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John Manjiro Museum（ジョン万次郎資料館）

じょんまんじろうしりょうかん John Manjiro Museum

John Manjiro Museum（ジョン万次郎資料館）

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A castaway who reached America and returned as an interpreter; copies of the phrasebook he made survive.

Type	Memorial museum
City / town	Tosashimizu
Area in the prefecture	Western area

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Where is John Manjiro Museum?: It is in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. It is a memorial museum.
What can I see at John Manjiro Museum?: A castaway who reached America and returned as an interpreter; copies of the phrasebook he made survive. The focus is calligraphy.
When was John Manjiro Museum established?: It dates from 1991.

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