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*''Japanese'': 横浜 ''(Yokohama)''
Yokohama is a major port city in [[Kanagawa prefecture]], just southwest of [[Tokyo]]. Along with [[Osaka]], it is one of Japan's largest cities.<ref>As Tokyo is a [[prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] and not officially a "city" in its political status, many lists do not count it among Japan's largest cities. Not counting Tokyo, Yokohama is generally considered the Japanese city with the most residents, and Osaka the most populous during the days, when commuters from outside the city come into Osaka for work.</ref>
In terms of historical significance, Yokohama is chiefly known as one of Japan's most major [[treaty ports]] in the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, and a major center of Western settlement and activity during those periods. As such it was the site of numerous key events of the late 19th century pertaining to interactions with Westerners and the West; further, a great many notable historical figures who came to Japan, or left Japan, traveled via Yokohama, including former US President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and King [[Kalakaua|Kalākaua]] who entered Japan at Yokohama, and the first Japanese emigrants to [[Hawaii|Hawai'i]], who departed from the port city.
==History==
Yokohama was officially opened to Western settlement and trade in [[1859]], along with [[Nagasaki]], following a series of Treaties of Amity & Commerce signed with [[Harris Treaty|the United States]], [[Dutch-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|the Netherlands]], [[Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|the United Kingdom]], [[Russo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|Russia]], and [[Franco-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|France]] in the preceding years. The fishing village developed practically overnight into one of Japan's most major port cities, and the country's chief site of Western settlement; numerous US and European businesses, legations, churches, and other institutions were established, and formed the core of the city.
The Western presence brought commercial growth and cultural interaction, but considerable tension as well. After British merchant [[Charles Richardson]] was killed on [[1862]]/8/21 for obstructing a [[Shimazu clan]] procession at Namamugi (on the outskirts of Yokohama), anti-foreign groups burned down the British Legation.
The port was briefly closed in the spring and summer of [[1864]] in connection with political instabilities and tensions, but it was reopened in the 9th month that year.
The first modern ironworks in Japan was established in Yokohama in [[1865]].
The [[Butaya fire]] destroyed sections of the city in [[1866]], spreading initially from a fire which started in the city's [[Miyozaki]] pleasure district on 1866/10/26.
In [[1868]], some 150 Japanese workers left Yokohama for Hawai'i, departing the country without authorization. Arriving in Hawai'i later that same year, they became known as the ''gannenmono'' (lit. "people of the first year [of the Meiji era]"), the first [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese immigrants to Hawai'i]]. Many later Japanese immigrants to Hawai'i and the Americas also departed from Yokohama.<ref>Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985).</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
Yokohama is a major port city in [[Kanagawa prefecture]], just southwest of [[Tokyo]]. Along with [[Osaka]], it is one of Japan's largest cities.<ref>As Tokyo is a [[prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] and not officially a "city" in its political status, many lists do not count it among Japan's largest cities. Not counting Tokyo, Yokohama is generally considered the Japanese city with the most residents, and Osaka the most populous during the days, when commuters from outside the city come into Osaka for work.</ref>
In terms of historical significance, Yokohama is chiefly known as one of Japan's most major [[treaty ports]] in the [[Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, and a major center of Western settlement and activity during those periods. As such it was the site of numerous key events of the late 19th century pertaining to interactions with Westerners and the West; further, a great many notable historical figures who came to Japan, or left Japan, traveled via Yokohama, including former US President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and King [[Kalakaua|Kalākaua]] who entered Japan at Yokohama, and the first Japanese emigrants to [[Hawaii|Hawai'i]], who departed from the port city.
==History==
Yokohama was officially opened to Western settlement and trade in [[1859]], along with [[Nagasaki]], following a series of Treaties of Amity & Commerce signed with [[Harris Treaty|the United States]], [[Dutch-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|the Netherlands]], [[Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|the United Kingdom]], [[Russo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|Russia]], and [[Franco-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|France]] in the preceding years. The fishing village developed practically overnight into one of Japan's most major port cities, and the country's chief site of Western settlement; numerous US and European businesses, legations, churches, and other institutions were established, and formed the core of the city.
The Western presence brought commercial growth and cultural interaction, but considerable tension as well. After British merchant [[Charles Richardson]] was killed on [[1862]]/8/21 for obstructing a [[Shimazu clan]] procession at Namamugi (on the outskirts of Yokohama), anti-foreign groups burned down the British Legation.
The port was briefly closed in the spring and summer of [[1864]] in connection with political instabilities and tensions, but it was reopened in the 9th month that year.
The first modern ironworks in Japan was established in Yokohama in [[1865]].
The [[Butaya fire]] destroyed sections of the city in [[1866]], spreading initially from a fire which started in the city's [[Miyozaki]] pleasure district on 1866/10/26.
In [[1868]], some 150 Japanese workers left Yokohama for Hawai'i, departing the country without authorization. Arriving in Hawai'i later that same year, they became known as the ''gannenmono'' (lit. "people of the first year [of the Meiji era]"), the first [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese immigrants to Hawai'i]]. Many later Japanese immigrants to Hawai'i and the Americas also departed from Yokohama.<ref>Franklin Odo and Kazuko Sinoto, ''A Pictorial History of the Japanese in Hawaii 1885-1924'', Bishop Museum (1985).</ref>
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]