What’s on: Yokohama
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JAPAn InTeRnATIOnAl BOAT SHOW 2009
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VENUE Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama City, kanagawa Prefecture
DAIlY ADMISSIoN Thursday, 12th March–Sunday, 15th March
oPENINg tIMES Daily 10:00-18:00; final day: 10:00-17:00
ADMISSIoN PRICES Public and trade: 1000 yen; Children free; catalogue free
http://www.marine-jbia.or.jp
The Japan International Boat Show 2009 will be held
• Marine engines, electric engines, boat trailers
12–15 M
for the third successive year in Yokohama to co-
• Mobile homes
incide with this year’s festivities marking the 150th
• Communication equipment, navigation equipment
anniversary of the port’s opening.
• Fishing gear, outdoor & sports goods, marine
Located at seven venues, the show will feature
fashion, marine play guide, books, tourism, travel
a display of boats at Sakuragicho Station, a display
of personal watercraft (PWC), a boating experience
over two hundred exhibitors are expected.
in Minato Mirai, marine attractions at Rinko Park in
the nippon Maru area, a special floating exhibit, a 150th anniversary
used boat fair, and the huge marine event at Pacifico Yokohama is a port city in Kanagawa Prefecture which
Yokohama, the main venue. services Tokyo. For nearly 250 years, between the
2009 is certain to be a peak year with the seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth centuries, Japan
excitement being generated in the region and the adopted a policy of restricting diplomatic relations and
show is expected to be one of the biggest ever. We international trade. This policy was abolished in 1858
hope to see you there. when the Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed
between the United States and Japan and resulted in
Main Exhibits the opening of several Japanese ports, including the
• Motorboats, sailboats, inflatables osanbashi Pier in Yokohama in 1859.
• Canoes, rowboats At this time Yokohama was just a small fishing
• Sailing boards, water skis, diving equipment village with minimal port facilities. As soon as
Yokohama was designated as the place for an open
port, two docks had to be constructed within a very
short time. These docks were inadequate for large
ships to dock directly so ships had to anchor off the
port and small boats transported goods and passengers
between the ships and the pier.
The osanbashi Pier was constructed near the
original docks in 1894 and its name simply means “big
pier” in Japanese. Since its opening, the osanbashi Pier
has served as the Pacific ocean gateway for Japan. In
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