SHIMODA, Japan — Parades, fireworks and music livened the normally quiet streets of this coastal city over the weekend as throngs of people celebrated 171 years of history between the Japan and the ...

Shizuoka Prefecture, best known for its breathtaking views of Mount Fuji and its scenic coastline, holds a unique chapter of American history. This is where Commodore Matthew Perry and his Black Ships ...

Brown University Library. “Matthew Calbraith Perry.” Perry Visits Japan: A Visual History, n.d. http://dl.lib.brown.edu/japan/perrybio.html Gray, Asa, et. al ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The author is an Asian ethnology specialist in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.