This is located in East Haddam, Connecticut. You can learn about
Osaki who was a political refugee and came from a prosperous Japanese
family. Osaki's brother served in the Japanese Diet and was one of the
few politicians to publicly oppose the bombing of Pearl Harbor.Japanese American National Museum:
This
museum is located in Los Angeles, California. You can learn about
Japanese American history.
The Japan America
Society
of RI holds the Black Ships Festival in
Newport, RI in July. The Festival celebrates the achievements of
Commodore Matthew C. Perry of Newport for negotiating the Treaty
of
Kanagawa in 1854 with the Edo Shoganate. For further information,
contact the Festival office at 401-846-2720.
This museum is located in New London, Connecticut. During April 30 to
July 16, 2000, the museum exhibited photos and letters of Chiune
Sugihara, Japanese Consul, who saved many Jewish people, in Kovno,
Lithuania, 1940.
Manjiro was saved by
Caption Whitfiield when Manjiro had waited for help in a tiny island
due to a storm. Manjiro chose to follow the caption and arrived in New
Bedford to stay.
Then he went to school near the caption's home.
Captain William H. Whitfield from New
Bedford saved young
Manjiro
Nakahama from Tosa, Japan; from a fierce storm as they fished off the
Japanese coast. Manjiro decided to go to the US with the captain,
and the Japanese boy was educated in New Bedford. Today, Tosa and
New Bedford is a sister city.
Gillette Castle State Park:
