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Hakoda Bugyosho restored after around 140 years

Hakoda Bugyosho restored after around 140 years

HAKODATE, Japan - The restored building of Hakodate Bugyosho (Magistrate's Office) is unveiled to the media in Hakodate, a port city in southern Hokkaido, on July 16, 2010. The office, built in 1802 at the end of the Edo Period by the Tokugawa shogunate as an outpost to check Russian moves, was destroyed in 1871. Work to restore the office began in June 2006 and cost 2.8 billion yen, and it will open to the public on July 29.

Public museums turning to private sector to revamp themselves

Public museums turning to private sector to revamp themselves

OSAKA, Japan - The Nagasaki Magistrate's Office is restored to the original state in the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture, which is to open in November this year.

Dutch, Japanese reenact Edo Period procession in Nagasaki

Dutch, Japanese reenact Edo Period procession in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - A group of 250 Dutch and Japanese reenact an Edo Period procession in Nagasaki on April 19 as part of events marking the 400th anniversary of relations between Japan and the Netherlands. In 1844, the Dutch mission, which at that time stayed on Dejima island in Nagasaki, the only place foreign trade was allowed, marched to the Nagasaki magistrate's office to call for the opening of Japan.

Dutch, Japanese reenact Edo Period procession in Nagasaki

Dutch, Japanese reenact Edo Period procession in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - A group of 250 Dutch and Japanese reenact an Edo Period procession in Nagasaki on April 19 as part of events marking the 400th anniversary of relations between Japan and the Netherlands. In 1844, the Dutch mission, which at that time stayed on Dejima island in Nagasaki, the only place foreign trade was allowed, marched to the Nagasaki magistrate's office to call for the opening of Japan.

Hakoda Bugyosho restored after around 140 years

Hakoda Bugyosho restored after around 140 years

HAKODATE, Japan - The restored building of Hakodate Bugyosho (Magistrate's Office) is unveiled to the media in Hakodate, a port city in southern Hokkaido, on July 16, 2010. The office, built in 1802 at the end of the Edo Period by the Tokugawa shogunate as an outpost to check Russian moves, was destroyed in 1871. Work to restore the office began in June 2006 and cost 2.8 billion yen, and it will open to the public on July 29. (Kyodo)

A view of Yokohama from Mt. Noge

A view of Yokohama from Mt. Noge

The town in the foreground is Noge-machi. The houses in rows are official residences of the Kanagawa magistrate's office. The town on the other side of the water is Irifune-machi, built on the embankment of Otaya Shinden. There are official residences in Benten-no-mori as well. The town of Yokohama stretches to the right.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number104‐13‐0]