Yokohama Port Museum
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Yokohama Port Museum (横浜みなと博物館, Yokohama Minato Myūjiamu), formerly known as Yokohama Maritime Museum is a museum in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located are located in the Nippon Maru Memorial Park, which is found in the Minato Mirai 21 District Nishi-ku ward of the central business district.
Overview
[edit]Juxtaposed with the 1989 Yokohama Expo, celebrating 150 years of the port,[1] the Yokohama Maritime Museum which focuses on the harbor and vessels in Nihon Maru Memorial Park, was renovated and re-opened in the spring of 2009.[2][3] At that time, the Yokohama Maritime Museum was rebranded at the "Yokohama Port Museum".[4]
Exhibit contents
[edit]- History zone of Yokohama Port[4]
There is an exhibition on the history of Yokohama Port since the arrival of the black ship[5]
- Rediscovering zone at Yokohama Port
There are exhibits related to harbor loading and shipbuilding, and a marine vessel ship simulator[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yokohama port's 150th anniversary". The Japan Times Online. THE JAPAN TIMES LTD. Japan Times. 6 March 2009.
- ^ Lyons, Billy (12 February 2015). "Yokohama's Cosmo Clock 21 offers a glimpse of what's to come with The New York Wheel". SILive.com. Staten Island Advance. SILive.com.
- ^ Kamizuru, Stephen (22 April 2009). "DailyTech - Giant Robot Spiders Rampage in Yokohama Japan". www.dailytech.com. DailyTech LLC. Daily Tech.
- ^ a b P.G.T.D., Kanagawa (24 December 2015). "Yokohama Port Museum and the Training Ship Nippon Maru Learn all about the Port of Yokohama - DeepJapan". DeepJapan - Real Experience to Enrich Your Travel-. Deep Japan.
- ^ Fujimoto, Masaru (1 June 2003). "Black Ships of 'shock and awe' | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. The Japan Times.
- ^ Beyer, Vicki (30 June 2016). "On the waterfront at Yokohama: Spend a day exploring the historical port". Japan Today. GPlusMedia Inc.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)
- City of Yokohama
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