From Hong Kong, he reached Yokohama. Japan on February  and proceeded to Tokyo the next day. He lived in the Spanish legation in Tokyo upon invitation of its secretary, Juan Perez Caballero. ln March 1888, he heard a Tokyo band nicety playing a   European   music   and   was   astonished   to   find   out   after   the   gig   that   some   of   its members were Filipinos.

From this information, we can assume that  even  during Rizal’s time, there were   Filipinos entertainers –“Japayuki or Japayuko" in Japan. But if there was a person who was truly entertained at the time, it was Rizal himself who was amused by the Japanese girl who would pass by the legation everyday. The 23-year old Seiko Usui whom he fondly called 'O-Sei-San' became his tourguide and sweetheart rolled into one.