In the early days of Yokohama, only a few schools served the foreign community such as Saint Maur’s, an all-girls Catholic school, the Yokohama Chinese School for the Chinese community, and the Deutsche Schule for the German community. The most representative among them was Saint Joseph College (SJC) an all-boys school established in 1901 …..
The SJIS Alumni Association Archive Committee, in one of its main projects, has been scanning “Forward”, our yearbooks from the past. The first edition of the DVD copies that…..
by Luke (Schneider) Oyama ’54 [Luke takes us through the history of Yokohama in this six part article – enjoy!] – Part VI – Sports, Music, and Others —————————————————————————————————————— Sports ———————————————-——————————————————————– TENNIS The government leased property to the Foreign Settlement for safe recreational purposes and constructed the Yamate Park but as the residents could not […]
by Luke (Schneider) Oyama ’54 [Luke takes us through the history of Yokohama in this six part article – enjoy!] – Part V – Bluff/Yamate —————————————————————————————————————— Bluff Area: Churches and Religion ———————————————-——————————————————————– CATHOLICS Though Christianity was forbidden for the Japanese, this prohibition did not apply to foreigners and the government permitted the construction of a […]
History – Bro. Aoysius Soden (Lt. Soden, USNR) Francis Tanabe (’61) wrote to Franz Metzger ’58 “Just in case this is new material about Bro. Soden, I have attached a query from the son of Bro. Soden’s cousin.” Lt. Aloysius Soden, USNR, JLS 1944 Marianist BrotherI am looking for information about his service as an […]
by Luke (Schneider) Oyama ’54 [Luke takes us through the history of Yokohama in this six part article – enjoy!] – Part IV – Yatobashi-Yamashitabashi/Motomachi —————————————————————————————————————— Yatobashi/Yamashita-bashi Area ———————————————-——————————————————————– ICE MAKING PLANT At around the bottom of the slope of Yatozaka, the Dutchman , Ludwicus Stornebrink founded an ice making plant in 1879 and named […]
This is an excerpt from e-mails between Franz Metzger (’58) and Kikuchi brothers on memories of the 1950 SJC graduation ceremony. Franz, see what you started with UME no Hana and Negishi Race Track! Kunio Kikuchi ’60. Pictures of Ume no Hana, plum blossoms, at Negishi Shinrin Park, former Negishi Race Track was emailed to […]
by Luke (Schneider) Oyama ’54 [Luke takes us through the history of Yokohama in this six part article – enjoy!] – Part III – Chinatown —————————————————————————————————————— Chinatown Area Since the opening of Japan to Western culture, there came traders, moneychangers, furniture makers, musical instrument makers, laundrymen, cooks, barbers, dressmakers, interpreters, accountants, servants, and other experienced […]
by Luke (Schneider) Oyama ’54 [Luke takes us through the history of Yokohama in this six part article – enjoy!] – Part II – Streets Crossing Honcho-Dori —————————————————————————————————————— Yokohama Station to Sakuragicho AreaYoshidabashi Area – Bashamichi to Honcho-dori The first horse carriages in Japan were used by the foreign consular for commuting between their consulates […]
by Luke (Schneider) Oyama ’54 [Luke takes us through the history of Yokohama in this six part article – enjoy!] -Part I- Yokohama-Sakuragi-cho and Honcho-dori —————————————————————————————————————— Yokohama Station to Sakuragicho Area —————————————————————————————————————— GAS STATION The first gas station in Japan was built and operated by Yokohama Beiyu Co., Ltd. in mid 1920’s at the location […]
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