Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall aka "Jack's Tower" paid for the local citizens and erected in 1917 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama Port. The building was designed in the Neo-renaissance style The interior was destroyed by fires after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. With the exterior intact, the interior was restored 4 years later. For years, foreign sailors visited the three towers, King's Tower, Queen's Tower, and Jack's Towers as symbols to pray to for safety before heading back to sea for their next port or h ome country. The Hall offers great insight into the confluence of trendy European design and American designs combined with a sense of Japanese traditional culture.
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Just one of many motifs used throughout the interior of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall (aka Jack's Tower) reflecting the Neo-renaissance design used throughout the building, which was built in 1917. Amazingly, the building remained standing after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and miraculously survived the fire bombing raid of 454 B-29s on May 29th. During the allied occupation following the war, (1945 to 1958), the U.S. Army used this building as a movie theater for U.S. soldiers and sailors.
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Antique Neo-renaissance ceiling lights reflecting off of a restored painting hanging on the wall at the bottom of grand staircase of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall.
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Stained glass image depicting the sidewheel-steam frigate, USS Powhatan, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry on his mission to deliver a letter from President Fillmore forcefully demanding that the Japanese Emperor open ports of trade with American ships. The eventual Treaty of Kanagawa was signed on March 5, 1854 in the tiny fishing village of Yokohama. Yokohama Port quickly expanded trade with the U.S., France, the U.K., and Russia transforming the village of Yokohama into a vibrant metropolitan port city welcoming cultures, technology, art, and ideas for political reform from around the world into Japan.
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One of the domes of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, which adopted the Tatsuno Free Classic Style of architecture. The architect and son of a samurai, Tatsuno Kingo, was educated in the UK and traveled throughout Europe. I wonder if the elaborate dome and cupola on top of the dome were influenced by similar elements found on the roofline of the Chateau de Chambord in France.
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