Tag Archives: Yokohama

The Soiled Doves

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Windows into Japan 9.  All this month we have been looking at some quotes from travel writers who visited Japan during the latter half of the 19th Century, after isolationism came to an end.  I hope this has been an … Continue reading →

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The Village of Babies

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Windows into Japan 6.  All this month we have been looking at some quotes from travel writers who visited Japan during the latter half of the 19th Century, after isolationism came to an end.  The following quote is from Jottings … Continue reading →

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Disaster Narrowly Averted

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Windows into Japan 5. In an earlier article in this series we looked at how the arrival of Commodore Perry and his fleet of ships in 1853 brought an enforced end to Japanese isolationism.  From that point onwards, modernisation was … Continue reading →

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