8 Sights in Yokosuka, Japan (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Yokosuka, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 8 sights are available in Yokosuka, Japan.
Sightseeing Tours in Yokosuka1. Mikasa
Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s, and is the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. Days after the end of the war, Mikasa's magazine accidentally exploded and sank the ship. She was salvaged and her repairs took over two years to complete. Afterwards, the ship served as a coast-defence ship during World War I and supported Japanese forces during the Siberian Intervention in the Russian Civil War.
2. 赤星直忠博士文化財資料館
Dr. Naotada Akahoshi Museum of Cultural Properties (Akaboshi Naotada Hakushibun Kazai Shiryokan) is a private historical museum located in Nagasaka 2-chome, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. It was established and operated by volunteers of archaeological researchers and private entrepreneurs in Kanagawa Prefecture who were taught by Naotada Akahoshi, a pioneer in archaeological research in Kanagawa Prefecture, and exhibits excavated artifacts from archaeological sites investigated by Akahoshi to honor his academic achievements.
3. Jorakuji Temple
Jorakuji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Ashina 2-chome, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The official name is "Kongosan Shochojuin Daimido Jorakuji" (Kongosanshochojuin Omido Jorakuji). With the Miura clan's warlords, Mr. and Mrs. Wada Yoshimori, as the main applicants, it owns five Buddhist statues that are nationally designated important cultural properties made by the Buddhist master Unkei in 1189 (Bunji 5).
4. 戦艦陸奥 第四主砲 砲身
Mutsu (陸奥) was the second and last Nagato-class dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the end of World War I. She was named after the province. In 1923 she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake. The ship was modernized in 1934–1936 with improvements to her armour and machinery, and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style.
5. 観音崎公園
Kannonzaki Park is a prefectural-level combined scenic-city park, located at Cape Kannon (Kannonzaki), the northeastern tip of the Miura Peninsula, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa, Japan. It is a park that makes the most of the rich nature, such as the laurel forest and the coastal rocky shore of the area.
6. Anjin-duka
Anjinzuka is a tomb of Miura Adams, located in Tsukayama Park in Nishihemicho, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is also the name of the Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway station as "Ankinzuka Station". The notation may be called "Annoizuka".
7. しょうぶ園
Yokosuka Shobuen is a municipal park (garden) located in Abekura, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is managed and operated by the Yokosuka Greening Landscaping Cooperative, which is the designated manager. The area is about 3.8 ha.
8. Yokosuka museum of art
Yokosuka Museum of Art opened in Kannonzaki Park , Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 2007. Architect: Riken Yamamoto. The collection, numbering some 5,000 pieces, includes works by Fujishima Takeji and Nakamura Tsune.
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