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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 ]
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Coastal promenade, at Kannonzaki Park, Yokosuka, Japan Kannonzaki Park (Japanese: 観音崎公園) is a prefectural-level combined scenic []-city park, located at Cape Kannon (Kannonzaki), the northeastern tip of the Miura Peninsula, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa, Japan.
The peninsula is a bedroom community for those who work in Tokyo and a popular tourist destination for people from Tokyo. It is also an important area for Japan's self-defense, with the eastern side hosting the National Defense Academy of Japan and the Yokosuka Naval Base, serving both the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force and the United States Seventh Fleet.
Yokosuka Castle (横須賀城, Yokosuka-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Ōsuka in the southern part of what is now the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan.It was built in the Sengoku period and was the capital of Yokosuka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan.
Sarushima (猿島, "Monkey Island"), is a small island located off Yokosuka, Kanagawa in Japan. It is the only natural island in Tokyo Bay.Sarushima was used as a battery by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period, and after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the island was developed as part of the Yokosuka Navy Yard.
Kurihama (久里浜) is an area in the city of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kurihama is the location where Matthew C. Perry landed for his first negotiations for the opening of Japan on July 14, 1853. [2] A large monument was erected in 1901 to commemorate the event, and a small museum was opened in 1987.
The Natsushima Shell Midden (夏島貝塚, Natsushima kaizuka) is an archaeological site in the Natsushima neighborhood of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in the southern Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972. [1] It was then oldest known shell ...