This photograph was taken on the Washington Navy Yard when the first official delegation from Japan visited the United States in 1860.
What a cultural shift these guys were in for!
🙂 vs (^_____^)
They don’t look Asian when you enlarge the pic.
I wonder if those are native Japanese people? I didn’t think they had any political influence at that time but who knows.
They don’t treat native Japanese very well. Much worse than native Americans get.
I didn’t know that there was a distinction between “Native” Japanese and the…regular Japanese (?) Could you tell us more? Like a wikipedia article name?
They’re called Ainu.
The Asian Japanese are from China.
They look nothing like Tom Cruise. I call shenanigans.
What a cultural shift these guys were in for!
🙂 vs (^_____^)
They don’t look Asian when you enlarge the pic.
I wonder if those are native Japanese people? I didn’t think they had any political influence at that time but who knows.
They don’t treat native Japanese very well. Much worse than native Americans get.
I didn’t know that there was a distinction between “Native” Japanese and the…regular Japanese (?) Could you tell us more? Like a wikipedia article name?
They’re called Ainu.
The Asian Japanese are from China.
They look nothing like Tom Cruise. I call shenanigans.