BRIGHT SIDE's video: US Shocked First Japanese Visitors See Why

Watch more videos in our new App: https://bit.ly/3g9KM8j For more than 200 years, Japan was in isolation from the rest of the world. There was very little trade and other relations with different countries. No foreigners were allowed to visit it and no common Japanese person was allowed to travel abroad. The locals could only imagine what life was like out there. In 1854, the isolation was finally over. They started signing trade treaties with other countries. One of the first on the list was the United States of America. And because e-mails and e-signatures weren’t really available back then, a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation was sent by ship in 1860. That was the first Japanese Embassy to the United States. The ambassadors left Yokohama for San Francisco by the end of January. It was a huge group of 96 people: the ambassador, vice-ambassador, several doctors, a couple of translators, barbers, cooks, servants, armorers, and samurai. One of them was Yukichi Fukuzawa who shared his impressions of the voyage and what they’d seen in America in his many books. Preview photo credit: Kikyo Plain, Shinshu Province, 1860: By agefotostock Art Collection/agefotostock/East News, https://www.eastnews.ru/pictures/picture/id/70743321/i/22/t/87 View of American Life, from Illustrated London News, pub. 1860 (coloured engraving): By Historica Graphica Collection/Image State/East News, https://www.eastnews.ru/pictures/picture/id/63765667/i/78/t/87 Animation is created by Bright Side. Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightgram/ 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/