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- 1. Shimoda, Japan (May 15, 2004) - Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard, accepts a wreath from a Japanese Boy Scout before placing it at the memorial at Shimoda Park, Japan, during the 65th Shimoda Black Ship Festival. The festival promotes the theme of peaceful relations between the Japanese and American people, and commemorates the 1854 landing of Commodore Matthew Perry and the signing of the Japanese-American treaty of trade and amity at Shimoda. This year's festival commemorates the 150th anniversary of that landing. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan Warner (RELEASED) · U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan Warner · Source ↗ · Public domain
- 2. Shimoda, Japan (May 21, 2005) - The Seventh Fleet Band performs before a wreath laying ceremony commemorating the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan, at Shimoda Park in Shimoda, Japan. The City of Shimoda, Japan, welcomed Sailors from USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) to celebrate the sixty sixth annual Black Ship Festival commemorating the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry one hundred and fifty one years ago, opening Japan to the west. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman (RELEASED · U.S. Navy photo · Source ↗ · Public domain
- 3. Hydrangeas at Shimoda Park — June 2008 · Yamaguchi Yoshiaki from Japan · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0