In 1872, the original Yokohama Station (now known as Sakuragicho Station) was opened, with a brand new train line running directly to Tokyo’s Shimbashi Station. For decades, the station was heralded as one of the biggest and most important train hubs in the region, but it was destroyed when a devastating earthquake hit the Kanto region in 1923.
This exhibition, held at the Museum of Yokohama Urban History, chronicles the aftermath of the natural disaster and the rebuilding of Yokohama Station, along with the area's most important train lines. Now, as we approach the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, you can pore over sepia photographs of the old railroads and other historical records of the engineers and railway workers who rebuilt them from the ground up.