Place details
Place nameYokohama
Other namesIokoama, Jokohama
CountryNihon
Latitude35.467
Longitude139.633
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Visited by Commodore Perry 1854; site of foreign settlement after 1859; harbor completed 1896; extraterritorial rights of foreign settlement abolished 1899; almost destroyed by earthquake & fire 1923; largely destroyed by US bombing 1945, later rebuilt.