Hongakuji Temple

アメリカ Consulate Place

Original Text

Visited for a walk on the old Tokaido. It's a place I was interested in because I can see it from the train from the front. A sign stands near the entrance, and it is written that the temple was established and that Harris himself decided to make this temple on a hill overlooking Kanagawa Minato after the opening of the port. It's a pretty magnificent temple. It is a historic place where you can think of it at that time.

A temple where the American Consulate was located at the end of Edo period

Original Text

About 10 minutes walk from Yokohama station. It is located on a hill along the Daini Keihin. A stone monument remains at the place where the American Consulate was originally located when the country opened at the end of the Edo period. It is said that the British escaped to this consulate during the raw wheat incident that a feudal retainer of the Satsuma domain cut the British.

The gate is painted white.

Original Text

It is a temple where the American Consulate was located. At that time, the story of wanting to paint the mountain gate pure white is famous. Now, after passing through the mountain gate, you will find a large stone monument on your right. There is a ｢ National Painting Company Joint Memorial Monument ｣, and the white-painted mountain gate is described as ｢ ｣ and the pioneer of Japanese Western-style painting. This must have been one "age".

Old アメリカ Consulate

Original Text

I came to "Honkakuji" following "Sanpoji". Since it is on a small hill, we will climb a little steep stairs to the mountain gate. A stone monument called "The Ruins of the American Consulate" is erected beside the mountain gate. According to the guide version, this temple was the first US Consulate when the port of Yokohama opened. Anything, Harris came directly and it seems that it was good to be here where the harbor can be seen. It's such a temple, but now the remnants of the US Consulate are ...

A historic temple

Original Text

It is a historic temple where the port of Yokohama opened at the end of the Edo period and the injured in the Namamugi incident were treated here. The view is very good because it is located on a small hill and has become an American consulate because it overlooks Yokohama Port. It's close to the station, so I think it's easy to get there.