Kurihama, Yokosuka
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"Kurihama" directs here. For the station, see Kurihama Station
Kurihama Station
is a railway station operated by JR East's Yokosuka Line located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. It is southern terminus of the Yokosuka Line and is located 23.9 kilometers from Ōfuna switch point, and 73.2 kilometers from the Tokyo Station...

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is an area in the city of Yokosuka
Yokosuka, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²...

 in Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

, Japan.

Kurihama is the location where Matthew C. Perry landed for his first negotiations for the opening of Japan
Sakoku
was the foreign relations policy of Japan under which no foreigner could enter nor could any Japanese leave the country on penalty of death. The policy was enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate under Tokugawa Iemitsu through a number of edicts and policies from 1633–39 and remained in effect until...

on July 14, 1853.
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