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150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Port City of Yokohama 22 5 2009 22. 5. 2009
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150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Porty p g
City of Yokohama22 5 200922. 5. 2009
Harbor City
Yokohama
Harbor City
YokohamaLand Area : 434.98 km2
Population : 3.6 million(second largest after Tokyo)(second largest after Tokyo)
HistoryHistory
17th century1858Closed-door
1859National isolation
Closed-door policy
establishedUSA R i N th l dUSA Russia Netherlands
UK France
Japan
Amity and Commerce
Yokohama Portopened
Treaty
Closed-door policy
endsQuiet village
ends
Starting Point of Japan’s ModernizationStarting Point of Japan s Modernization
beer (1870) railway (1872)( ) y ( )
t l (1887)ice cream (1869) water supply (1887)
Path to Modernized CityPath to Modernized City
Major Devastations (1)Earthquake 1923Major Devastations (1)Earthquake 1923
Total YokohamaDate 1 September 1923Magnitude 7.9Deaths 105,000 23,000Houses destroyed 212,000 80,000
Major Devastations (2)World War IIMajor Devastations (2)World War II
Air Raid 29. 5. 1945Injuries 375,000 US occupation (1947)Deaths 5,830Houses destroyed 93,378
p ( )
Reconstruction and Urban SprawlReconstruction and Urban Sprawl
1959 3 2.12.1985(million)1959
2 22.4.1968
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1 1.10.1942 15.9.19511.11.1945
1960 1970 1985Kannai Area (old downtown)
1.9.19231.11.1945
1970
Kannai Area (old downtown)
b i durbanized arearailways
Yokohama Station
Yokohama’s problem
population (as of 01/10/2005)
Yokohama s problem
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Minato Mirai 21 Project
Mit bi hi D k d ( t 1889)Yokohama Station
Minato Mirai 21 Project
1980Mitsubishi Dockyard (est.1889)
2006Shibuya, Tokyo’s major downtown (35minutes)
2006
Pacifico Yokohama World's largest-classclass
convention complex
old downtown
1983Yokohama Sta
Minato Mirai Sta.Yokohama Sta.
63,000kiworking
“Zo no hana” (elephant’s trunk) PierZo no hana (elephant s trunk) Pier
birthplace of Yokohama Portbirthplace of Yokohama Port
refurbished as “Zo no hana Park”
open to public on 2 June 2009
150th Anniversary Projects150th Anniversary Projects
celebratory events
infrastructure projectsZo no hana refurbishment
convention cityconvention city
Creative cit of Artcity of Art
and Culture
Convention CityConvention City
150th “Happy Birthday” Project establish
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2008 2009 2010
a premium convention city
TICAD IV APEC(A i P ifi E i C ti )
TICAD IV(The 4th Tokyo International Conference
on African Development)
(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)
(foreseen) 8,000 participantsfrom 21 economieson African Development)
3,000 participantsincl Heads of states and
from 21 economies
incl. Heads of states and governments of 41 African countries
Creative City of Art and Culture
Yokohama Creative City Center
Creative City of Art and Culture
La Machine Parade (2009)Yokohama Creative City Center La Machine Parade (2009)
increase the tt tiattractiveness
of city center Zo no hana (elephant’s trunk) Park
Koganecho Bazaar (2008)
before now
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“TANEMARU”, the spirit of the camphor tree in the courtyard of the
Yokohama Archives of History, “sets sail” into the next 150 yearsy
