nov 18, 1613 - Japanese Embassy

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A delegation led by samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga, which included over one hundred Japanese Christians as well as twenty-two samurai under the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, arrived in San Casilida from Japan as part of a mission to form closer relations with Catholic Europe. Tanaka Shosuke, leader of the previous envoy, remains in San Casilida with some of the delegation, who remain and marry with the locals. This marks the first permanent Japanese settlers in Descanso.

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