 Although Korean kings had sent emissaries to Japan in the past, this was the first such mission since 1810.Kim met a number of officials who showed him some of Japan's reforms and he reluctantly meet with the Japanese emperor.However, Kim left Japan without its modernization and reforms leaving much of an impression on him, and rather than using the trip as an opportunity to introduce Korea to the rapidly changing world as demonstrated by Japanese reform efforts, the mission was treated as one of the occasional missions sent to Japan in the interests of "kyorin" ("neighborly relations").