Yokohama Sightems

Mural (Yokohama) - Japan  2017

Shrine (Yokohama) - Japan  2017

A major turning point in Japanese history happened in 1853–54, when Commodore Matthew Perry arrived just south of Yokohama with a fleet of American warships, demanding that Japan open several ports for commerce, and the Tokugawa shogunate agreed . . . port facilities were built . . .  in the sleepy fishing village of Yokohama. The Port of Yokohama was officially opened on June 2, 1859.

Yokohama quickly became the base of foreign trade in Japan. - Wikipedia

The mural depicts some of the historic sights that the 19th-century populace would have been able to see.

Shrines are ubiquitous in Kyoto, not so much in Yokohama or Tokyo. We were pleased to discover this streetcorner shrine on our GPS way to Starbucks.