cities where baháʼís traveled in this early phase include kobe, kyoto, tokyo, hiroshima and this period also saw the first observances of the baháʼí holy days of naw ruz and the declaration of the báb. in the spring of 1916 fukuta and eroshenko made the first contributions towards raising the first baháʼí house of worship being raised in wilmette, illinois, usa. in the summer of 1916 eroshenko took a copy of some answered questions with him when he traveled to siam and burma. the first japanese woman to convert to the religion was yuri mochizuki in 1919. shortly before the death of ʻabdu'l-bahá in 1921, alexander and oh sang sun made a trip from japan to korea, then under japanese rule, for the first entry of the religion in that country. alexander also spent time with shibusawa eiichi. elsewhere fujita served as a secretary to bahiyyih khanum in communicating the death of ʻabdu'l-bahá in late 1921. at a time when women speaking in public was rare, two women, a miss mochizuki and haruko mori, spoke at the memorial service of the death of ʻabdu'l-bahá held in japan.