On March 31, 1854 Japan-US Treaty of Amity and Friendship was signed in Yokohama between Commodor Mathew Perry(1794-1858) and the Tokugawa shogunate. Soon after that Perry landed on Shimoda. On June 17 Shimoda Treaty was signed.
A monument to commemorate Perry's landing
Under those treaties Japan opened Shimoda port to foreign countries.
Shimoda port was the first port which was opened to foreign countries after Japan finished the national isolation policy(1639-1854).
American President George W. Bush sent a message to commemorate the 150the anniversary of the port opening.
Bush's message and its translation
Tokujiro Murata(1899-1973) was a sculptor who carved this bust.
The whole park
The bust was erected on October 18, 1966.
Written and posted by Mitsutoshi Masunari.
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