The Meiji Emperor's Visit

This one is a place-holder .... but there are monuments in Yokosuka which commemorate the visits of the Meiji Emperor .... and this is the leader who became the focus of Japan's efforts to modernize and become strong enough to avoid colonization by the Western Powers...

Here are pictures of a visit to Yoksuka Iron Works, by high-ranking officials, viewing some metallurgic work, as presented by the French naval engineers, headed by Francois Verny, and an overview of Yokosuka naval harbor...

    



















Here is a stone marker, right next to a Honch bar, which memorializes the Meiji Emperor's visit to Yoksuka, all those years ago...