First Japanese Visitor to USA Describes American Life // 1860 Tokugawa Embassy // Primary Source

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Here we have an extract from the autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi, famed Japanese reformer and a member of the first Japanese embassy to The United States after 200+ years of isolation.
Extract from The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi translated by Eiichi Kiyooka, 1934 edition.
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[@VoicesofthePast]

Hello one and all! Great response to the video. More from Fukuzawa Yukichi this Saturday - the 1862 tour of Europe 🇬🇧🇫🇷 edit: here is the link:

[@lancemannly]

Gotta say I'm pretty proud of the way they received and hosted the Japanese delegation, respecting their customs like that

[@ch33zer]

"I was surprised at the high cost of daily commodities in California"

[@flaviusbelisarius7517]

Set himself on fire just to avoid asking for an ash tray. I like this man.

[@ubertuber3d]

The Japanese encountering modern machinery: ...

[@alexanderholzer7392]

Japanese: These people are weird, but I like them.

[@captainplexiglass6475]

"what are the whereabouts of the children of Washington?"

[@adriannaranjo4397]

Americans:

[@jinhunterslay1638]

Fun Fact:

[@dorkmax7073]

His note on the use of iron in America is fascinating. He talks about Westerners wasting iron, and I had heard previously that Japan was never resource rich, geographically. It makes sense that their lack of iron would make them more inclined to recycle it whenever possible.

[@gemusefachlummel6467]

Imagine a Japanese man tries to learn English and comes to America with a heavy Dutch accent 😁

[@olorin4317]

Mr. Fukuzawa sounds like a pretty cool dude.

[@MattNeufy]

“Though I called myself a teacher...I was still a student, along with those I was instructing”

[@pilotman9819]

When you Master Dutch but everyone spoke English in the Ports.

[@user-bx2sj4nz3m]

"I was surprised at the high cost of daily commodities in California." Some things never change smh.

[@wyattrivers700]

As a preface to the video, the reason Yukichi was disappointed after visiting the foreign merchants in Yokohama and finding that he could not understand them, is that up until this point he had devoted himself to learning Dutch (and was regarded as being quite proficient at it as well).

[@couplemonkeys1429]

"As if our host had put us in the palm of his hand to see that we lack nothing" is a strangely powerful saying to me

[@ZgermanGuy.]

"i felt like a girl before her wedding"

[@Fredrikschou]

all good teachers are still students

[@AYhatterthanyoouu]

This guy is awesome, he's also the founder of keio University in tokyo