Kenshin paused in his step, turning to look back at the person he'd bumped into. He was rather surprised to have seen someone else in japanese clothing himself, as he'd not seen anyone wearing anything but western style clothing.

"...Han?" he echoed. That caught the rurouni a little off-guard. Three years into the Meji era, 'han' had been abolished in favor of prefectures. It had been sometime since he had heard that word used. "Er, you mean... ah, no it is not important," Kenshin said, having a feeling it was rather pointless as he was very sure they were no where near japan, much less in a han or prefecture.

"This ... is apparently somewhere called Paixao, and does not appear to be in Japan at all," he lifted the journal from where he had it stashed carefully in his kimono sleeve, "That is what sessha has been able to determine from this... er... "thing" at any rate. Sessha was near Kyoto before he ended up here... This is... most confusing, that it is..." he explained, passing what knowledge he had on, which wasn't a lot. He wished he could be more helpful, but at least he was able to offer more than the bystanders gave.