Rizal left Hong Kong on board of the Oceanic, an American steamer on his way to Japan.

He arrived in Yokohama, Japan and stayed for one day in Grand Hotel.

After spending a day in Yokohama, Rizal went to Tokyo and stayed in Tokyo Hotel for five days. Tokyo Hotel- where Rizal stayed from March 2-7 in Japan

Rizals letter to Blumentritt.

Tokyo is more extensive than Paris. The walls are built in cyclopean manner. The streets are large and wide

JUDO Japanese art of self defense KABUKI Japanese drama play

Juan Perez Caballero secretary of the Spanish legation visited him in the hotel inviting him to stay in the Spanish legation. Knowing that it is a plot to monitor him, Rizal accepted the offer for the following reasons:

He could economize his living expenses He had nothing to hide from the prying eyes of the Spanish authorities. He and Caballero became good friends.

In Japan, Rizal was embarrassed because he did not knew how to speak Niponggo (Japanese Language)

He was mistaken as an Europeanized Japanese because he looks like a Japanese and yet speaks in different tongue.

The scenic beauty of the country The cleanliness, politeness and industry of the Japanese people. The picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women. There were few thieves in Japan. Beggars are rarely seen in the city streets.

Rickshaw a popular mode of transportation which he did not like in Japan.

A samurais daughter of 23 years old and had never experienced true love. Usui San, her father; a store owner A woman of beauty, charm, modesty and intelligence. Speaks French and English

When Rizal first introduced himself to her, he took of his hat as a sign of respect ( A German custom) O-Sei-San was more than Rizals girlfriend for she was his guide, interpreter and tutor. She improved his knowledge of the Japanese language. She eases the pain left by Leonor Rivera.

Rizal and Osei San are both theatre addicts. They attended some kabuki plays such as; Sendaihagi Manjiro Nakahama Chushingura

Rizal fell greatly in-love with O-Sei-San that he was tempted to leave the Philippines and settle down in Japan. He was offered a job in the Spanish Legation Paciano wrote to him reminding him of his duty and why he left the Philippines in the first place.

Rizal left Japan via the ship Belgic, an English steamer in Yokohama bound for United States.

It ended 45 days of his unforgettable stay in Japan and his relationship with O-Sei-San.

Alfred Charlton became the husband of OSei-San in 1897, one year after Rizal was executed. He was a British teacher of chemistry in Peers School in Tokyo. They had a daughter named Yuriko, who married a son of a Japanese senator Seiko-Usui died in 1947 at age 80 and was buried beside her husband.

April 13, 1888 Rizal left Japan boarded in Belgic, an English steamer bound for United States Tetcho Suehiro a fighting Japanese journalist, novelist, champion of human rights, who was forced by the government to leave Japan. He met a semi-Filipino family Mr. Reinaldo Turner and his wife Emma Jackson, their children and maid from Pangasinan.

Became a member of the Japanese Imperial Diet (Parliament) Wrote to novels:

Nankai-no-Daiharan (Storm Over the South Sea) 1891 resembling Noli Me Tangere O-unabara (The Big Ocean) 1894 resembling El Filibusterismo Died in 1896 at age 49 due to heart attack.

Advocates of Freedom Rizal Tetcho Suehiro