YOKOYAMA Gennosuke, who was a researcher on social issues in On November fourteenth he boarded the Japanese ship Kiyō Maru bound for Peru. He arrived in the capital city of Lima on the twenty-eighth. There he surveyed the lifestyle and customs of Japanese im-migrants. On December tenth, he entered the port of Salina Cruz, Mexico, where he stayed until December sixteenth when he headed for Hawaii. The ship arrived in Hawaii on the twenty-ninth and he departed on January fourth. He arrived at the port of Yokohama on the twenty-fourth. His third world trip had lasted eight months. the Meiji era, said at the time in the article “Brazil Observer” in the Osaka Asahi Newspaper that, “Dr. Inoue Enryō, the Ghost Doc, also fluttered into the bay of Rio.” The Japanese word for “flutter (飄然)” means “a relaxed, natural manner, as if flittering in softly on the wind.” Enryō took an easy-going approach to his trip around the world, vis-iting wherever took his fancy. He was a man of endless curiosity. During his three world trips Enryō visited near the North and South Poles, as well as traveling five continents by himself, complet-ing his dream of traveling around the globe. He learned a great deal about education, politics, and religion in the developed countries of the West through first-hand observation. He also learned that there was a rich diversity of natural scenery and culture, from Northern Europe and Russia, to China and India, as well as Oceania, Africa, and South America. In this way, Enryō was able to gain valuable in-formation through first-hand experience and internalize it as new knowledge. After returning to Japan, he put this knowledge to full use in conceiving of and implementing educational projects. 181
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