Yokohama in History

Japan: Fukuoka - Hiroshima - Kawasaki - Kobe - Kyoto - Nagasaki - Nagoya - Osaka - Saitama - Sapporo - Sendai - Tokyo

Historical Events

  • 1869-09-10 Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1923-09-01 A magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama in Japan, killing 142,000 people
  • 1942-11-30 German supply vessel Uckermark (formerly called the Altmark) explodes & sinks off Yokohama
  • 1994-03-19 Largest omelette (1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan
  • 2002-06-30 FIFA World Cup Final: Ronaldo scores twice as Brazil beats Germany 2-0 in Yokohama, Japan

Famous Birthdays

  • 1920-06-17 Setsuko Hara, Japanese Actress (Late Spring, Tokyo Story), born in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama (d. 2015)
  • 1929-02-20 Toshiro Mayuzumi, composer (Sphenogramme), born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1959-08-01 Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician (Ground Zero), born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1962-04-12 Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler, born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama
  • 1965-04-15 Soichi Noguchi, astronaut, born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1971-11-22 Yone Kamio, tennis star (1995 semi-finalist Hobart), born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1972-03-26 Naoko Kijimuta, Japanese tennis star (1996 Jakarta), born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1972-08-19 Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer, born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1985-01-17 Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer (BeForU), born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1988-02-15 Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer (NEWS), born in Yokohama, Japan
  • 1992-08-18 Riko Narumi, Japanese actress and model, born in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama