The Changing Times Arrival in America : Hope for Change SFUSD March 1860 Volume 1, Issue 1 Japan is finally open! After a long isolation from the world, Japan has set itself open door to the West. It is because of the mighty power of America led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry to negotiate the open trade. Perry was suc- cessfully makes Japan signed the treaty of Kanagawa which allows us to estab- lish a trading partnership on March 31, 1854; however, America and Japan will continue this negotiation in America and ends it with the Harris Treaty, the final establishment of foreign concessions. For this reason, Japanese Embassy sets sail on February 13, 1860 from Yokohama Bay to the San Francisco. They have arrived! On the USS Powhatan on March 29, 1860, the Japan Embassy represents by their three best ambassadors, Shimmi Buzen-no-Kami Masoki, Muragaki Awaji-no-Kami Norimasa, and Oguri Bungo-no-Kami, and also interpreters (Nakahma Manjiro and Tateishi Onojirou Noriyuki) to San Francisco shore, but a few day ago the Kanrin Maru has arrived first to the shore with seventy-seven samurais. The crowd roars with excitement as they wait to see their potential trading partner walks off the USS Powhatan and they also are there to impress the Japanese. With traditional way of Japanese, Ameri- cans are impressed by their long silky rope and knot top hair style. What amaz- ing are their swords! They are shiny like a mirror and strong as steel. It is a great experience to see in history Whereas our potential trading partners, the Congress is honored to pro- vide the embassy a $50,000 budget to entertain the envoys. While Japanese em- bassy is on a mission to establish the Harris Treaty, Americans also given them a great opportunity to tour around America such as San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia and also see the great railroad. America n government is hoping that the Japanese Embassy will see the magnificent of America and bring words back to Japan as an honor to be in America.