07 Dec 2015

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: The Japanese Embassy at the Washington Navy Yard – Pt. 2

Last week, we looked at the first Japanese Embassy to the United States, and its arrival on the east coast of the country at the Navy Yard. In today’s installment, we will look at their return visit and what they saw there. The two weeks following the Japanese Embassy’s arrival in Washington were spent in […]


30 Nov 2015

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: The Japanese Embassy at the Washington Navy Yard – Pt. 1

I have previously written about visitors to the Washington Navy Yard. Today, I introduce another group: The first ambassadors to the United States from the newly opened country of Japan. In 1860, seven years after Commodore oorooatthew Perry had established trading with Japan, the Japanese government sent an ambassador to the United States, along with […]


24 Mar 2011

Ichi, Ni, San: It's DC Sakura Time!

It’s the most wonderful time of year in DC, unless you have allergies: it’s the time when every day you look out your window or stroll down the street, a new tree is just blooming like crazy!  Of course, among all the blooming majesty of star magnolias and tulip magnolias and peach trees and flowering […]


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