ハリス・安政条約・横濱の誕生 Thursday, May 30, 7:00 PM With speaker Glenn Scoggins Yokohama suddenly came into existence on June 2, 1859, when the Ansei Treaties (forced on the crumbling Tokugawa regime in 1858) went into effect. From the moment that Yokohama harbor opened to international trade, Western influences flooded into the country and brought about a dramatic … Continue reading Townsend Harris, the Ansei Treaties, and the Birth of Yokohama