Old Shioiri Station

This sign is located along the road, right outside of Keihin Kyuko electric railway company's Shioiri Station.

I don't know when the sign was erected, but it looks like it's been there for many years.

From 1930 through 1940, the name of the Shioiri Station was 軍港駅 -- GUNKO EKI .... Which means Naval Port Station.  The name came from the fact that it was located close to the big naval base used by Japan's Imperial Navy.

Getting back to the sign .... The kanji characters, from right to left, read something like as follows:

こころ  咲きます  みらい都市

KOKORO SAKI-MASU MIRAI TOSHI

   

City of the future where warm feelings bloom.

Of interest, the heart-shaped illustration/cartoon of Yokosuka shows various daily life scenes: buildings, businesses, houses, car traffic, greenery, etc. --- But no sign of U.S. or Japanese naval ships, which are a prominent and visible presence in the downtown-harbor area of eastern Yokosuka...

There was a time, for many decades after World War II, when Yokosuka, aspiring to be a "peace city", did not openly advertise or promote itself as a Navy Town .... That has changed in recent years, where the naval harbor/history and warships have become a tourism resource...