A recently discovered film reel showing the immediate aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake is in such good condition that the expressions of survivors can clearly be discerned.
Unfounded rumors have a nasty habit of spreading through social media when a natural calamity strikes, usually to the detriment of a minority group that has done nothing wrong.
While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened Japan up to the outside world in the 1850s.
While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened Japan up to the outside world in the 1850s.