Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Yokosuka is a historic place, within a world of lots of other Japanese historical locations and activities, which go back, deeply, for many centuries, and beyond...

There is a lot to know about Yokosuka City.  It is located on the Miura Peninsula, where human beings have lived fro over 25,000 years.  The peninsula is named after a powerful samurai family/clan, which held power in the area from the 12th-15th centuries.  Here is the Miura family crest:

    　  















Yokosuka is also where Japan came into contact with the West, with the connection to William Adams (whose life was novelized by James Clavell in the book: "Shogun" -- and also was turned into a 1980 T.V. mini-series.)  And then there is the U.S. Navy relationship, which started when a squadron of "Black Ships", under the Command of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, arrived off of Yokosuka in 1853 to open Japan to commerce & modernity --- and then, the U.S. Navy came again in August 1945, as part of the "second opening" of Japan to a more liberal form of freedom & democracy.  More on these subjects as I keep adding to this Blog...      

This Blog will explore the special legacies, memories, and power-spots in Yokosuka.