Shimoda, Japan
Shimoda, Japan
Shimoda, Japan holds 40 Bunkabop connections with 7417 other places across 14 topics, with history forming the dominant cluster. The city's connection to 19th-century diplomacy runs deep: Commodore Matthew Perry first opened American trade here under the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, and Townsend Harris later established the first US Consulate in Japan at the Gyokusen-ji Temple. Tokyo and Kyoto share many ties with Shimoda across these same threads. Gaming adds an unexpected link: Pokémon's fictional Pallet Town is geographically placed at Shimoda's real-world location.
Bakumatsu
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Shakotan, Japan | Naka-ku, Yokohama
Perry Expedition
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Jurong, Singapore | Yamaguchi Prefecture
Pokémon
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Tsuchiura, Japan | Divisoria, Philippines | Kiryū, Japan
Late Hōjō clan
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Funabashi, Japan | Uenohara, Japan | Yamanakako, Japan | Asahi, Japan
DC-3
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Bayamón, United States | Cheyenne, Wyoming | Loíza, United States | Lovettsville, Virginia
Consul General
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: San Salvador, El Salvador | Hancock Park, Los Angeles | Rawabi, State of Palestine | Forest Knolls, British Columbia
Boxing in Japan
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Japan | China | Tokyo, Japan | Yokohama, Japan | Montiel, Spain
Townsend Harris
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: United States | New York City, New York | Japan | Brooklyn, New York | Bangkok, Thailand
All Nippon Airways
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Fukuoka, Japan | Aomori, Japan | Torrance, California | Chiyoda, Tokyo | Yamagata Prefecture
Yasunari Kawabata
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: France | Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Frankfurt, Germany | Osaka, Japan
Nihon University
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Australia | Japan | Tokyo, Japan | New South Wales | Newcastle, Australia
sakoku
Connects Shimoda, Japan to: Yokohama, Japan | Kobe, Japan | Nagasaki, JAP | Sakai, Japan | Yokosuka, Japan