Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Yokosuka, Japan
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5 km
178 m
Explore Yokosuka in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in YokosukaSight 1: Mikasa Park
Mikasa Park is a park located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
Sight 2: 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.
Sight 3: ヴェルニー公園
Verney Park is a municipal urban park (neighborhood park) located in Shioiri, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Open all year round.
Sight 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.
Sight 5: 芥川龍之介の随筆『蜜柑』の文学碑
"Mitsukan" is a short story (palm novel) published in Shincho by Akutagawa Ryunosuke in May 1919.
Sight 6: Tsukayama Park
Tsukayama Park (つかやまこうえん)は、Kanagawa県横須賀西逸見町の丘にある県立の都市公園(風致公園).
Sight 7: 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".
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Disclaimer Please be aware of your surroundings and do not enter private property. We are not liable for any damages that occur during the tours.
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