An International & Cultural City-by-the-Sea

I was out for a walk and came across a unique-looking clock tower located by the entrance to Yokosuka City Fire Department's main building (see the photos below).

Interesting design .... maybe shaped like a "Y", for Yokosuka...?

But the inscription also caught my eye:  国際海の手文化都市 よこすか ... "Koku-sai Umi-no-Te Bunka Toshi" .... which can be translated as "Yokosuka, an International & Cultural City-by-the Sea"

Turns out this City motto (or vision statement) was created and promulgated back in June 1950, as Yokosuka municipal government laid out a plan to transform, by 2025, its economy and infrastructure from being dominated by the huge pre-World War II presence of the Japanese Imperial Navy (JIN) .... Under a special law passed by the National government, regulations were loosened and tax breaks made available so private sector companies could establish new ventures and businesses in Yokosuka .... and things moved forward after that, with factories, commercial buildings, and parks, etc., getting set-up on former JIN property...
  　
Words printed on a clock ... and the history they represent...