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Tokyo and Yokohama Amid Historic Earthquakes and Trade
The article notes Tokyo as the empire’s capital with 3 million people and major districts like Nihombashi and Kanda, its fires and earthquakes, and Yokohama eighteen miles away as the foreign trade hub with a half million residents and two breakwaters. It highlights Tokyo’s museums libraries and stock exchanges and Yokohama’s role as a silk center and port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Yokohama
Japan
Bay of
Yedo
Sonshu
Sumida
Nihombashi
Kanda
Saver
Nihonbashi
Cty
W Estern
Loanks
Stock Exchange
Rice Exchange
Tokio Imperial Museum
Imperial Library
Ieyasu
Kwangwal
Nogeyama