Towards Japan
Gonsalo Garcia was willing to go to Japan with other missionaries. In 1569 he told Fr. Sabastian Gonsalves about his plan to go to the East, but his request was turned down since he was quite young. But in 1572 Fr. Sabastian permitted him when he was fifteen. He surprised young Gonsalo by disclosing the news that he also has decided to leave to Japan. The two missionaries left the coast of Bassein in the first week of March 1572 and reached Japan in July. During the course of his voyage Gonsalo Garcia learnt Japanese language with the help of a Japanese who accompanied him in the same ship.
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