Go to Minato!　History of Yokohama Port (2)

　History of Yokohama Port (for the general public)
　Opening of the Port of Civilization and Civilization Municipal Organization-Reconstruction of the Great Kanto Earthquake Earthquake-World War II
　Postwar period of high economic growth 　Container Age - Present

The government has been constructing the port many times since 1889 (Meiji 22) and worked to make it a modern port, so Yokohama Port became the main entrance of Japan as Japan's first international trading port. , The amount of trade has increased every year.

The Osanbashi Wharf and the East and North Waterbanks (Uchibohatei), which are still popular as cruise ships, were built from 1889 (Meiji 22) to 1896 (Meiji 29). The Shinko Wharf, known as Akarengasoko, was built from 1899 (Meiji 32) to 1916 (Daisho 5).

At Shinko Wharf, some of the facilities at that time are still being used.

Furthermore, at this time, factories began to be built on the land facing the sea, and many of the shallow coast from Kawasaki to Kanagawa were reclaimed as factory sites by the private sector, and the Keihin Industrial Zone (Keihin Kogyochitai) was built, but most of the facilities were opened since the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 1, 1923 (Kizudaishinsai Port).

Shinko Wharf at the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake (Photo: Yokohama Minato Museum Collection)

"Major import products of this era"

Batting

Woool

"Major exports of this era"

Raw silk

Habutae

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