Frequently Asked Questions About History and Culture

With the arrival of Perry in 1854, the Japan-US Peace Treaty was concluded (in the courtyard of the opening of the port museum), and the Japan-US trade treaty was concluded on the Pohatan off Kanagawa in 1858, and the following year, July 1859 (June 2, 1859) was decided to open the port. Then, a luck office (Customs) was set up near this memorial hall, and Yokohama Town was born around this. At this time, the Echizen clan, where the father of Tenshin Okakura was located, opened a store called Ishikawaya, which sells raw silk and other products. Tenshin Okakura was born here in 1862, and was responsible for the history of the Japanese art world, including the establishment of the Tokyo Bijutsu School, the introduction of Japanese art overseas, and the development of Japanese painters.

Around the time when Yokohama opened a canal (1860), "Yokohama-e" depicts a town hall that looks at the town administration next to the luck office, and this practice took over the old curtain era, with a total of 3 elderly people and 5 masters. Eventually, the Yokohama Ward Office had a ward office on the premises of the prefectural office, but the town hall (City Counsilsho), which can be said to be the predecessor of the Memorial Hall, was built here by Shimizu Gumi before this and moved here from near the prefectural office. This is the predecessor of the opening of the Port Memorial Yokohama Hall.

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the port, it was built in 1917 with a construction cost of 369,000 yen as a gathering facility for citizens accommodating 1,200 large and small rooms, mainly in public hall, with donations from citizens, and started as the Yokohama Hall to commemorate the opening of the port.

King is the main building of the prefectural office (approximately 49m), Queen is the Yokohama Customs Tower (approximately 51m), and Jack (approximately 36m). Since Jack was in 1917, King was in 1928, Queen was in 1934, and since the age was in English since 1934, it was before 1941 when Japan entered the war with the United States, It is said that it was associated with the card's picture card, and it is also said to be from the form of chess. In addition, there are various theories, such as being called as a mark when the ship entered the port, but it is not clear who named it when.

Corridors, stairs, stained glass, materials corner on the second floor, etc. can be visited from 10:00 to 16:00. In addition, the 15th of every month is open to the public, and you will be able to visit the auditorium and room 1 that are not normally used.