• Yokohama Archives of History
  • Yokohama Archives of History
  • Yokohama Archives of History
  • Yokohama Archives of History
  • Yokohama Archives of History

Yokohama Archives of History

横浜開港資料館

Description

The Yokohama Archives of History houses 250,000 historical materials about the history, culture, and economy of Yokohama from the end of the Edo period (1603-1868) to the early Showa era (1926-1989). It includes one-of-a-kind historical materials from individuals and government institutions, other materials such as administrative publications, newspapers, and magazines mainly published by Yokohama City and Kanagawa Prefecture, and image materials such as ukiyoe Japanese paintings and photographs, as well as private collections left by individuals. The archives complex consists of two buildings: one is the former British Consulate building, which is a Yokohama City Cultural Property, and the other is a newly built annex. Both buildings were built in the courtyard surrounding the Tamakusu-no-ki tree, which is the tree that symbolizes the opening of the Yokohama port. This tree is a vigorous tree because even after it was burned down in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, it regrew to be as beautiful as it used to be. The complex is a two-minute walk from the Minato Mirai Line Nihon-Odori Station.

Location Information

  • Address

    3, Nihonodori, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 231-0021

  • Nearest Station
    Nihon-Odori Station
    ・ Minatomirai Line
    Exit 3
    2 minutes on foot
  • Phone Number
    045-201-2100
    Available languages
    only in Japanese
  • Hours
    Tuesday 9:30am - 5:00pm
    Wednesday 9:30am - 5:00pm
    Thursday 9:30am - 5:00pm
    Friday 9:30am - 5:00pm
    Saturday 9:30am - 5:00pm
    Sunday 9:30am - 5:00pm
    Last admittance is 4:30 p.m. On Wednesdays from March to October, only the exhibition room is open until 7:00 p.m.
  • Closed
    Monday
    Closes days following national holidays; closes New Year's holiday, material organizing days

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