’s really great.

[@Elephantstonica]

Imagine being this young bloke who comes all the way from Japan, then when turning up in Spain is promptly hugged by Philip II.

[@CondemnedInformer]

So true.

[@kcflick6132]

I thought blokes only came from London 🤣 jk jk lmao

[@YamiLunaria]

Timestamp?

[@nafslee]

@@YamiLunaria 16:10

[@YamiLunaria]

@@nafslee thx

[@pavelstaravoitau7106]

I love how when ambassadors from the east came to Europe, everyone was so nice and accomodating to them.

[@generalamsel437]

Of course, it was a different age and Japan for most of Europe was a near mythical place to its rulers, only heard and spoken of in details by its traders and priests, like Britain to the Roman Republic.

[@pavelstaravoitau7106]

@@generalamsel437 not just Japan. If you recall, there was also a Christian pilgrimage from China to the Middle Ages, and they too were taken in very well by various European leaders of the time.

[@generalamsel437]

@@pavelstaravoitau7106 yes very much so Japan is simply the most notable due to the fact that it was the furthest away for Europe as well as the fact that I wasn't connected by anything like the silk road with China, so it was even more on an unknown.

[@KingBobXVI]

I just love how the first lord they met in Spain was so well read on reports from Japan on politics and culture and was so excited to finally meet the ambassadors. He's like the OG weeb.

[@alemalvina7624]

Japan was a very important source of trading for Portugal they exported lots of goods and for a long time the Portuguese had the monopoly of trading with them alone. They were very important people and had to be treated well.

[@Bakerb1942]

I can only imagine what these four embassies from Japan would have felt after returning to Japan with such an amazing new perspective on life and the world, only to be later forced to renounce it or face death.

[@cegesh1459]

The thing is they where pampered like nobles. Very different from convincing them with faith.

[@causmb]

@@cegesh1459 Nakaura Joliao, as he's being tortured to death: "I accept this great suffering for the love of God."

[@empirical_blade6926]

@@cegesh1459 Don't lie, why would someone die over something they don't believe in? They as they get tortured to death "I accept this suffering for God because I have been pampered to believe so"

[@Slangh]

@@cegesh1459 I imagine that this is how European nobles were converted as well. Not a lot of faith there, just love for material rewards.

[@fist-of-doom487]

@@empirical_blade6926 they weren’t pampered before they went to Europe and still believed. Each of them had humble origins, only two of them were from Samurai families and all of them Catholics. “Why would they die for something they don’t believe in” is the proper question but the wrong perspective. Why indeed, it was because they believed and didn’t let go.

[@ZachValkyrie]

I'm sorry, but I completely lost it at "Queen Elizabeth was not amused."

[@TheSquidPro]

What a title: WITCH QUEEN ELIZABETH.

[@lolmao500]

Queen Elizabeth, the karen of the 1580s

[@jakeegan3195]

but that all changed when the Spanish armada attacked and immediately sunk

[@brianda1528]

@@jakeegan3195 And then the British attacked And lost

[@kemalcalsr7591]

In all her paintings she looks like she never was once amused in her life ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@silentobserver888]

This is how history needs to be taught. We need to show future generations more first person accounts.

[@joellaz9836]

Is this a first hand account though?

[@stormeaglegaming5395]

I agree

[@martiddy]

@@joellaz9836 If you're saying it because of the problems of context when translating the text, I guess it makes sense to have a few inaccuracies (some ancient scripts are very difficult and sometimes impossible to translate the meaning with 100% acurracy), especially when the japanese people of centuries ago had a form of speaking and mindset completely different compared to modern japanese. Nonetheless, this anecdote has been translated by multiple scholars and historians of different countries, which make the story a little less biased than if it was translated by a single person. Even if the translation is 100% accurate, the text will always have some bias by the perpective of the japanese person who wrote it.

[@trueneese8080]

Hard to create the context for a narrative doing that, it’s more beneficial for the educators and money lenders to play fast and loose with history and science.

[@alexanderlittle500]

Im sure it would work for some kids. I, however, was a piece of shit who didn't care about anything that was good for me. I probably would've thought this was "gay." Im just happy to have such amazing accounts available as an adult.

[@ChrissieBear]

The story of one of the young nobles dancing with the older woman was wholesome.

[@BestKCL]

Not so much wholesome... more awkward, and hilarious, lol

[@TheZapan99]

The older woman was quoted as saying: "Ara ara!"

[@oblivion5390]

truly men of culture 😏

[@Artur_M.]

The stories of far journeys and different cultures interacting with one another are some of my favourites ones. I've heard about the Tensho Embassy, but I didn't even realize how young its members were. It was great to hear about it in such detail.

[@VoicesofthePast]

Thanks! Definitely my favourite ones too. I am actually visiting El Escorial today!

[@Artur_M.]

@@VoicesofthePast Awesome! I'm a bit jealous now. ;) Have a nice trip and stay safe!

[@XxLIVRAxX]

@@VoicesofthePast El Escorial is a sight to behold, a favorite of mine

[@EvanSerrano1988]

@@VoicesofthePast And so the opium trade was created...!!! That should be part of the title also...!!!

[@BrianFaure1]

It’s so crazy now we can fly from Rome to Japan in hours when it took them 4 YEARS of travel

[@UltraAlex2000]

Yeah, it takes 16-17 hours for a commercial flight to go from Rome to Tokyo. And it costs around 400 Euros, versus god knows how much a 4 year voyage throughout half of the planet would cost.

[@masonnix9566]

So people still cant you need to be on a plane. and you need money. Who cares anyway travel is mostly trivial.

[@tannerrich2388]

i think the return journey took 4 years because of all the stops they made on their way out.

[@ramraghuwanshi2562]

But u won't get to enjoy india, Malacca, china Goa on the way

[@tannerrich2388]

@OU SEN lol thanks for hyping up western contributions. Unnecessary but appreciated in this time of hate.

[@Schmats1]

They could make an anime or just a series of this. Something educational and fun at the same time. Truly a worthy story of more recognition.

[@MissAlyssa108]

I’m suddenly curious if Magi is that.

[@SpeedfreakUK]

Samurai Champloo is very loosely about this.

[@thecamelchannel1467]

They did, it's Magi: The Tensho Boys' Embassy

[@despacitodaniel801]

No

[@GdzieJestNemo]

reversed Shogun miniseries would be amazing

[@lese91]

What struck me the most is the discrepancy between how big Europeans thought Japan was vs how big it is

[@fws88]

It's pretty big though, bigger than germany for example

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

They also thought California was an island, the size of Japan! :)

[@perrytran9504]

Consider that Japan for a while had a larger population than Spain, and far more guns than any one nation in Europe (possibly the whole of Europe depending on source/calculations.) It's not hard to see why it'd sound bigger than it actually is.

[@techpriest5452]

@@perrytran9504 nah guns were always rare in japan you might be confusing guns whit a standing army

[@perrytran9504]

@@techpriest5452 No, I am referring specifically to matchlocks based on Portuguese designs based on their manufacturing records. It's a Hollywood myth that the Japanese were averse to guns - samurai were actually very unlike knights in not only accepting guns, but often opting for custom builts of higher quality than what ashigaru were supplied en masse.

[@stefanobordoni4201]

Along their return journey, they were welcomed in Foligno (a mid-size town about 150 km North from Rome). The local archive still conserves a detailed list of expenses related to four luxurious meals offered to the 'Japanese Ambassadors' or 'Indian Kings' by the local municipality. In total, Foligno spent 107 scudi, nowadays equivalent to about 20000 euros.

[@samadams2203]

It's crazy how much untold history there is within easy reach. Thanks for taking this down off the shelf for us.

[@jeythecount6546]

"Everyone agreed that Japan was bigger than India" Well, about that ...

[@Angel24Marin]

India at the time didn't encompassed the whole subcontinent.

[@WhenAllTheWarmthLeavesUs]

What about that?

[@salamandiusbraveheart4183]

Japan is tiny, maps lie

[@kristianharapan5741]

well there goes for you the 16th century european geography

[@thuranz2773]

It probably didn't help that maps were less accurate back then, and it would be a bit difficult for Europeans to get a more accurate map of Japan due to logistics, and so forth.

[@CrossedKatana]

I can only imagine how incredible those 8 years must have been.

[@patriot1724]

Ocean for most of it maybe a different fish until you reach land which is the good part

[@BestKCL]

@@patriot1724 True, but it was evidently worth it in their eyes.

[@DriftedVisionMan]

I can only imagine it to be like going to another planet to be an ambassador to aliens

[@Tommykey07]

China was very remiss in not sending delegations to the European powers in the 16th to 18th centuries. It showed a tremendous lack of curiosity on their part to want to see the lands from which the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, etc. came. As a consequence, when the Opium War broke out, they had no idea what they were dealing with.

[@ZhangK71]

That’s... pretty inaccurate. It is true that China was not as proactive in exploration as were the Japanese and especially the Europeans, but to refer to the Royal Navy of the 1840’s as something “they had no idea they were dealing with” is a bit simplistic. For context, by this time, most of the empires of Eurasia knew about and produced guns and cannons, even if they were not as advanced as those made in Europe. So it is not as if they were blown away by strange explosion machines that they had never seen before. China has had its own experiences with foreign traders and their technologies and cultures long before the Opium Wars as well. The main reason they were caught unprepared was because the European armed presence in their ports were always too numerically small to cause major damage, and they didn’t stop to think how dangerous European arms would be if their numbers increased. That doesn’t mean they had no idea what they were dealing with, however; shortsightedness is different from blindness.

[@Tommykey07]

@@ZhangK71 I am not wrong. The Macartney expedition of the 1790s should have been a wake up call to the Qing Dynasty that it needed to learn more about the British and other Europeans. Instead, they were more concerned with trying to make Macartney kowtow and treat the delegation as just a bunch of foreign barbarians come to pay tribute to the emperor. The delegation brought gifts made up of some of the most modern technology of the time, but Qianlong's court were not the least bit curious and shut them up in a storeroom where they remained unused and ignored.

[@ZhangK71]

@@Tommykey07 None of what you said refutes my thesis or even demonstrates that you understood what I was saying.

[@Tommykey07]

@@ZhangK71 I don't care anymore. I stated my case and you stated yours. People can come to their own conclusions.

[@tejasmisra9115]

Neither did the Japanese, they shut themselves off for the next 200 years.

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

From what I read, there are people who now doubt that Chijiwa rejected Christianity after a rosary was found in his tomb back in 2017.

[@alexk7046]

@Kwok Yat Wai They think they found part of a reliquary as well- so unless he conveniently had two keepsakes that both happen to be Catholic sacramentals used by practicing Catholics, it would seem he did not in fact apostatize.

[@seand.g423]

@Good Stuff oh, the irony...

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

@Good Stuff there were japanese christians who actually did practice Catholicism in secret by hiding Christian symbols on shinto/buddhist statues.

[@tafazzi-on-discord]

In catholicism, when threathened with death you're allowed to lie and hide your faith, it's not a sin. That's how christianity survived the earliest persecutions.

[@gabkoost]

@Kwok Yat Wai All over the world people "reject" their faith just to stay alive. But those are just words. You can't change someone's heart and beliefs by threatening them.

[@Chronomatrix]

2.5 years to get to Lisbon! Crazy! This is a fascinating testimony.

[@Gabriel-ip6me]

They left at 14 and returned at 22, if I calculated correctly. Sounds like quite an experience.

[@galeaobotafogo8792]

It didn't help that they stopped in so many portuguese cities on the way, Macau, Malaca, Goa, Mozambique, Santa Helena, but I guess at the time all those stops were necessary for replenishment. If they had visited Hormuz/Bandar Abbas (Iran), Oman, Angola, Brasil, and one or two of the dozens of portuguese cities and islands that dotted the west african coast they would have had a decent tour of the portuguese empire but they would probably have arrived in Lisbon as grown man.

[@achikahmedamine7101]

@@galeaobotafogo8792 the ottoman already kicked the Portuguese from oman in 1552

[@galeaobotafogo8792]

@@achikahmedamine7101 The Ottomans briefly occupied Muscat in 1552, but the portuguese reocupied it soon after and resumed control for almost 100 years after that (1507-1650) with an interval due to another Ottoman occupation between 1581 and 1588. The Omanis finally conquered Muscat from the Portuguese in 1650, and then Mombasa, Pemba and Qeshm.

[@ThePhoenix109]

@@galeaobotafogo8792 portuguese navy was unmatched.

[@beaudanner]

What an epic story. Better than fiction, it should be made into an entire multi season episodic

[@5567-s7s]

@@marcowen1506 Magi is not about this. Magi is an anime

[@schroecat1]

@@AFistfulOf4K He's taking the piss. XD

[@michaelg8593]

@@AFistfulOf4K Amazon, check out "magi the tensho boys embassy"

[@Bernardt_Art]

You have a movie called Silencio, but is not exactly about them

[@user-eb7pe9bp2q]

Reason why history is my favortie

[@captainyossarian388]

Regarding how warmly they were received in Europe, I recall being in San Diego when a Japanese navy ship was visiting the US navy base there. The Japanese sailors walking about the city in their resplendent uniforms were routinely stopped and greeted warmly by citizens. It warmed the heart to see it. A host should always make the guest feel absolutely welcome.

[@ronaldsanjuan8174]

I am simple latino and feel always well treated in the USA despite all that is said

[@deusexaethera]

Imagine being 16 years old and never having been hugged in your life, not even by your own mother.

[@digge2210]

Least dystopic japanese tradition

[@NoPantsBaby]

`Lying down, face pale, stomach queasy!' 'There's vomit on his Yukata already, mom's teriyaki!'

[@bobthetroll]

Very random but there's only 3 syllables in spaghetti. Good effort tho 👍😁

[@NoPantsBaby]

@@bobthetroll it's a handycap of the language written in characters. It it makes you feel better I also considered Karage.

[@Schmuni]

@@bobthetroll if you sing it you can make it 3 syllables by merging the i and y ;)

[@gruu]

LOL good one xD

[@deusexaethera]

Take your upvote and GTFO.

[@xabier1375]

I don't know why, but this documentary made me emotional. One of the greatest documentaries I've watched.

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

What a beautiful documentary. The ending brought me to tears. Such devotion, such sacrifice! For the love of God!

[@simonbravo87]

One word. Poetic.

[@deusexaethera]

Some people do amazing things when they are absolutely certain they are correct. Other people do horrifying things when they are absolutely certain they are correct. Most people just make fools of themselves when they are absolutely certain they are correct.

[@JoneThePwn]

I cried, too. He knew something. He knew it deep inside and the threat of death wasn't going to shake him from it. What an amazing man, right until the very end.

[@silvat1193]

....that Memri meme...

[@Morlun91]

The end gave me chills. Such a great adventure they lived

[@Numba003]

The world needs kings who hug their subjects I think. Such a heartening moment there. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends.😊

[@ilcondottierocartografo6770]

Yes, authority without love is tyranny

[@samjamster5448]

I prefer a world without kings.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Such epic history needs to be adapted into a miniseries.

[@dunkndognuts9829]

My dude

[@HI-fh2mj]

Totally. I don't even need a real plot. Only slice-of life travel and depicting all there was at that time.

[@ingwiafraujaz3126]

@@HI-fh2mj Same. A forced plot will only take away from it.

[@Brslld]

A "slice of life" anime would do the trick.

[@thfkmnIII]

Main character aint a white man so i dont see it happening

[@vivalapalestine7235]

Dude your production has really stepped up

[@VoicesofthePast]

Thanks, proud of this one.

[@mrpalaces]

I'm not religious, but man that ending got me good

[@rohitrai6187]

Me too... Like the jewish Aaliyah Longing and visions of distant beauty

[@cegesh1459]

It didn't affect me.

[@aggelos8256]

@@cegesh1459 it did affect me

[@r_travel4306]

@ユジン imagine if Christianity succeeded in taking Japan 😭 missionary work has scorged the world of its cultures, I’m so happy Japan escaped

[@KosmoAlx]

@@r_travel4306 Yes. Japan would have become just an another colony where slaves would have been used or slaved. Thanks to William Adams they were saved.

[@GermanTopGameTV]

They took years to reach Europe, could have died easily along the way and nowadays the travel can be done in less then a day. Crazy how small the world has become.

[@metalmask5]

Just wait until teleportation stops being fiction in some hundred years.

[@Dreammage1]

It's funny how so many of these interesting historical accounts can be boils down to 'Lads on Tour'

[@amruzaky4939]

Lads' Last Tour 😭

[@ilikeudonnoodles]

@@amruzaky4939noooooo 😭 girls last tour reference?

[@MrKajithecat]

I can't even fathom the sensory overload they experienced through this whole journey.

[@HI-fh2mj]

Especially after months at sea

[@Gutslinger]

I would be completely exhausted after a week.. Much less 8 years!

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Yukio Mishima once wrote: "A samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a ‘function’, one cog in a machine"

[@VinnyVincenzoYo]

The quote “Specialization is for insects” comes to mind.

[@nobodyspecial9097]

And thats exactly what the Japanese Military wanted in a soldier in WW2 which why they lost their humanity.

[@nos8141]

@@VinnyVincenzoYo ? Ok

[@VinnyVincenzoYo]

@@nos8141 Have you never heard that quote before? Look it up, it’s online.

[@nos8141]

@@VinnyVincenzoYo ok I will check. Just sounded strange to me, i do not agree with other person comment. Unless it means like Honey bee/ant Colony? Because they all has certain roles?

[@Bimagragaireacht]

It makes me so sad this level of adventure is essentially gone

[@OblateSpheroid]

We are all nothing but little children compared to our ancestors. Mankind mostly manages and quarrels over what we have inherited from them.

[@jonnyrbgomes]

the OG ISEKAI boys.

[@KingBobXVI]

And that first lord they met in Lisbon was the OG weeb, lol.

[@janchovanec8624]

RIP Sempai.

[@sanji663]

Golden comment

[@StormKidification]

YESSS I'm from Rome and I always wanted a video from what distant travelers thought of it in the past! thank u

[@dougrodriguez4977]

So glad this video came up on my feed. As a hispanic married to a Japanese woman with a beautiful daughter it warms my heart to see how the Japanese were welcome by a distant Spanish King.

[@emilianozapata2530]

Hahahah..sure..and what about the crimes spanish church did in Japan prior to making them visit Spain? ☺ c'mon..can't look at things so shallow

[@dougrodriguez4977]

@@emilianozapata2530 the Spanish committed atrocities everywhere they went, do you think you can assert dominance with hugs and kisses? Well, sometimes but not when it comes to empire building. The Catholic Church is also responsible for terrible crimes, they still have plenty happy customers today. One has to look back at history and keep an open mind, different times brother.

[@hugolxxx]

@@emilianozapata2530 what crimes ?

[@hugolxxx]

@@emilianozapata2530 do you know about the crimes of zapata ?

[@deg0239]

@@emilianozapata2530 troll spotted

[@yaragi]

Well researched documentaries like this are gems - and ever more important now at times like this. Thank you.

[@michaelmendez2]

I love these videos. Shows me a glimpse of the past.

[@MackNcD]

@Counterpart2U “The” past? Our past, my friends! I think maybe history should be renamed Ourstory so people can connect with the legacy of it all in a breath! Every day we learn we lessen our ‘amnesia’ and find further communion with the - how can I say it inclusively - with the most sacred of all things.

[@lehtamohan3595]

That was an incredibly moving story, the end brought me to tears. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

[@abdelhassouneh7205]

This channel is criminally underrated. The sheer production quality is incredible and the storytelling is second to none.

[@euphoricpedge6019]

For a history fanatic like myself these videos are absolutely amazing thank you so much voices of the past. i do not regret subscribing.

[@blastermaster5039]

They landed in Saint Helena. My God, I can imagine the isolation of that place, specially at that time.

[@falsemcnuggethope]

Compare it to being on the sea for months and it's not that isolated any more.

[@oberonpanopticon]

@@falsemcnuggethope”Wow! This is slightly better than the middle of the Indian Ocean!”

[@redacted9506]

Been thinking about this story for a couple of days. The knowledge of the planet we all take for granted was once the most glorious achievement of man. I can’t imagine the lives of people who have not been recorded, the color and splendor they must have witnessed. Thankful this story has been passed down so I could hear it here. Makes me wish I could turn back time and embrace them all. Crazy... absolutely insane, 4 Japanese boys depart from Japan and spend their lives traversing the planet; eventually reaching civilizations on the other side of many major and minor tectonic plates. I’m amazed... and saddened. I wish they could have been held in honor as they deserved, the stories they must have had and the things they must have seen.

[@IaMPlaceMatt]

I agree 100% the part where he said the excitement didn’t last when they got back Japan was pretty sad. They came back with all these wonders and knowledge only to later be shunned and persecuted and each of the 4 boys fates was sobering to hear, in history there is no happy endings!

[@EggShen905]

As a historian and a practicing Catholic with strong ties to Japan, I say well done indeed. Everything was pitch perfect here. May God continue to bless the Japanese people.

[@PresterMike]

💯💯💯

[@pacifistidentitarian549]

Christ is Lord 🙏👑

[@jfk4589]

@niktonic5379 Japan should convert to Christianity so that abominations like Danganronpa are no longer produced.

[@ranchopatriot]

This is my favorite of all your vids.

[@Epsilonsama]

What a bitter way to end such a majestic trip. The more open to the West Nobunaga was replaced with xenophobic warlords that persecuted Christians and ended closing their country until the 19th century. The fact that Miguel Chiijiwa remembered Ave Maria in Latin and died with a Rosary was such a beautiful bittersweet moment, during his final moments he repented for his sins and through the grace of God I'm sure he was saved.

[@edgabrielocay3376]

Such arrogance for European christians to spread their bullcrap beliefs as a disguise for their real goal of colonization.

[@VivaCristoRei9]

@@edgabrielocay3376 the people willingly converted

[@thetrolluminati9714]

​@@VivaCristoRei9 imagine thinking otherwise.

[@Lusus-zj9pt]

Really appreciate the description of Lisbon! Love to Japan from Portugal

[@alemalvina7624]

I feel kinda jealous of the adventures those young men lived. Amazing video. Thanks a lot.

[@fuferito]

I highly recommend watching Martin Scorsese's _Silence,_ which deals with the exact topic of the suppression (justified or not) of Christianity in Japan.

[@joellaz9836]

You can also read it as the movie is based on a book written by a Japanese Catholic.

[@fuferito]

@@joellaz9836, Very true. It is definitely on my list.

[@David-lu4gq]

@@joellaz9836 Have you a name for this book please?

[@kingfisher9725]

@@David-lu4gq Shusaku Endo, "Silence". It has been translated into English and other languages!

[@tejasmisra9115]

Christianity was, in many places, the precursor to colonization...

[@danielrestrepo1119]

I’m Catholic and this ending made me cry.

[@melissalisaandrean6803]

Same. Please read about the Kakure Kirishitan (hidden christian). There is a story of few japanese hidden christian who met the french priest in Nagasaki in the 19th century. They come to the newly built church, and ask the priest to show them Yesu-sama and Maria-sama. When they saw them, they cried and told the priest, they have believed for hundred of years, that the padres will returned once more for them. What a faith!

[@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155]

@ユジン Hard to believe there are still people who take any aspect of a Hollywood movie serious.

[@airmanjoe]

I’m not Catholic and it made me cry

[@jonathanorillo8721]

That ending got me teary. The violin didn't help.

[@markcreemore4915]

What an AMAZING account!!! Well done! What a marvelous epic movie this would make!

[@hardnotsoft111]

I really appreciate the fact that the sponsor is an educational streaming service.

[@JiggaMan1297]

"I accept this great suffering for the love of God"... What a strong man! He couldn't deny what he had seen. May his soul rest in peace.

[@falconeshield]

May he have been reborn into a kinder life

[@wulfherecyning1282]

"The Rebellious British Isles" is an apropos moniker, perhaps we ought to use it?

[@HisMagnificence]

I prefer Trash Island

[@-spudman2.054]

@@HisMagnificence ah inferior continental spotted

[@FakeBlocks]

That ending made me tear up...

[@hanselhuistra3132]

A spiritual experiance i say! The wanderlust, the feeling of being lost in a world you have only heard about. A feeling that has been erroded by globalisation, but still exists of course, but we tend to think it doesnt. Seriously we will feel these feelings again when we go to totally isolated lands, or outer space. I don't know hat i just wrote, but i btter sleep now, have a great day

[@zyanego3170]

I think I know what you mean

[@moondust2365]

True? Some people forget tho that there are still people like that, myself included. I may see and hear of America, Britain, Europe, Egypt, Israel, India, China, and Japan, among others, through the internet; and I am thankful for that; but I have never actually been to any other country. Heck, I've been confined to the island of Luzon for all my life (although I'm only 15), not being able to go to other islands within my own country. I'm still very much jealous of the ability to ride airplanes and ships and whatnot. It's too expensive for me, sadly.

[@schroecat1]

@@moondust2365 I may be a bit out of line here, as I don't know your circumstances, but if you really want to travel and see the world then becoming a sailor is always an option. I did it for 12 years, and have never regretted it for a moment.

[@Cneq]

@@moondust2365 With enough years of studying history/culture you'll have a much better understanding of the world than merely visiting other places as a tourist and if you ever get a chance to visit other places you'll be able to enjoy it that much more because you can appreciate it for what it was and what it is now. Not to mention google maps street view is still a very good tool for looking at how other countries look and just about every notable location is mapped on it and while VR headsets are still quite expensive you can use a VR headset to get a even better view of locations and as time goes on VR headsets themselves will become a lot cheaper.

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Ito: "these weren't the barbarians his countrymen knew, they were civilized, warmhearted, powerful, glorious and cultured" Weeaboos: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

[@derekskelton4187]

It entirely depends on context and perspective. Not everyone is a Romaboo

[@jackieyo6128]

At what minute is it said? I lost it, thanks mate.

[@avatarion]

You shouldn't judge people by the tourists you get.

[@5567-s7s]

@@jackieyo6128 19:06

[@TheSquidPro]

The grass is always greener.

[@stoywarshockofficial9984]

Wow loved it, absolutely beautiful I am very touched by the magnificent storytelling.. Thank you for this..

[@bishop6218]

Just discovered this channel and i must say i'm impressed. Nice visuals and great storytelling. Thanks mates !

[@k1lay]

I'm just imagining these 4 boys had the time of their lives... an iconic adventure, and we only know some of the details. Amazing.

[@lucasjames7524]

This is such a wonderful channel. Absolutely wonderful!!!

[@vinrico6704]

Over the top amazing story. Both as a Catholic and avid student of History. Excellent presentation, had no ideal this even happened before today. Thanx

[@hefebatsen7053]

what a huge jump in quality from the first video I saw from you guys! As a catholic it made me tear up a bit.

[@malahamavet]

16:15 in renaissance Spain, king kiss you! now seriously, it doesn't surprise me 😂

[@iisusvoryvzakone7345]

As an spanish it doesn't surprise me eather, surely Felipe thought "this people have been traveling almost 3 years to see me, lets cut all this protocol shit", it's like the greatest tittle in spanish nobility that it's Grande de España or Big of Spain that was granted by the phrase "uncover your head" and you took your hat off your head and that's it, not much ceremony, I allways imagined that when the kings gave this tittle they just did it by surprise keep talking about some other shit. The Grandes de España are the only nobility that could go into the king presense withouth a hat on and have free access to the royal palace with no need of being invited.

[@lukemurphy3584]

What a beautiful story. So well narrated. Love your channel wish I could see the things these men saw. How fortunate they were. Beautiful.

[@kaisermuto]

This was real history we Japanese learn in middle school.

[@jacobjj1078]

I hope that man is in heaven. At the last moments of his death, he prayed to the Blessed Mother.

[@beniaminosani2719]

@@AD-lk9re so God is alone in Heaven and does not communicate with anyone?

[@beniaminosani2719]

@@AD-lk9re It is useless to talk about it because we do not understand God in the same way. Catholics understand God as the Jews clearly did in their ancient history. God did not create a people of slaves, he educates them and is in constant relationship with them, sometimes he changes his mind and stops his hand, sometimes he is moved by his people. Israel is a man who fights with God. Those whom he has elevated to his dignity can undoubtedly intercede, and his mother, who did so on earth from the first miracle, does so more than anyone else. God and his blessed ones are perfect in both freedom and free will. You, on the other hand, speak as if you worshipped a black, polished stone.

[@beniaminosani2719]

@@AD-lk9re I did not say that God elevated men to perform divine tasks, but He certainly created them to share His fullness and commucate fully with Him. I did not mean to say that you worship a black stone, but that your god is a black, square stone. Our God is in himself a relationship from the beginning, his love is perfect and he needs no one, but precisely because of the greatness of his love he has desired to call others into his relationship, even the existence of angels could not be explained otherwise because as the Poet says they are sparks exploded by the fire of his love. But it is no relationship except between free creatures.

[@melissalisaandrean6803]

@@AD-lk9re lol. If you pray like Jesus. You must call God, Father. In all of His prayer, and the prayer He taugh us to pray, He called out Father Yet the Quran said, God is father to none. Have you call God Father in all your prayer? If you pray like Jesus, you must also sing praise songs to God like Jesus do. If you follow Jesus, you must renounce islamic heaven, of wine and sex slaves. As Jesus said, there are no marriage or sex in heaven. He even told to those who believe in sex in heaven is ignorant of God and scriptures. If you follow Jesus, you must also celebrate the eucarist. As Jesus comanded, "Do this in the remembrance of Me". Have you? If you follow Jesus you must also be baptise, as Jesus ordered, all must be baptise. (Wudhu is not baptism. Its Sabean practice). Have you? If you follow Jesus, you also must reject Jihad. As Jesus said, "His kingdom is not of this world". (The crusades was not the teaching of Jesus. It was launch simply as a reaction for 400 years of Islamic aggresion. Jihadist even sack the vatican and raid as far as the Alps). He also warned, "those who live by the sword, will die by the sword". You are typical muslim. Who doesnt actually read the Bible. But jumping around verses, picking some that suit your own view on religion. We christian follow the true teaching of Jesus. His teaching that were handed down to us from the Apostles and their students. You follow a 7th century caravan rider. Who claimed to be a prophet but killed by a jewish woman captive with poison in Khaibar. If you really read the bible, you will reject Islam. As i did. And you will also see, that Catholic practice are well grounded in the Bible and the writing of the church father. Praying to the saints is like asking a friend to pray for you. The saints were dead. But they arr alive with Christ. (John 11:25).

[@scriminamp]

faith was created to bring you together, yet you all arrogantly claim that you know the truth, and divide yourself through it. Absolutes are the tools of narcissist and hacks...

[@grizla1895]

almost made me cry near the end of the video when you spoke in Latin

[@tigar007]

Fantastic content.. Tnx very much

[@Дневникдилетанта-у1г]

It might just be a coincidence. But I was sitting and literally 10 minutes ago I was thinking about how the Japanese reacted for the first time when they were in Europe. And then I see that you posted the video just 2 hours ago. Accidents are not accidental))))

[@imarchello]

Only for you. For me, I saw this 2 months after they posted it.

[@sanjoth90]

The boys' adventure was awe-inspiring! Just bumped into your channel and I'm already hooked!

[@MKfanmomo]

What a magnificent tale. Thank you for sharing this

[@mancamiatipoola]

Thank you VOTP for another great bed-time story. You are like the granddad telling stories i never had. Nowadays we take travelling around the world lightly, but imagine back then how hard it was to get from one country to another, much less from one continent to another. Calm waters, disease, pirates, storms, supplies issues, running aground and so on. So many perils on he high seas. Imagine how you would feel going ashore in a strange and beautiful town, after 4 months at sea. Such a heartwarming and beautiful story. TY grandpa VOTP!

[@Renzsu]

What an amazing journey that must have been, to experience something like that. Great episode!

[@jamaluddinkhalifa8371]

i don't think anything has ever moved me to tears quite like this, though i am not sure why

[@IudiciumInfernalum]

Damn. I almost felt as if i were there...

[@antiv]

I enjoy the production value of your videos immensely. 👌🏽👍🏾

[@jamescheak3014]

Wow. I'm at a loss pf wprds to describe my emotions. I'm not religious, but this story has moved me to tears. You are the best channel on you tube. Thank you for bringing these lives to light. I'll be researching these story's for the foreseeable future.

[@brig.badger2896]

Excellent work, I’ve been trying to find a book on this story for a while.

[@DeclanMBrennan]

Beautifully written and narrated. I felt like I was there.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Wow, this is amazing. So amazing. I wonder what it was like...

[@れいい-q2m]

ほんと人間ってすごい生き物なんだよなって思わせる動画だった

[@archierobinson8445]

Have to comment how much I love this channel these great stories have got me through uncles hard times physically and mentally thank you for great content

[@vodkatoxin6914]

36:32 Hail Mary, Full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN!!!!

[@shlomomark2275]

The Japanese writer Shusaki Endo wrote a book name Samurai on a different mission from 1613.

[@كاميمۇرا]

*Shusaku

[@shlomomark2275]

@@كاميمۇرا THX. My mistake. A very good book by the way

[@patriciapalmer1377]

Never having heard of this legation and unfamiliar with this era of Japanese history, I was fascinated. Thank you for your time and effort on our behalf. Pat

[@jaimec2783]

Your storytelling is great, thank you! :)

[@Mattorite]

This was incredibly well told. Thank you!

[@otrot1601]

Wonderful, thank you ✝️

[@amadeusasimov1364]

A beautiful story and moment in history.

[@juanzulu1318]

I guess we people of today can only imagine how it must feel to see and be confronted with another human being of different race and culture, both of which you have next to no knowledge.

[@moondust2365]

True. Although there's still many people in developing and underdeveloped nations who can only dream of meeting a foreigner face to face, let alone going abroad in an airplane; myself being such a person. Sure I have a bit of context and knowledge of other cultures and races plus several foreign friends thanks to the internet, and I've seen foreigners in person on a few occasions. But being able to ride an airplane, go to another country, actually meet my foreign friends face to face, even just having fast internet-- hard to believe, it'd be a fantastic experience. Maybe I'm exaggerating and might let myself down a bit, but still. I'd be grateful to be able to go to another country. Even just another island of the Philippines. I've been "confined" to the island of Luzon my whole life. Sure, it's big enough that I've yet to see certain places and cultures, but it'd be nice to go to other places in the Philippines.

[@5567-s7s]

@@moondust2365 While I live in America, I’ve always wanted to visit other countries and learn about their culture. Since I’m half-Korean, I’ve done research on the culture of my Korean side and my family has even visited there to see extended family many times. However, I’ve always wanted to visit the nations of Europe and Southeast Asia. I personally want to visit the Philippines, even if it’s Luzon.

[@nos8141]

@@5567-s7s Korean hats is cool hah.... Kingdom got me interested in the history.

[@5567-s7s]

@@nos8141 is Kingdom that one zombie kdrama?

[@nos8141]

@@5567-s7s yes. Lol

[@gilgabro420]

Wow that was just beautiful! So tragic but also inspiring.

[@jojoanggono3229]

Such captivating episode filled with splendid narration.

[@danielcasperson7447]

This was an incredible story! Those four brave men. It's unfortunate that they and their perspectives weren't appreciated when they returned home.