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Yokohama, Kanagawa - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Yokohama was designated as a foreign port instead of Kanagawa, which the Tokugawa shogunate feared was too close to the Tokaido, a strategic highway connecting Edo to Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka. |
 | | Yokohama is located on a peninsula facing the western side of Tokyo Bay, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Tokyo, to which it is connected by a half-dozen railway lines as well as expressways and surface streets. |
 | | Yokohama is the home of the Yokohama Baystars, a Central League baseball team, and the Yokohama F Marinos, a J. |
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