Archives

Previews, now summaries, of all Yokohama History Society talks to date can be found at the links below. Information about the upcoming and three most recent talks can be found on the Home page.

October 31, 2024

Speaker: Alex Byrne

The S. Shobey Silk Store of Yokohama

August 16, 2024

Speaker: Mike Galbraith

The Creation of the Multi-sport “YC&AC”

May 30, 2024

Speaker: Glenn Scoggins

Townsend Harris, the Ansei Treaties, and the Birth of Yokohama

March 22, 2024

Speaker: Glenn Scoggins

Commodore Perry, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and the “Non-Opening” of Japan

February 2, 2024

Speaker: Paul Martin

An Introduction to Japanese Swords — A Backbone of Japanese Culture

November 8, 2023

Speaker: Tom Gally

Yokohama As They Saw It

October 18, 2023
Speaker: Mike Galbraith

1823, 1899 and All That: Demystifying the Origins of Rugby in England and Japan

September 1, 2023
Speaker: Glenn Scoggins

A Century Ago: The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Devastation of Yokohama

August 17, 2023
Speaker: Mike Galbraith

1863: A New Perspective on Events in Yokohama and the Bombardment of Kagoshima

June 10, 2023
Speaker: Christian Polak

Yokohama, Silk and the French Connection

October 27, 2022
Speaker: Glenn Scoggins

The Birth of Japan’s Railways and the Development of Rail Transport in Yokohama

September 15, 2022
Speaker: Glenn Scoggins

The Namamugi Incident in Historical Perspective and Its Impact on Yokohama Today