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Yokosuka (横須賀市, Yokosuka-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2024 [update] , the city has a population of 373,797, and a population density of 3,708 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,600/sq mi). [ 1 ]
Location: 1-1 Hemi-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 238-0045 ... Yokosuka-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, ...
The U.S. Navy base and the Maritime Self-Defense force base lie within the Port of Yokosuka. Located near the Nissan Oppama plant, Yokosuka is a major port for the shipping of automobiles. The fishing fleet brings in tuna and other ocean products. Tokyo-Wan Ferry links Yokosuka with the Port of Kanaya in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture.
When Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan in 1853, using naval pressure to open up Japan to foreign trade, Yokosuka was a quaint, native fishing village. In 1860, Lord Oguri Kozukenosuke, Minister of Finance to the Tokugawa Shogunate Government, decided that "If Japan is to assume an active role in world trade, she must have proper facilities to build and maintain large seagoing vessels."
The Yokosuka Naval Base (Japanese: 横須賀基地, Hepburn: Yokosuka Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), which are scattered in multiple districts of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and where the Yokosuka District Force [], etc. are located.
Tsukuihama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan Tsukuihama Station ( 津久井浜駅 , Tsukuihama-eki ) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan , operated by the private railway company Keikyū .
Maborikaigan Station (Japan) Show map of Japan Maborikaigan Station ( 馬堀海岸駅 , Maborikaigan-eki ) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokosuka , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan , operated by the private railway company Keikyū .
Uraga (浦賀) is a subdivision of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the south eastern side of the Miura Peninsula , at the northern end of the Uraga Channel , at the entrance of Tokyo Bay .