I added an entry at my libraries and archives reference site for the Yokohama Archives of History. My friend Youngsoo, who is studying hygiene in 19th century foreign settlements in Japan often spends time in their archive and I joined her and Hye Kyong for a day there to familiarize myself with their collection. It is only 10 minutes walk from Chinatown and across the street from Yokohama’s pricey Scandinavian restaurant. In addition to some fixed exhibits on the opening of Japan and the foreign settlements in Yokohama, they have public access to extensive historical archives. They also have some open stacks, which include lots of old English-language newspapers which I will have more to write about later.
In addition to hanging out in their reading room, where Youngsoo’s major discovery of the day was the massive tome on “The History of the Yokohama Sewage System”, we checked out their current exhibit on the “Don Brown collection” of books and documents that they house.