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*1879/1/18 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terashima Munenari]] suggests to Prince [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]] that Grant should be received as though he were a royal prince. The suggestion gets immediate approval.
*1879/1/18 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terashima Munenari]] suggests to Prince [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]] that Grant should be received as though he were a royal prince. The suggestion gets immediate approval.
*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.
*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.
*1879/6/21 [[Ulysses S. Grant]] arrives in [[Nagasaki]] harbor aboard the USS ''Richmond'', accompanied by his wife and son, and John Russell Young, a New York Herald reporter who is represented to the Japanese as Grant's secretary.
*1879/5/27-31 [[Ulysses S. Grant]] meets with [[Li Hongzhang]] in Tianjin.
*1879/6/5-8 Grant meets with [[Prince Kung]] and agrees to mediate in the dispute over the Ryukyus.
*1879/6/15 Grant boards the USS ''Richmond'' and departs China from Tianjin.
*1879/6/21 Grant arrives in [[Nagasaki]] harbor aboard the USS ''Richmond'', accompanied by his wife and son, and [[John Russell Young]], a New York Herald reporter who is represented to the Japanese as Grant's secretary.
*1879/6/26 Grant's party departs Nagasaki for [[Yokohama]], aboard the ''Richmond''.
*1879/6/26 Grant's party departs Nagasaki for [[Yokohama]], aboard the ''Richmond''.
*1879/7/3 Grant's party arrives in Yokohama, and is welcomed by a number of officials including [[Iwakura Tomomi]]. They travel to Tokyo by train.
*1879/7/3 Grant's party arrives in Yokohama, and is welcomed by a number of officials including [[Iwakura Tomomi]]. They travel to Tokyo by train.
*1879/7/4 Grant is granted an audience with [[Emperor Meiji]].
*1879/7/4 Grant is granted an audience with [[Emperor Meiji]], and celebrates Independence Day with Americans resident in Japan.
*1879/7/8 Grant views a performance of [[Noh]]; he and his wife are the first Westerners to be the guests of honor at a "popular reception ... by the Japanese populace."
*1879/7/8 Grant views a performance of [[Noh]]; he and his wife are the first Westerners to be the guests of honor at a "popular reception ... by the Japanese populace."
*1879/7/16 Grant is treated to a performance at the [[Shintomi-za]] relating events in the life of [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]], as a metaphorical reference to events in the life of Grant himself.
*1879/7/16 Grant is treated to a performance at the [[Shintomi-za]] relating events in the life of [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]], as a metaphorical reference to events in the life of Grant himself.
