Osaka Gas Museum

Japanese Exchange

Students from the Yamate Gakuin High School exchange program take part in
a cultural night held at CHHS on Wednesday evening.

Yukohama - The Second Largest City In Japan Part I

Yukohama - The Second Largest City In Japan Part I - Yokohama (横浜市 Yokohama-shi?) (About this sound listen (help·info)), officially the City of Yokohama, is the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo, and most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.

Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest incorporated city.[2]

Yokohama was a small fishing village up to the end of the feudal Edo period, when Japan held a policy of national seclusion, having little contact with foreigners.[3] 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 by signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity.[4]

After the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the port was developed for trading silk, the main trading partner being Great Britain. Many Western influences first reached Japan in Yokohama, including Japan's first daily newspaper (1870) and first gas-powered street lamps (1872). More Info:

Yuko01: Luke Ma

Yuko02: Luke Ma

Yuko03: Luke Ma

Yuko04: Luke Ma

Yuko05: Takashi Hososhima

Yuko06: skyseeker

Yuko07: skyseeker

Noi, Anna, Julia, Jason grilling meat at Japanese yakiniku in Chicago 06/25/2013

June 2013. We came to this restaurant for Jason's 6th birthday dinner.