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Coria del Río y el apellido Japón

Coria del Río, Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville

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Coria del Río y el apellido Japón

Historical milestone · Coria del Río, Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville

Image of Coria del Río, not of the place itself.

In the 17th century the embassy of the Japanese samurai and diplomat Hasekura Tsunenaga stopped at Coria del Río; part of his retinue stayed in the area, the origin of the surname Japón still carried by several hundred residents. In 1992 a Japanese delegation gave the municipality a statue of Hasekura, and in 2013 it was visited by the then crown prince Naruhito for the 400th anniversary of Spain-Japan relations.

siglo XVII (embajada de Hasekura); 1992 (estatua); 14 de junio de 2013 (visita de Naruhito)

Photo: Cárdenas (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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