Yokohama

:For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori.

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Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜市; -shi) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is Japan's largest incorporated city by area, Japan's largest seaport, and a commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.

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Yokohama was a small fishing village up to the end of the Edo period, a time when Japan conducted very little trade with foreign countries. In 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry arrived just south of Yokohama with a fleet of American warships, and forced Japan to open several ports for commerce. Yokohama was designated as a foreign port instead of Kanagawa, which the Tokugawa shogunate feared was too close to the Tokaido, a strategic highway connecting Edo to Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka.

Yokohama, Aomori: is a town located in the Kamikita District of northeastern Aomori Prefecture in T?hoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 4,816 and a density of 38.1 persons per km². Its total area was 38.01 km²....

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