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    Gyokusen-ji (玉泉寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is noteworthy in that it served as the first American...
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    Gyokusen-ji (玉川寺), is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Sōtō school of Japanese Zen located in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Its...
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    Tokugawa Japan in July 1856, where he opened the first US Consulate at the Gyokusen-ji Temple in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, soon after Commodore...
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    Commerce between the two countries, which was signed at nearby Ryōsen-ji in 1858. Gyokusen-ji is also the location of a small number of foreign graves dating...
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    Japan was opened at the temple of Gyokusen-ji, Shimoda, Shizuoka under Consul General Townsend Harris. Gyokusen-ji is also the location of a small number...
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    flotilla are buried in the cemetery of the small Buddhist temple of Gyokusen-ji that served as the first America consulate in Japan. Another American...
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    1854. The first American Consulate in Japan was opened at the temple of Gyokusen-ji in Shimoda under Consul General Townsend Harris. Harris negotiated the...
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  • Empire of Japan in July 1856. He opened the first U.S. Consulate at the Gyokusen-ji Temple in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. This consolidated...
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  • Gushikawa, Okinawa Gusukube, Okinawa Gyaru-moji Gyoda, Saitama Gyōki Gyokuon-hōsō Gyokuro Gyokusen-ji Gyokusen-ji (Tsuruoka) Gyokuto, Kumamoto Gyoza Gyūdon...
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    Japan. August 21: Harris opens a temporary consulate general in the Gyokusen-ji temple in Kakizaki, Shimoda. March 4, 1857: James Buchanan is inaugurated...
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