RIZALS VOYAGE FROM JAPAN

TO THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 13- DECEMBER 1, 1888
 On the eve of Rizals departure, he wrote a letter to O Sei San in his
diary

I am always thinking of you. Your name lives in the sight of my lips, your image
accompanies and animates all my thoughts. When shall I return to pass another
divide afternoon like that in the temple of Meguro? When shall the sweet hours I
spent with you return? When shall I find them sweeter, more tranquil, more
pleasing? You the color of the camellia, its freshness, its elegance

April 13, 1888- Rizal left

Japan and boarded the
Belgic, an English
steamer, at Yokohama,
bound for the United States
 The beautiful romance between Rizal and O Sei San came to a
dolorous ending
O Sei San mourned for a long time and cherished
the nostalgic memories of her romance with Rizal
1897- O Sei San married Mr. Alfred Charlton,
British teacher of chemistry of the Peers School
in Tokyo
- they had a daughter named Yuriko
- Chartlon was awarded with Order of Merit, 5th Class
- Yuriko married Yoshiharu Takiguchi, son of a Japanese Senator
 When Mr. Charlton died, O Sei
San lived in Shinjuko district,
Tokyo
1944- Her home was destroyed
by the U.S. bombing of Tokyo
May 1, 1947- O Sei San died at
the age of 80 and was buried
beside her husbands tomb
at Zoshigawa Cemetery
 Rizal met a semi-Filipino family while on his voyage to the United
States
- Mr. Reinaldo Turner, Emma Jackson (wife), their children and
their maid servant from Pangasinan
One of the children was delighted to see that the famous man
who wrote Noli me Tangere was their fellow passenger
Rizal also met Tetcho Suehiro
- Tetcho Suehiro- a Japanese journalist, novelist and champion
of human rights
- At the beginning of the voyage, he was alone because he
could nor communicate with the ship officers and the
passengers because he only knew the Japanese language
- Rizal befriended him an acted as an interpreter
 Rizal told Tetcho the story of his lifes
mission to emancipate his oppressed
people from the Spanish
Tetcho admired Rizal which influenced him
to fortify his own crusade for human rights
in his country
December 1, 1888- Rizal and Tetcho
parted ways and they never met again
- Rizal remained in London to conduct
historical researches
- Tetcho returned to Japan
 1889- Tetcho published his travel diary which contained his
impressions of Rizal

Rizal was an open hearted man. He was not hair-splitting. He was an

accomplished, good at picture, skillfull in exquisite wax work, especially

December 1- Tetcho left London because of his slight illness,

making it hard for him to spend
winter there
After the publication of his travel diary, he resigned his position as
the editor of the Tokyo newspaper, Choya
 1890- he was elected as member of the lower house of the First
Imperial Diet
1891- he published a political novel, Nankai-no-Daiharan (Storm Over
The South Sea) which resembles Rizals Noli Me Tangere
1894- he published O-unabara, which was similar to El Filibusterismo
February 1896- he died of heart attack at 49 years old