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A temple in Shimoda where the Shimoda Treaty, an appendix to the 1854 Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity, was negotiated and signed.
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A temple in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, where Commodore Perry concluded the Japan-US Shimoda Treaty with the Edo shogunate in 1854. Founded in 1635 by order of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, it is now a national historic site. Also called the Jasmine Temple, about 1,000 American jasmine plants bloom every May, and the Black Ships Museum MoBS is attached, where you can see collections related to Perry and the Black Ships.
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