This park commemorates Perry's landing. There is a monument commemorating Perry's landing and the Perry Memorial Hall. Historical materials and dioramas related to Perry's arrival in Japan are on display.
The Perry Landing Monument was built to commemorate the landing of U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry on July 14, 1853 (Kaei 6) on the Kurihama coast, who came to Japan seeking the opening of Japan to the outside world. The unveiling ceremony of the Perry Landing Monument was held on July 14, 1901, the same day Perry landed.
The Kurihama coast was a scenic beach until the 1950s, but the construction of the Kurihama branch of Nichiru Fishery and the construction of the Yokosuka Thermal Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company in the 1960s caused a series of land reclamation projects that greatly changed the appearance of the coastline. From the sandy beach in front of Perry Park, one can see the Tokyo Bay Ferry that passed between Kurihama Port and Kanaya Port, which opened in 1960, and the large smokestacks of the power plant.
The Perry Memorial Hall in the park exhibits many historical materials and models related to Perry's arrival in Japan. The Kurihama Perry Festival is held every year in mid-July. The highlight of the festival is the fireworks display at the finale.
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Perry Memorial Hall
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In 1853, Matthew Calbraith Perry, who was Commodore of the U.S. Navy, landed on the Kurihama beach, which paved the way for opening Japan.
In order to make Perry's arrival and the history of the opening of Japan widely known, the city of Yokosuka built the Perry Memorial Hall in 1987, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the city's founding as a municipality.
The entrance to the museum is free of charge, and inside the museum, important historical documents that portray the scenes of those days are on display, such as diorama models, picture scrolls depicting the commotion right before Perry's landing, and old books chronicling the overview of the ”Black Ships.”
The first floor is an exhibition hall displaying the diorama models reproducing the spectacles on the arrival of the black ships; on the second floor is a document gallery.
The Perry Memorial Hall is situated within the premises of the Perry Park, where the monument commemorating Perry's landing constructed in 1901 stands. It is a 20-minute walk from the Kurihama Station on the JR Line or the Keikyu Kurihama Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line. It is a 10-minute ride on a bus bound for Nobi-kaigan from the Keikyu Kurihama Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line. The museum is close when you get off at the Perry Kinen-hi bus stop.
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