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Encyclopedia > Shimoda

Shimoda is the name of several places or a character.


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AllRefer.com - Shimoda, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (144 words)
30,081), Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, at the south extremity of Izu peninsula, on Shimoda Bay.
It is an important port for the peninsula.
The first U.S. consulate, under Townsend Harris, was opened at Shimoda in 1856.
Thursday, August 16, 2001 (1634 words)
Shimoda retains the charm of the spa towns, offering a park, a breathtaking seashore, a floating aquarium, and Ryosenji and Hofukuji temples, later associated with the American Kurofune (“Black Ships”) of Commodore Perry.
Legend holds that Okichi, born in Shimoda in 1841, was 17 when consulate Harris saw her leaving a bathhouse.
Shimoda and the lower eastern half of the Izu Peninsula are more than the usual tourist destinations.
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