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Shimoda

Shimoda is a Japanese port, opened to American trade under the conditions of the Treaty of Kanagawa, negotiated by Commodore Matthew Perry, March 31, 1854.

See also: Treaty of Kanagawa, Matthew Perry


Shimoda[?] is also a town[?] in Aomori.



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