February 28 April 13, 1888

Rizal visited the Land of the Cherry Blossoms for a month and a half (1 mos.)
O-Sei-San the Japanese beauty he

fell in love with.

 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 respect ( A German custom) O-Sei-San was more than girlfriend for she was his interpreter and tutor. She improved his knowledge Japanese language. She eases the pain left by Rivera.

sign of Rizals guide, of the

Leonor

 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

O-Sei-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.