OUTLINE SUMMARY OF JOSE RIZAL’S TRAVEL PART 4

Rizal in Japan
28 February 1888
Rizal, after days of travel, arrived at Yokohama. He registered at the Grand Hotel. He was
offered at once the Spanish Legation for his home. In Japan, Rizal studied the habits and
customs of the Japanese people, their language, theaters and commerce.

1 March 1888
He cheked out of the Grand Hotel and entrained for Tokyo and there lodged at the Tokyo Hotel.

4 March 1888
He wrote Blumentritt about the honesty, courtesy,cleanliness and industry of the Japanese
people. However, he also expressed his disgust on the use of the mandrawn jinrikisha.

7 March 1888
Rizal cheked out of Tokyo Hotel and moved to the Spanish Legation where he was offered free
boar and lodging.

15 March 1888
Rizal first saw O-Sei-san walking past the gate of the Spanish Legation.

7 April 1888
Rizal wrote his family and envisioned that in the future the Philippines woukd have more
contact and relations with Japan.

13 April 1888
Rizal left Yokohama for San Francisco, on board the Belgic.

Rizal in America
28 April 1888
Rizal arrived at San Francisco, California.

28 April to May 1888

5-6 May 1888

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10 May 1888
He passed thru the territory of the Nebraska, Illinois.

11 May 1888
He arrived at Chicago, after four days crossing the American Continents.

13 May 1888
He reached Albany and later traveled along the bank of the Hudson River. This day was the end
of his transcontinental trip. Arriving at New York on the morning, he boarded at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel.
Rizal in London
2 June 1888
Dr. Reinhold Rost and family tendered in their house a tea party in Rizal’s honor. Rizal saw in
the Rost’s house a good Filipiniana library. (Dr. Reinhold Rost, a book lover, librarian of the
Minister of Foreign Relations of England and famous Malayalogist, had especial predilections
for Rizal whom he used to call Hombre perla).

23 June 1888
He thought of publishing the second edition of the Noli Me Tangere with the illustrations of
Juan Luna and with slight changes. He wanted to correct the typographical errors and the
erroneous citation of Shakespeare which should be that of Schiller.

27 June 1888
In a letter, he requested Mariano Ponce to send more Copies of the Noli Me Tangere to the
Philippines. He told Ponce that the question of writing with more or less literature is just
secondary; what is essential is to think and to feel rightly, to work for an object and the pen will
take charge of transmitting the ideas.

9 July 1888
Rizal asked Pof. Blumentritt for advice whether or not to answer Senator vida who denounced
him (Rizal) in the Senate in Madrid as an intimate friendof Prince Bismarch, and his novel as
anti-Catholic, preaching protestant and socialist.
12 July 1888
The Hispano-Filipino association was reorganized by the Filipinos in Madrid and by theSpaniards
sympathizing the cause of the filipinos, headed by Sr. Morayta.

26 July 1888
It was decided to write in the press and artile which would teach Senator Vida courtesy and
honesty. Earlier, he had written a letter to the Senator in Madrid whose answer he was waiting
for.
27 July 1888
Rizal wrote a letter to Mariano Ponce (Naning) telling the latter of his experience in his travel
Manila via Hongkong, Japan and North America, and the people he met in Hongkong, who he
said, are enthusiastic about the Noli and are studious and patriots.

16 August 1888
Rizal was admitted to the reading room of the British Museum of London.

August 1888
He was busy with the Morga. He thought of copying the whole book and annotating it for
publication as his gift to the Filipinos. Dr. Antonio Regidor, one of the exiles of the 1872 event,
promised to be his capitalist. Along with the Morga he wanted also to publish Blumentritt’s
"Tribes of Mindanao" including some new documents which he found in the British Museum.

18 August 1888
With the intention of writing the continuation of his first novel, Rizal asked Mariano Ponce in a
letter to send him two or more copies of the Noli. Rizal planned t hav a picture taken : one copy
to be sent to Ponce and the other to be included in the publication of the second novel.
Rizal in Paris
4 September 1888
Rizal arrived at Paris and boarded at the Hotel del Restaurant de Rome. Because of the bad
news he received from home , he thought of proceeding to Spain. However, the plan was not
realized.

9 September 1888
with other invited Filipinos he took his lunch in luna’s house on the occasion of the anniversary
of the painter’s son. They ate Filipino food.

10 September 1888
He left Paris for London to continue copying the book of Morga in the British Museum.
Rizal Back in Spain
13 December 1888
In Barcelona, he saw the members of the Filipino colony: Mariano Ponce, Fernando Canon,
Graciano Lopez-Jaena, and others. They talked much about the Filipinism of Prof. Blumentritt.
Rizal Back in London
24 December 1888
Rizal arrived at London from his twelve days visit to Spain.

24 December 1888
In a letter, he reminded Prof. Blumentritt of the two busts he sent the latter before leaving for
Madrid. The Augustus, which took him 10 days modeling, was given as a Christmas gift to Prof.
Blumentritt and the Julius, to Dr. Carlos Czepelack. (Jesus Christ was born during the time of
Octavio Cesar called Augosto by the Roman Emperors, hence, as his affection for Prof.
Blumentritt, Rizal gave him the Augustus).

28 December 1888
In a letter, he requested Fernando Canon to be the interpreter of his (Rizal’s) sentiments on the
December 31st gathering among the Filipino in Madrid.

- In a letter, Rizal requested Ponce to publish the manuscript of the "La Vision de Fr. Rodriguez",
about 3,000 to 4,000 copies, and for its expenses, to utilize the money earned for selling copies
of the Noli.

31 December 1888
Rizal sent a letter to be read before the reunited Filipinos in Madrid, animating them to do
something worthy for the country. He reaffirmed his loyalty to the association and his desire to
think and feel with the members, to dream, to want, and to plan something good for the
country.

January 1889
in a letter, Rizal told Jose Ma. Basa in Hongkong not to send the rest of the copies of the Noli to
the Philippines to prevent them from being burned or destroyed by the timid Filipinos. "If the
present generation does not like to read my book because of fear. I will keep it for the next
generation to come…," said Rizal.

6 January 1889
in a letter, he requested Mariano Ponce to change the word sabio to como libre pensador in his
(Rizal’s) article "La Vision de Fr. Rodriguez" which was sent to Barcelona for publication.

14 January 1889
He sent to Prof. Blumentritt a copy of his plan of forming an International Association of
Filipinologists, asking the latter for his opinion about this plan. He thought of holding a
conference among the members during the Paris exposition in August, 1889.
4 February 1889
Rizal rejoiced because of the coming out on the 15th of the month of the publication La
Solidaridad in Barcelona. This was communicated to Marcelo H. del Pilar. He urged that one of
the Filipinos staying in Barcelona should study the Italian language to be able to read and study
the manuscript written in Italian and which treated about the Philippine situation in 1520. The
manuscripts, according to Rizal, were written by one of the companions of Magellan.

6 February 1889
In a letter, he requested Prof. Blumentritt to talk with Dr. A. B. Meyer concerning the
Association of Filipinologists. The latter was elected member of the organization.

14 February 1889
In a letter, he requested Dr. A. B. Meyer to nominate one Dutch member to the International
Association of Filipinologists.

22 February 1889
he wrote the famous letter to the women of Malolos, as per request by Marcelo H. del Pilar.

27 February 1889
in a letter, he informed Dr. A. B. Meyer that Dr. Niuman from Holland, did not accept the
position of adviser-member of the Association due to the latter’s many occupations.

5 March 1889
In a letter, Rizal congratulated Graciano Lopez-Jaena for the excellent speech, which the latter
delivered.

15 march 1889
Rizal’s article "El Solfeo de La Defensa" was published in the La Solidaridad.
-His "Los agriculores Filipinos" was published in the La Solidaridad.