Yokohama Archives of History
- Yokohama Archives of History
The Yokohama Archives of History (横浜開港資料館 Yokohama Kaikou Shiryoukan) in Naka ward, central Yokohama near Yamashita Park is a repository for many precious archive materials on Japan and the foreign connection with Japan since the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853.
It is housed in the former British Consulate building, completed in 1931 and used as a consulate until 1972.
Materials housed include many of the papers of Ernest Satow, foreign and Japanese newspapers of the Meiji period etc. There is an exhibition area and a reading room, open on Sundays.
ee also
*British Japan Consular Service
External links
* [http://www.kaikou.city.yokohama.jp/ Official Home Page] (Japanese)
* [http://www.kaikou.city.yokohama.jp/en/index.html Official Home Page] (English)
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