Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Yokosuka, Japan

Verney Park is a municipal urban park (neighborhood park) located in Shioiri, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Open all year round.

Wikipedia: ヴェルニー公園 (JA), Website

Yamashiro was the second of two Fusō-class dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1915 and commissioned in 1917, she initially patrolled off the coast of China, playing no part in World War I. In 1923, she assisted survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake.

Wikipedia: Japanese battleship Yamashiro (EN)

Nagato (長門), named for Nagato Province, was a super-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Completed in 1920 as the lead ship of her class, she carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. The ship was modernized in 1934–1936 with improvements to her armor and machinery and a rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Nagato briefly participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and was the flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor. She covered the withdrawal of the attacking ships and did not participate in the attack itself.

Wikipedia: Japanese battleship Nagato (EN)

Okinoshima (沖島) was a large minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which was in service during the early stages of World War II. She was named after the Okinoshima Island in the Sea of Japan. She was the largest purpose-built minelayer in the IJN and the first Japanese minelayer to be equipped with a reconnaissance seaplane.

Wikipedia: Japanese minelayer Okinoshima (EN)

Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during his short life. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry.

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The Great Kanto Earthquake (Kanto Great Earthquake, Taisho Kanto Earthquake) was an earthquake disaster that caused great damage in the southern Kanto region and adjacent areas due to the Kanto Earthquake (Kanto Great Earthquake, Taisho Kanto Earthquake) that occurred at 11:58 on September 1, 1923 (Taisho 12, Japan time). An estimated 105,000 people were killed or missing, making it the largest earthquake damage in Japan since the Meiji era.

Wikipedia: 関東大震災 (JA)

Dobuita Street is a 300-meter-long street and shopping street in the center of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is famous as the birthplace of Sukajan. It is a shopping street with a unique atmosphere that fuses American and Japan cultures, and is one of the city's representative tourist destinations.

Wikipedia: どぶ板通り (JA), Website

Suwa Daijinja Shrine is a shrine located in Midorigaoka, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 諏訪大神社 (横須賀市) (JA)