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The second largest city in Japan, with a population of 3.7 million, and fused with Tokyo (the largest city) to form the largest metropolitan area in the World, Yokohama was perhaps Japan's most international city. As recently as 1853, it was a small fishing village on Edo Bay. That year however things turned upside down: Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy arrived with his "black ships", and forcibly opened up Japan by gunboat diplomacy. The Treaty of Peace and Amity signed the next year quickly called for the establishment of a port open to international trade. Originally to be Kanagawa-juku, lying on the road between Edo and Kyoto, this was changed after the shogun deemed its strategic position to be too much of a threat to the country's line of communication. Instead, Yokohama was selected.
Quickly, foreigners settled into Yokohama, and trade boomed. Japan's first English language newspaper, first ice cream, first beer, first gas-powered street lamps and first railway appeared, and horse racing and cricket became sports. Silk production dominated. The foreigners enjoyed extraterritorial status and dominated the enclosed, commercial settlement. Chinese people settled nearby, forming what is now Chinatown. Relationships between the traders and locals were not always amicable; the 1862 Namamugi Incident led to a brief war between the United Kingdom and Japan. Fire and smallpox also plagued the settlement, which nevertheless continued to grow. By 1900, Yokohama was firmly Japan's doorway to the outside world.
On September 1, 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake hit Yokohama hard, killing 30000 and injuring 47000 out of 434000 people. Fueled by rumors and conspiracies, mobs blamed Korean workers in the slums and factories of black magic, and killed at least several hundred to several thousand in violent pogroms. The city rebuilt, only to be largely destroyed by firebomb raids during WWII, one killed mroe than 7000 people on May 29, 1945. After the American occupation, Yokohama served as a major transit center for the Korean War and served as a naval base until it shifted to Yokosuka. The city is now a thriving center for shipping, biotechnology, and semiconductor industries.
Most of the region visible were reclaimed lands built after 1923 from rubble from the earthquake.
Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Museum was built in 1989, designed by Kenzo Tange.
Tallest building is the headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Blue building is the bank of Yokohama.
Yokohama Red Brick Ware house 1911.1913、1992-2002 renovation
Yokohama, kanagawa pref., Japan
www.yokohama-akarenga.jp/index.html
横浜赤レンガ倉庫（新港埠頭保税倉庫）神奈川県横浜市
1号館1913年（大正2年）竣工、2号館1911年（明治44年）竣工、
妻木頼黄・大蔵省臨時建築部
1992-2002年（平成14年）リノベーション、第45回BCS賞 (2004年) 受賞
新居千秋都市建築設計、Chiaki Arai Urban & Architecture Design
Yokohama Red Brick Ware house 1911.1913、1992-2002 renovation
Yokohama, kanagawa pref., Japan
www.yokohama-akarenga.jp/index.html
横浜赤レンガ倉庫（新港埠頭保税倉庫）神奈川県横浜市
1号館1913年（大正2年）竣工、2号館1911年（明治44年）竣工、
妻木頼黄・大蔵省臨時建築部
1992-2002年（平成14年）リノベーション、第45回BCS賞 (2004年) 受賞
新居千秋都市建築設計、Chiaki Arai Urban & Architecture Design
Sunset at Yokohama Bay. The sun is right behind the Landmark Tower.
Shot from the Osanbashi Pier with a very small tripod an no knowledge what I was doing *g*
This was one of my very first HDR's and I still like it! Actually it was my desktop background for month.
I used only Photomatix and played a bit until it was looking nice.
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