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Lecture and Reception in Commemoration of the arrival of the Clove

11 June 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Celebrating 400 years of UK-Japan exchanges
Professor Timon Screech and British Ambassador Tim Hitchens with a replica of John Saris’ diary

Professor Timon Screech delivers a formal lecture of the history of the East India Company’s decision to sail to Japan in 1611, the voyage and arrival of its vessels, and what happened thereafter.

Celebrating 400 years of UK-Japan exchanges
A replica of John Saris’ diary, who sailed his ship the Clove to Hirado Port in Kyushu 400 years ago

 

With the kind support of the British Embassy in Tokyo

 

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Date:
11 June 2013
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Venue

Tokyo, Japan