Diversity

Yokosuka City is made up of several districts, which are pretty unique.

For example, there is what might be called the "downtown port" area, encompassing Taura, Shioiri, Hon-cho, Otaki-cho and Hinode-cho.

Then there is Uraga, which was an important Tokugawa Shogun Magistrate's post, when Yokosuka was just a fishing village.

Meanwhile, there are parts of Yokosuka --like Akiya and Sajima -- which are located on the western coast, with views across Sagami Bay of Mount Fuji...   The mood along the west coast of Yokosuka is  green and ocean resort-like, with yacht & pleasure boat marinas ... and Akiya borders on Hayama Town, where rich people from Tokyo keep vacation homes, and the Emperor has his summer palace.

Akiya is about as different as you can get from the more industrial parts of Yokosuka's northeast area which is clustered around what used to be a huge Imperial Navy port, shipyard, and airfield complex.

Yes, there used to be an airfield in Yokosuka -- the Japanese Navy's first flights were conducted at Oppama Air Base in 1912.  After World War II, the U.S. military took over the runway & facilities and called Naval Air Station Oppama.  By the end of the 1950's, the U.S. military departed/closed the air base and it was returned to the Japanese government.  In 1961, Nissan Auto Corp. re-opened the facility as one of is large production plants, and the airfield area was turned into road-test track.    

The fact is that Yokosuka is a diverse City, with roots stretching way back to a time when the Miura Peninsula was populated by fishing & farming villages and an economy based on coastal trade with other parts of Japan...