Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
When Captain Whitfield and Manjiro arrived at New Bedford, they weren't completely on their own. They were actually met by "Aunt Millie" who cooked them a good solid meal and housed them.
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Manjiro's so big in Fairhaven that he even has a trail named after him. It goes by all the spots that were most central to his life there.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote a letter inviting Manjiro's son to the United States in order to improve diplomatic relations between U.S. and Japan.
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John Manjiro is actually a character in a Japanese soap opera called Ryomaden. Scroll down to see him aboard a ship.
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