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Last updated: 2026-09-14
Navy town is only the cover of Yokosuka's story. This set of ten opens with the shape of the Miura Peninsula, why Navy Curry ever came to exist, the rail line that stitches downtown together, the roses of a French-style garden, a park with a train ride through its flower fields, a warship still afloat as a memorial, an embroidered souvenir jacket that started with off-duty sailors, and the two separate shoreline landings, a year apart, where Perry's squadron first showed itself off Yokosuka's coast, right through to Tokyo Bay's one remaining uninhabited island. Each question pushes half a step past the guidebook caption. Answer all ten, and you already hold the outline of this city.
Correct answerMiura Peninsula
The Miura Peninsula sits in southeastern Kanagawa between Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay, and besides Yokosuka it includes Zushi, Hayama, and Miura City. Misaki Port at the peninsula's southern tip is a well-known base for offshore tuna fishing, and the Keikyu railway together with National Route 134 run the length of the peninsula.
Correct answerYokosuka Navy Curry
Yokosuka Navy Curry was born when the Meiji-era Imperial Japanese Navy, battling beriberi caused by an all-white-rice diet, adapted the British Royal Navy's curried stew; it was thickened so it wouldn't spill on a rolling ship, and certified shops must serve it with a side salad and milk.
Correct answerKeikyu Line
The Keikyu Main Line connects Shinagawa Station to Yokosuka-chuo Station in about 45 minutes, and the area around Yokosuka-chuo is the city's main shopping and dining downtown. The line also runs through services to Haneda Airport, making it a convenient one-transfer-free connection between central Tokyo's air gateway and downtown Yokosuka.
Source:Keikyu Railway Route Map
Correct answerVerny Park
Verny Park, completed in March 2002 in a French garden style, features many rose varieties, mostly French cultivars, and busts of French engineer Verny and shogunate official Oguri Tadamasa, both key figures behind the shipyard's construction. The park also features a fountain and a Western-style gazebo, and its location just about a minute's walk from JR Yokosuka Station adds to its appeal.
Correct answerKurihama Flower World
Kurihama Flower World is a spacious city park where more than a million poppies bloom in spring and cosmos in autumn, and its large children's play area is also a popular draw. A train-shaped ride called the Flower Train also loops through the grounds, letting visitors take in the flower fields from its windows.
Correct answerMikasa Park
The battleship Mikasa was built in 1902 by Vickers in Britain and served as a fleet flagship in a major 1905 naval battle; after the Washington Naval Treaty she was towed to her current berth in 1925 to be preserved. Today the ship is open to the public as Memorial Ship Mikasa, with a display room on board offering historical exhibits.
Correct answerSukajan
The sukajan is said to have started after World War II, when US sailors stationed at the Yokosuka naval base bought embroidered souvenir jackets to send home. The shopping street next to the base declared itself the "birthplace of the sukajan" in 2018, and souvenir shops still line it today.
Source:Birthplace of the Sukajan Declaration | Dobuita Street Shopping Arcade
Correct answerUraga
Uraga was home to the shogunate's Uraga Magistrate's Office, relocated there from Shimoda in 1720 to inspect ships entering Edo Bay, and it was off Uraga's coast that Commodore Perry's squadron anchored in June 1853. It was officials stationed at this very magistrate's office who made first contact with Perry's squadron when it appeared.
Correct answerKurihama
After anchoring off Uraga on June 3, 1853, Perry came ashore at Kurihama on June 9 and handed the US president's letter to shogunate officials Toda Ujihide and Ido Hiromichi. This landing is widely regarded as the turning point that set Japan, until then a closed country, on the path toward opening to the outside world.
Correct answerSarushima
Sarushima is Tokyo Bay's only natural island; from the Meiji era until the end of World War II it was a fortified military zone closed to civilians, and its brick-lined tunnels and former ammunition stores still remain today. Its easy day-trip access from central Tokyo has also made it a popular destination for barbecues and nature walks.
Fifteen questions sit past the point where casual familiarity runs out, closer to what people who have actually lived in Yokosuka might still get wrong. A shipbuilding memory buried at a Keikyu terminus, a ferry crossing to the Boso Peninsula, the magistrate's officials who first met Perry's fleet, a naval arsenal whose grounds were handed down to today's US base, the few days each year the base opens its own gates, the anniversary marking when Yokosuka became a city, a hilltop memorial to the English pilot Miura Anjin, a hanashobu garden at its early-summer peak, a citywide walking-route initiative linking historical and cultural spots, and a summer festival on a neighborhood shopping street. This set lingers where everyday memory overlaps with modern history.
Correct answerUraga Station
Uraga Station is the southern terminus of the Keikyu Main Line; JR trains never reach Uraga. Nearby stood the Uraga shipyard where officials of the Uraga Magistrate's Office built the Hōō Maru, Japan's first Western-style warship, in the 1850s. The neighborhoods of eastern and western Uraga around the station still keep the layout of an old harbor town, linked to this day by a small local ferry.
Source:Keikyu Railway Route Map
Correct answerKeikyu Kurihama Station
Keikyu Kurihama Station sits closest to Kurihama Port, but it isn't actually the line's terminus — the Keikyu Kurihama Line continues on to Misakiguchi. The adjacent JR Kurihama Station is where the JR Yokosuka Line ends. Kurihama Port is also the departure point for the Tokyo Bay Ferry to Kanaya on the Boso Peninsula, a short crossing popular with drivers taking their cars across the bay.
Source:Keikyu Railway Route Map
Correct answerUraga and Kurihama
Uraga and Kurihama anchor Yokosuka's ‘opening of Japan’ story: Commodore Perry's squadron appeared off Uraga in June 1853, and on June 9 he landed at Kurihama to deliver the US president's letter. Guided walking routes through this area are also promoted for visitors tracing the history of Japan's opening to the world.
Correct answerSukanagossō
Sukanagossō is the farmers' market run by JA Yokosuka Hayama, the agricultural co-op covering Yokosuka, Hayama, and Zushi, and it's a one-stop spot for local produce and seafood. The adjoining Sakana-kan seafood hall sells fresh local catch, letting shoppers pick up freshly landed seafood alongside same-morning vegetables.
Correct answerUraga Cultural Center
The Uraga Cultural Center tells the story of the Uraga Magistrate's Office, the shogunate outpost moved there from Shimoda to monitor shipping and defend the mouth of Edo Bay. Housed on the second floor of the Uraga Community Center, it also displays materials related to Nakajima Saburosuke, the local magistrate's deputy from that era.
Correct answerNakajima Saburōsuke
Nakajima Saburōsuke, a yoriki officer at Uraga versed in Western technical fields, helped handle the negotiations when Perry's squadron arrived and later helped build the Hōō Maru, Japan's first Western-style warship. During the Boshin War he sided with former shogunate forces at Hakodate, where he died in battle in 1869 together with his two sons.
Correct answerYokosuka Naval Arsenal
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal grew out of Yokosuka Shipyard after the navy moved its Tōkai naval district headquarters to Yokosuka in 1884, turning the yard into a full-scale military-industrial complex. After Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, the arsenal was dismantled and requisitioned, and much of its infrastructure was passed on to today's US Navy base at Yokosuka.
Correct answernaval port
The Japan Heritage story built around Yokosuka's naval port highlights the role Yokosuka and three other former naval-port cities played as home to one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's regional naval districts, or chinjufu. It was certified by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs in April 2016, jointly awarded to Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo, and Maizuru.
Source:Japan Heritage Certification: Naval Ports of Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo and Maizuru | City of Yokosuka
Correct answerJapan-US Friendship Yokosuka Friendship Day
The US Navy Yokosuka base opens to the public several times a year, including the March "Japan-US Friendship Yokosuka Spring Fiesta" and the October "Japan-US Friendship Yokosuka Friendship Day," held on the same day as the Yokosuka Port Opening Fireworks Festival — glimpses of everyday life unique to a base town.
Source:Opening days of the US Navy Yokosuka base | City of Yokosuka
Correct answercity incorporation
Yokosuka became a city on February 15, 1907, and it still marks the Sunday closest to February 15 each year as its incorporation anniversary, when facilities like the art museum offer free admission. Yokosuka was also the second city to incorporate in Kanagawa Prefecture, after Yokohama.
Correct answerYokosuka Route Museum
The Yokosuka Route Museum is a city tourism initiative that links historical and cultural spots scattered around town into walking routes, including editions built around JR East's 'Hiking from the Station' campaign. Visitors can collect spot cards along the way while building their own personal walking route through the city.
Source:Tourism | City of Yokosuka
Correct answerTsukayama Park
Tsukayama Park, on a hilltop in Nishi-Hemi, holds Anjinzuka, the paired memorial towers of the English pilot William Adams (Miura Anjin) and his wife, a National Historic Site. Selected among the 50 Scenic Places of Kanagawa, its lookouts sweep over Yokosuka Port and across to the Boso Peninsula. Adams is also known as the model for the protagonist of the novel and TV series Shōgun, remembered as the first English samurai in Japan.
Source:Tsukayama Park | CocoYoko: Yokosuka Tourism Information
Correct answerYokosuka Iris Garden
Yokosuka Iris Garden in the Abekura area sees roughly 140,000 hanashobu irises reach their peak from late May through June, when the garden bustles with its annual iris festival. The garden is surrounded by rural scenery, and during the festival it draws many photography enthusiasts as one of the Miura Peninsula's foremost flower destinations.
Correct answerOppama Ginza Street
The Oppama Festival takes over the entire Oppama Ginza shopping street; the 2026 edition runs on July 12 with an opening parade, Awa dance, and Okinawan Eisa. The event is organized mainly by the local shopping-street association, with numerous food stalls and vendor booths adding to the bustle.
Correct answerabout 570,000 m²
Kurihama Flower World covers 572,005 square meters (about 570,000 m²), a park that uses the natural terrain for its poppy and cosmos fields, an observation deck, and a tree garden. The grounds also include a playground area and an herb garden, making the park a popular day-trip destination for families.
The last fifteen are for anyone tempted to call themselves a Yokosuka expert too soon: the background of the engineer who directed the ironworks, what became of the interpreter who first boarded the Black Ships, the captain of a warship that crossed the Pacific, a museum in Kure, partner in the same Japan Heritage story, telling the battleship Yamato's history, the design behind the art museum's building, a gallery devoted to a magazine cover illustrator, the batteries that once formed part of a Tokyo Bay fortress, the fortress interior a guided tour of that uninhabited island reveals, the signal flown from the flagship at the Battle of Tsushima, the wharves of Shinkocho, just how far the naval district's defenses once reached, and the story behind whichever stone dry dock was finished first. Multiple-select questions mix in here too, testing memory for detail.
Correct answerFrançois Léonce Verny
François Léonce Verny, a French engineer then based in China, was invited to lead construction of Yokosuka Iron Works; he liked how the harbor resembled France's Toulon and oversaw the November 15, 1865 groundbreaking and the shipyard's dry docks.
Correct answerNo. 1 Dry Dock
No. 1 Dry Dock was the first of the stone docks to be finished, completed in February 1871; that November the Meiji Emperor visited, and the facility's name changed from Yokosuka Iron Works to Yokosuka Shipyard. It is counted among the oldest surviving Western-style stone dry docks still standing in Japan.
Correct answerHori Tatsunosuke
When Perry's ships arrived, interpreter Hori Tatsunosuke went aboard together with Uraga magistrate's officer Nakajima Saburōsuke to make the first contact with the American fleet. Hori Tatsunosuke later went on, at the shogunate's order, to compile Japan's first English-Japanese dictionary, the Pocket Dictionary of English and Japanese.
Correct answerKanrin Maru
In 1860, the shogunate warship Kanrin Maru departed Uraga as the escort vessel for the ratification of the Japan-US Treaty of Amity and Commerce, making a historic Pacific crossing largely crewed by Japanese sailors. The ship's captain was Katsu Kaishū, and among those aboard was Fukuzawa Yukichi, who later became a celebrated thinker.
Correct answerKure
Yokosuka is one of four former naval-port cities certified together as a Japan Heritage site — "Naval Ports of Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo and Maizuru" — alongside Kure, Sasebo, and Maizuru. Kure is home to the Yamato Museum, which tells the story of the battleship Yamato and stands as a well-known site for exploring the former Imperial Navy's history.
Source:Japan Heritage Certification: Naval Ports of Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo and Maizuru | City of Yokosuka
Correct answereastern tip
Yokosuka Museum of Art sits within Kannonzaki Park at the eastern tip of the Miura Peninsula, near the the lighthouse on the cape and old battery remains. The building itself was designed by architect Riken Yamamoto, its nested structure of glass and steel plates blending into the surrounding sea and greenery.
Correct answerRokurō Taniuchi Gallery
The Rokurō Taniuchi Gallery, attached to Yokosuka Museum of Art, showcases works by illustrator Rokurō Taniuchi, famous for his Weekly Shincho magazine cover art; entry is included with the collection-exhibit ticket. The gallery centers on Taniuchi's original cover artwork, with its lineup rotated periodically to show different pieces from the collection.
Correct answerformer battery sites
Kannonzaki Park preserves the remains of gun batteries once built to defend Tokyo Bay, and a walking path through the park lets visitors see some of them up close, making it a popular spot for historical walks. These batteries formed part of the wider Tokyo Bay Fortress system, and similar battery remains also survive across the water on the Boso Peninsula side.
Correct answerformer fortification remains
Sarushima, Tokyo Bay's only natural island, was off-limits to civilians as a fortress from the Meiji era until the end of World War II, and its brick tunnels and ammunition-storage remains still stand today. Today the island is maintained as a park, and joining a guided tour lets visitors learn more about the interior of its fortress remains.
Correct answerRusso-Japanese War
Memorial Ship Mikasa fought in the Russo-Japanese War as the flagship of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō during the 1905 Battle of Tsushima. As the battle began, Mikasa hoisted the famous Z-flag signal declaring the empire's fate rested on this single battle, said to have lifted the morale of the entire fleet.
Correct answerShinkocho
Yokosuka Port Market is located at Shinkocho 6, a market facility for local produce and seafood. The same Shinkocho district is also home to the wharves of Yokosuka Port, with the US Navy base visible across the water.
Source:Places to Buy Yokosuka Produce and Seafood | City of Yokosuka
Correct answerYokosuka Naval District
In 1884, the Tokai Naval District based in Yokohama was relocated to Yokosuka and renamed the Yokosuka Naval District, after which Yokosuka became a key naval hub. The Yokosuka Naval District was responsible for coastal defense across the Kanto and Tokai regions, functioning alongside the naval arsenal as one of the area's central institutions.
Correct answerpedestrianized street
During the Oppama Festival, the entire Oppama Ginza shopping street becomes a pedestrian-only zone, filled with performances like Awa dance, Oppama Soran dance, and Okinawan Eisa. Organized mainly by the local shopping-street association, it has become a summer tradition drawing participants across generations, from local children to adults.
Correct answerUraga / Kurihama
The city's "Yokosuka History: People" page highlights Uraga, where negotiations with Perry's fleet took place, and Kurihama, where Perry landed, as key sites tied to the arrival of foreign ships in the late Edo period. These two place names are treated as inseparable landmarks whenever Yokosuka's opening-of-Japan history is told, and tourism guides regularly present them side by side.
Correct answer7 p.m.
Yokosuka Port Market is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., though the retail goods section closes at 6 p.m. The market also houses restaurants serving Yokosuka specialties, drawing both local shoppers and visiting tourists.
Source:Places to Buy Yokosuka Produce and Seafood | City of Yokosuka