BLACK SHIPS! BLACK SHIPS!
In amazing to me that today Japan has a “Black Ships” festivals to celebrate the opening of Japan. Now that’s putting some spin on being a loser.
To read more about Japanese contact with the West , visit this great website of Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Visualizing Cultures.
ON this day: Thursday, March 31
1854 - US Commodore Perry signs the treaty of Kanagawa with Japan, opening two Japanese ports to trade with outside world.
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May 7th, 2006 at 3:47 am
Shout “Hold me!” Leave me in stitches. Standardizie bipartisan noodling. Ok, I just teasing you Taro.