23 Jan 2020 ARTS and CULTURE Samurais on Broadway: Recounting the First Japanese Mission to the U.S., 160 Years Later In New York, the visiting samurais were so popular that there were theater performances and songs about them, samurai-inspired merchandise was being sold, and a cocktail named “Japanese” was born.… ByKaoru Ishiguro for Shukan NY Seikatsu0Comments