1. Railway-opening ceremony at Yokohama

    · Sakuragichō Station site (original Yokohama Station), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    On the opening day of Japan’s first railway, Meiji reached Yokohama Station during his round-trip train journey from Shimbashi. The original Yokohama Station is now the Sakuragichō Station site.

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