Yokohama Port Museum

Maritime museum in Yokohama, Japan

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Yokohama Port Museum (横浜みなと博物館, Yokohama Minato Myūjiamu), formerly known as Yokohama Maritime Museum is a museum in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located are located in the Nippon Maru Memorial Park, which is found in the Minato Mirai 21 District Nishi-ku ward of the central business district.

Overview

Juxtaposed with the 1989 Yokohama Expo, celebrating 150 years of the port,^[1] the Yokohama Maritime Museum which focuses on the harbor and vessels in Nihon Maru Memorial Park, was renovated and re-opened in the spring of 2009.^[2]^[3] At that time, the Yokohama Maritime Museum was rebranded at the "Yokohama Port Museum".^[4]

Exhibit contents

History zone of Yokohama Port^[4]

There is an exhibition on the history of Yokohama Port since the arrival of the black ship^[5]

Rediscovering zone at Yokohama Port

There are exhibits related to harbor loading and shipbuilding, and a marine vessel ship simulator^[6]

References

^ "Yokohama port's 150th anniversary". The Japan Times Online. THE JAPAN TIMES LTD. Japan Times. 6 March 2009.
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^ ^a ^b P.G.T.D., Kanagawa (24 December 2015). "Yokohama Port Museum and the Training Ship Nippon Maru Learn all about the Port of Yokohama - DeepJapan". DeepJapan - Real Experience to Enrich Your Travel-. Deep Japan.
^ Fujimoto, Masaru (1 June 2003). "Black Ships of 'shock and awe' | The Japan Times". The Japan Times. The Japan Times.
^ Beyer, Vicki (30 June 2016). "On the waterfront at Yokohama: Spend a day exploring the historical port". Japan Today. GPlusMedia Inc.