Yokohama Station: The Remains of the Second Yokohama Station Foundation, etc.

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Yokohama Station II (near present-day Takashimacho Municipal Subway Station) Yokohama Station (Yokohama Central Library collection)

The second Yokohama Station, which still retains its original appearance

A red-brick apartment building stands beside the elevated JR Keihin Tohoku Line at the Takashimacho intersection. This is where the second Yokohama Station was built in the past. In 1872 (Meiji 5), about 150 years ago, Japan's first railroad line was opened on a 29-km stretch between Yokohama and Shimbashi. In 1915, a station was opened in Takashimacho to allow trains on the Tokaido Main Line to stop without switchbacks, and it became the second Yokohama Station. The station was later destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, and was moved to the current location of Yokohama Station.
The bricks that were excavated from the foundation of the station building are now open to the public at the site where the second Yokohama Station once stood. Looking at the red bricks in the corner of the apartment building, visitors can feel the long history of the railroad.

Current Yokohama Station

How about taking a leisurely stroll while feeling the past and present of Yokohama? You may discover something new. Image courtesy of Miyagawa Tokyo
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