In 1854, when Commodore Perry returned to Japan with a squadron of seven warships for negotiations to open up the country, a marine aboard the Mississippi fell and died. Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery was founded when Perry requested for a piece of land looking over the port to be used for burial of the marine and also as a cemetery for Americans.
🔴Iwasaki Museum
It’s part of the former Gaiety commercial theater site which was constructed in 1885 by design of a French architect, Paul Sarda. Old clothing, as well as furnishing goods, arts and crafts are displayed in the gallery. Photo service with costumes of the Renaissance and Rococo era is available. Includes a concert hall, the Yamate Gaiety Theater.
🔴Harbor View Park
Opened in 1962 at the former site of the British soldiers’ barracks. The lookout and benches facing the ocean offer a full view of Yokohama port. A perfect place for viewing the Yokohama Bay Bridge at night.
🔴America-Yama Park
It’s the first park to be established in 2009 utilizing “the 3D City Park System”, to comemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Yokohama Port and the Japan-U.S. Commercial Treaty of Friendship which was concluded in 1858.
