On Halloween, that spooky foreign day on which all Japanese kids seem to dress up in super cute witches and warlocks costumes, I headed down to the old foreign quarter of Yokohama. Motomachi is a district with old foreign residences that sits on a hill above the city. Wandering around this area even feels like… Continue reading Motomachi in Yokohama – old foreign quarter
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Hakodate
Hakodate is a city on the southern coast of Hokkaido, which used to be a 19th century trading port. There remain foreign influences throughout the city, most visibly in the way of of colonial era buildings. When Commodore Perry succeeded in opening up some trading ports in Japan, Hakodate was one of them. It’s also… Continue reading Hakodate