The Foreign Settlement at Yokohama, 1861

As Yokohama grew, it grew into two halves: Japanese living in the western section (top right) and foreigners living in the concession territory in the eastern section (lower center left). This vast aerial view by Hashimoto clearly shows the divide leading from the west jetty straight back to Miyozaki, the pleasure quarters where Japanese and foreign residents mingled. The broad avenue running east-west is Honchô dori, or Main Street. The conspicuous white two-story building just off the east jetty was the Yokohama branch of the famed Hong Kong-based English mercantile house Jardine, Matheson and Company. To view details of foreign life in 1860s Yokohama, click on any of the 18 hot spots scattered across this map.