From Kobe, the Tsesarevich went to Kyoto, where he was met by a delegation headed by Prince Arisugawa Taruhito. Prince Nicholas showed interest in the Japanese traditional crafts, had a dragon-shaped tattoo on his right forearm, and bought an ornamental hairpin for a Japanese passer-by. On 29 April, in Ōtsu, he was attacked by one of the Japanese police escort. The Japanese government apologised profusely, and Emperor Meiji himself came to accompany Nicholas back to the Russian ships. On 7 May Nicholas left Kobe, and four days later arrived in Vladivostok, where he accomplished the official part of his mission. This leg of the journey was on the steam yacht St George of the Royal Yacht Squadron in the company of its owner, Ernest Wythes, of Copped Hall. He then returned across the entire length of Russia back to Saint Petersburg. He travelled overland and by river boat via Khabarovka, Blagoveshchensk, Nerchinsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Tomsk, Surgut, Tobolsk, Tara, Omsk, and Orenburg, and then returned by train to St. Petersburg. A number of Siberian cities erected triumphal arches to celebrate the visit of the future emperor. Timeline : departure from Gatchina; : departure from Trieste; –: visiting of Egypt; : arrival to Bombay; –: voyage in India Bombay; Agra; Lahore; Amritsar; Benares; Calcutta; Bombay; Madras; : arrival to Ceylon; : departure from Colombo; : arrival to Bangkok; : departure from Bangkok; : arrival to Hong Kong; : arrival to Wuhan : arrival to Nagasaki, Japan; : Otsu Scandal; : celebration of the 23rd birthday of Nicholas in Osaka; : departure from Kobe; : arrival to Vladivostok; : departure from Vladivostok; : arrival to St. Petersburg; Significance Prince Esper Ukhtomsky also took part in the journey, and collected important ethnographic notes about the places he visited. Later he published an illustrated three-volume story of this voyage. More than 200 photos were taken by Vladimir Mendeleyev, a son of Dmitry Mendeleyev, who was a member of the Memory of Azov crew. Commemoration The Memory of Azov (Fabergé egg) has a miniature replica of the cruiser Memory of Azov. See also Grand tour Notes Bibliography E. E. Ukhtomsky Eastern journey of His Imperial Majesty Tsarevich in 1890–1891, 1893–1897. (translated into English, French, and German shortly afterwards, English translation title is Hesper Ookhtomsky (Ukhtomskii). Travels in the East of Nicholas II, emperor of Russia when cesarewitch, 1890-1891'' / Written by order of His Imperial Majesty;