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Yokohama Historic Monuments in Naka Ward: a Guide Map *If you fold back the map and match the anchor logos on the front side with the same color marks on the back side, you can read the explanations alongside the map. *The colored lines above the monument explanations indicate the course colors "View of the French Pavilion on the Yokohama Coast" Hiroshige (Ⅲ) on the map. /Yokohama City Central Library 14 Site of Japan’s first modern tree-lined street 15 ❶ Birthplace of Japan’s first railroad 2 29 Monument of the Treaty of Kanagawa, Tamakusu-no-ki tree, sewer Iron bridge Port Bridges 1, 2 and 3 manhole made of brick in the old foreign settlement in Yokohama, etc. Japan’s first railroad opened in 1872. Running A freight train line used In 1867, shopkeepers in Yoshidabashi Bridge Yokohama In 1854, the Treaty of Kanagawa was concluded between Japan and the US here, between Yokohama and Shimbashi, construc- to run through here Bashamichi planted willow was constructed in 1869 leading to Japan opening up to the world after a long period of self-imposed tion of this railroad was supervised by Edmund and pine trees along the based on a design by bound for Shinko Pier. isolation. In addition to a monument commemorating this event (bottom right), street to improve the British civil engineer Morel, an English engineer. This used to be the Bridges 1 and 2 were there are many relics in this area, including Tamakusu-no-ki, a tree which has scenery. This pioneering R.H. Brunton. The first original Yokohama Station, but was later renamed railroad bridges for this Historic continued to stand watch over Yokohama ever since Commodore Perry’s arrival initiative marks Japan’s truss-structured iron Sakuragicho Station. A plaque indicating the former line, and Bridge 3 is a (top; this tree has continued to grow back and flourish despite suffering damage first ever modern tree-lined bridge in Japan, it was site of the stationmaster’s office can be found section of bridge partially relocated from nearby during a series of disasters, such as the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923), the street. known commonly as the on the wall at the entrance of an underpass. Ookagawa Bridge, all of which are important truss bridges. remains of Japan’s first modern sewerage facilities (bottom left), a cannon that was “Metal Bridge.” Monuments located in a former foreign settlement, and a clock tower built near Osanbashi Pier. 16 Site of the checkpoint at Yoshidabashi Bridge 17 Site of the first power plant in Kanagawa Prefecture ❸ Former Yokohama Port Station platform 30 Site of Eiichibankan (British House No.1) 31 Indian Water Fountain etc. (Yamashita Park) Yoshidabashi Bridge was built In 1890, Yokohama During the prosperous era of This site, once Area No. 1 Yamashita Park was created using rubble from the Great Power Company con- ocean liners which lasted from in Naka Ward: of a settlement for foreign- Kanto Earthquake (1923) to reclaim the waterfront as a park. here soon after the opening of the port to give access to the port. structed a coal-fired the Taisho to the Showa era, ers, was the location of Here, you will find a number of monuments, such as the Indian Water Fountain, donated by the local Indian community in Checkpoints were set up on both power plant at this boat trains from Tokyo Station Jardine Matheson Trading gratitude for aid Indian survivors received after the ends of the bridge as a security site. It was the first arrived and departed from here. House, a company found- time power was supplied The boat trains were connected A Guide Map ed by two Scotsmen. It earthquake, as well as the Statue of the Girl with Red Shoes measure. The area on the sea in Yokohama Prefecture. to cruise ships such as the was commonly known and a monument to the children's song "Seagull Sailor Man" . side was called “Kannai” and The sketch on the monument shows the Edison-type Hikawamaru for the Seattle Course, and were as Eiichibankan (British the one on the land side “Kangai.” direct current generator used back then. affectionately called "Quay Trains" by the locals. House No.1). 18 Yokohama BayStars victory monument 19 R.H. Brunton and Yokohama / ❹ Remains of the former tax office 5 Remains of Yokohama Customs 32 Site of Dr. Hepburn’s House “Kirameki” the oldest park in Japan Constructed in 1914, this House, railroad track and railway Dr. Hepburn was an This monument celebrates the was a red brick three-story Richard Henry Brunton was a British civil engineer turntable etc. (Zo-no-hana (Elephant Nose) Park) American missionary Yokohama BayStars’ victory Gothic style building. While Naka Ward, where Yokohama Port opened to the world. This area of town is who came to Japan in 1868 at the invitation of the This is the birthplace of Yokohama Port. Here, you can see who arrived in Japan in the Japan Championship it burned down in 1923 dotted with a range of monuments commemorating the beginnings of Yokohama shortly after the port Japanese government. In addition to constructing historical remains including a railroad track and turntable Series baseball tournament in during the Great Kanto as we know it today and telling us about the history behind the port's opening. used for cargo loading (right) and masonry that sank during opened and published 1998. The monument is inscribed lighthouses along coastlines across Japan, he Earthquake, these remains Please use this map as a guide to help you explore these fascinating monuments. the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Signposts introducing the first-ever Japanese- with the handprints of the team’s contributed immensely to Yokohama’s growth as a were discovered during the great men who created Minato (left), such as English dictionary. The system used in this players. This monument is the modern city, including the design of Yokohama development work for Akarenga Park. The building Yokohama’s early Meiji era period industrialist Zenzaburo Monuments National, Prefectural, Municipal Designated and Registered Cultural Property, dictionary formed what is now known as “Hepburn origin of the nickname of the street "BayStars Street." Park and Nihon Odori Street. In Yokohama Park, was furnished with gas heating and electric lighting. City of Yokohama Accredited Historical Buildings Hara and British engineer Henry Spencer Palmer, who was Romanization.” there is a bust of Brunton, overlooking Nihon Odori involved in constructing Yokohama Port, become beautiful Street and the port beyond. 20 Stone lantern of Gankiro pleasure quarter ❻ Screw piles that supported the former Osanbashi illuminated panels at sunset. Do not miss the many other 43 Bluff gutters 44 Alfred Gérard’s tiles and bricks 33Birthplace of dressmaking in Japan 34 Site of Yokohama Tenshudo Church panels dotted around the area. In the past, Yamate The whole area of Yokohama Park was Pier for 101 years During the Meiji period, This stature is a monument In January 1862, the Screw piles screwed into the was known as “the known as Otaya Shinden, created *Remains visible Frenchman Alfred to Mrs. Pearson, a British first Catholic church in seabed through manpower Bluff” among foreign through land reclamation in 1856. underneath a glass floor Gérard opened up lady who, in 1863, opened modern Japan was built alone supported the previous residents living in this Further land reclamation work Japan’s first Western- a dressmaker’s shop in here to propagate Chris- incarnation of Osanbashi area. Gutters were was carried out with the opening style tile and brick Foreign Settlement 97, tianity among foreign Pier for 101 years, from 1894. built alongside the of the port, and it became factory in the area close to this spot. This is settlement residents. The On display is a screw Bluff’s stone-paved known as Miyozaki-cho. Gankiro around Motomachi Park. Some of the tiles on the said to be the beginning of monument features a pile constructed during repair work following the roads between 1874 pleasure quarter opened up here, roof of Motomachi Park Swimming Pool building Western-style dressmak- relief of the church as it Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. and 75. attracting many foreign visitors. date from this period. ing in Japan. was back then. Alfred Gérard’s Springside House 21 Site of Machikaisho 22 Okakura Tenshin Birthplace ❼ Site of raw silk trader Juubei Nakaiya’s shop 8 Former Yokohama Specie Bank Head Office 45 Underground Water Tank 46Daikanzaka 35Birthplace of Rugby in Japan 36Site of Japan’s first newspaper The Machikaisho (town assembly Okakura Tenshin Juubei Nakaiya was born Yokohama Specie Bank Head Gérard recognized that this area Long ago, this slope was In 1866, foreign residents In 1864, Joseph Hiko (Hikozo hall ) was built here in 1874 as an was born here in in Tsumagoi Village, Gunma Office was constructed in 1904. boasted excellent spring water, called Minowazaka, but it established the first Asian Hamada) began translating assembly hall for traders. A two-story 1862, in a trading Prefecture. Nakaiya was an It was designated as an Important and set up his own waterworks became known as “Daikanza- rugby club in Yamashita-cho. and editing foreign newspaper stone building, it gained the nickname house called Ishi- influential trader in Yokohama Cultural Property and a Historical here. He constructed a reservoir, ka” (Magistrate’s Slope) Later, in 1901, the first rugby articles into Japanese to “Clock Tower” due to the clock tower kawaya. A scholar at the time of the port’s Site by the government in selling water to ships at anchor because there was a residence match with Japanese players give people in Japan a better installed on its roof.
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