Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- 41 A Survey of France
- 42 A Record of Paris, 1
- 43 A Record of Paris, 2
- 44 A Record of Paris, 3
- 45 A Record of Paris, 4
- 46 A Record of Paris, 5
- 47 A Record of Paris, 6
- 48 A Record of Paris, 7
- 49 A Survey of Belgium
- 50 A Record of Belgium, 1
- 51 A Record of Belgium, 2
- 52 A Survey of Holland
- 53 A Record of the Hague, Rotterdam and Leiden
- 54 A Record of Amsterdam
- 55 A Survey of Prussia
- 56 The Journey by Rail Through Western Prussia
- 57 A Survey of Berlin
- 58 A Record of Berlin, 1
- 59 A Record of Berlin, 2
- 60 A Record of Berlin, 3; with a Supplement on Potsdam
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
57 - A Survey of Berlin
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- 41 A Survey of France
- 42 A Record of Paris, 1
- 43 A Record of Paris, 2
- 44 A Record of Paris, 3
- 45 A Record of Paris, 4
- 46 A Record of Paris, 5
- 47 A Record of Paris, 6
- 48 A Record of Paris, 7
- 49 A Survey of Belgium
- 50 A Record of Belgium, 1
- 51 A Record of Belgium, 2
- 52 A Survey of Holland
- 53 A Record of the Hague, Rotterdam and Leiden
- 54 A Record of Amsterdam
- 55 A Survey of Prussia
- 56 The Journey by Rail Through Western Prussia
- 57 A Survey of Berlin
- 58 A Record of Berlin, 1
- 59 A Record of Berlin, 2
- 60 A Record of Berlin, 3; with a Supplement on Potsdam
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
Summary
March 9th, 1873. Fine.
When dawn broke, the train was already travelling through the province of Brandenburg, across a still broader plain with the occasional stretch of marshland. We were now in the county of Potsdam, to the west of Berlin, an area of picturesque lakes and marshes. The fields this morning were covered in white frost, and there was a biting chill in the air. At seven o'clock we reached Berlin to find the minister plenipotentiary [Sameshima Naonobu], the secretaries from the legation and a party of Japanese students all waiting at the station to meet us. People in Germany are punctilious in showing respect to their emperor and obeying the government, so when they heard of the arrival of our Embassy, the professors of the Japanese students allowed them to absent themselves from classes in order to call on us at our official residence. Even those lodging in outlying districts gathered in the city for the occasion. If the students had failed to come on the grounds that our visit was unrelated to their studies, the professors would have criticised them for neglecting their duty. In Britain and America, on the contrary, people had found the efforts of Japanese students to welcome and see us off amusing, so sentiments vary from one country to the next.
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- Japan RisingThe Iwakura Embassy to the USA and Europe, pp. 296 - 301Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009