Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Yokosuka Heritage SItes

Link:  Japan Heritage Site Guide (cocoyoko.net)

At the link, an interesting line-up of historical buildings and other structures in Yokosuka.

For example, inside the U.S. Navy base, right inside the main gate, are a couple of buildings on what is called "Command Hill", which date back to the Japanese Imperial Navy Days...

-- Building "C-1" 

This is the former headquarters building of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) that administered the First Naval District. The headquarters building was constructed from brick, but later destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. It was rebuilt in 1926 with a steel structure. The building was at the forefront of earthquake-proof design and displayed the advanced techniques of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the time.

-- Building "C-2:

This two-story steel building was constructed in 1934 and was affiliated with the IJN Naval Headquarters. It was very ornate for a building constructed following the Great Kanto Earthquake and the nameplates for the IJN Auditorium and the Ship Control Administration Building are still preserved at the entrance.


Building C-2

Building C-1


 

  

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