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I welcome suggestions for additions to this page! Manjiro Links

An article in USA Today quoting from a book in which Manjiro and Melville are discussed--The Great Wave.
Article on Manjiro--part of Manjiro Society website (see below)
Mystic Seaport has developed a curriculum about Manjiro.
The Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had a Manjiro exhibit. Check out their Manjiro page!
Article in the Sacramento Bee about Manjiro in the Gold Rush! Also includes what four U.S. Presidents have had to say about Manjiro.
Daily Yomiuri article on Manjiro and language

Japan Links

Odaiko New England
Japan-America Grassroots Summit
Japanese Consulate in Boston
The Japan America Society of Hawaii has a good links page.
U.S. - Japan Links Japan-related web sites on business, public affairs, culture and education
The Manjiro Society for International Exchange, Inc. is a national, not-for-profit educational and cultural exchange organization that aims to foster grassroots-level exchange between the people of Japan and the U.S.
Address by President Clinton mentioning Manjiro
Letter of greeting from President Clinton to the Sister City Committee on the 10th anniversary of the sister city relationship.
Japanese<->English Dictionary. is a translation site.
Pacific Overtures, Stephen Sondheim's musical, features Manjiro as a main character.

Fairhaven/New Bedford Links

Standard Times article about our committee members, Joshua and Mayumi Katz and their Japanese business.
Millicent Library's Fairhaven Page and the "Unofficial" New Bedford Visitors Page
The Millicent Library, praised by Mark Twain, was built in 1893 and has been the keeper of the Manjiro story since then. The guest register was signed not only by Twain, but also by Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, now the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Maps and information about Manjiro and Fairhaven history are available.

Sister City Archives

Read about the 8th John Manjiro Festival in Coastin' magazine and the New Bedford Standard Times.
Read a recent article about our chairman, Gerry Rooney
We had a group of students and teachers from Shimizu High School in our Sister City visiting us. See pictures of them on the Shimizu High School Visit Page.
The Blue Waves Little League Team from Tosashimizu was in the Fairhaven/New Bedford area in 1998. Read about their visit in the Standard Times here and here Back to the John Manjiro Home Page