Photographs from Yokosuka's ペリー公園 (Commodore Perry Park) .... Located in the Kurihama district, right across from the beach where personnel from Perry's naval expedition landed in 1853 .... A large monument (erected in 1901) commemorates the historical event...
Of note, for several years during World War II, due to Japanese nationalist sentiments, the monument was toppled....
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