What did Hasekura Tsunenaga sail north to Japan from in 1620?
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Hasekura Tsunenaga sailed north to Japan from Manila in 1620. Manila was the capital of the Spanish colony of the Philippines. Hasekura was a Japanese diplomat who had been sent to Spain to negotiate a trade agreement. He sailed from Manila to Japan in a Spanish galleon. The voyage took about a year.
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