7 7 8 C H R O N O L O G Y 1 9 2 2 December 10 Delivers fifth public lecture at the Kyoto Civic Auditorium. Sightseeing in Kyoto, including the Imperial Palace. December 11 Train journey to Osaka. Delivers sixth public lecture at the Osaka Central Auditorium. December 12 Sightseeing in Osaka. December 13 Train journey to Kobe. Delivers seventh public lecture at the Kobe YMCA. December 14 Completes “Answer to Question on Religion” (Doc. 398). Delivers impromptu lecture on “How I Created the Theory of Relativity” at a student reception in his honor at Kyoto University. December 15 Sightseeing in Kyoto. December 16 Excursion to Lake Biwa. December 18 Sightseeing in Nara. December 19 Train journey to Hiroshima. “Comment on Friedmann’s Paper: ‘On the Curvature of Space’”(Doc. 340) is published. December 20 Arrives in Miyajima. December 21 “Comment on E. Trefftz’s Paper” (Doc. 387) is published. December 23 Train journey to Moji. December 24 Travels to Fukuoka. Delivers eighth public lecture at the Hakata Daihaku The- ater in Fukuoka. December 25 Banquet at the Kyushu Imperial University. Return train journey to Moji. Plays violin at a children’s Christmas party at the Moji YMCA. December 26 Sightseeing around Moji. December 27 Completes “Preface” for Japanese edition of his works (Doc. 406). Brief cruise through the Straits of Shimonoseki. December 29 Departs Japan from Moji on board the SS Haruna Maru. December 31 Arrives in Shanghai.
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