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Kurihama

Kurihama is a district in southeastern Yokosuka where Commodore Perry's squadron landed in 1853 to deliver the US president's letter to the Uraga magistrate. Today it's home to a JR Yokosuka Line terminus and a Tokyo Bay Ferry pier.

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