Negishi Racecourse was a horse-racing facility located on the outskirts of Yamate in the treaty port of Yokohama, recognized as the first purpose built European style racecourse in Japan. The course was operational between 1866 and 1942.
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/3Views:4259551 425
-
RX10 Movie 根岸森林公園 旧一等馬見所 Negishi park of forest,The former first class observers' deck
-
根岸の森林公園（馬事公苑）とアメリカ軍居留地祭り
-
根岸森林公園桜20100411.mp4
Transcription
History
The completion of the Negishi Racecourse in 1866 provided the first permanent site for horse racing in Yokohama, replacing a temporary Swamp Ground site at the rear of the Kannai foreign settlement where the first races had been run in 1862.[1] Initially intended as an entertainment venue for the foreign community, the racecourse rapidly became popular with Japanese society; the Emperor Meiji visiting on 14 separate occasions.[2]
After the Great Kantō earthquake, the main grandstand of the course was rebuilt in 1929 to a design by American architect JH Morgan.
Horse racing at the Negishi Racecourse continued until 1942. During wartime, portions of the original site were requisitioned by the military and only later turned into a public park, the U.S. Navy's Negishi Heights housing facility and the location of an equestrian sports museum.
See also
References
- ^ Williams, Harold (1972). Foreigners in Mikadoland. Tokyo: Tuttle. p. 141. ISBN 9780804810494.
- ^ Nagashima, Nobuhiro (1998). Linhart, Sepp (ed.). The Culture of Japan as seen Through Its Leisure. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. p. 353. ISBN 0-7914-3791-4.
35°25′28″N 139°38′10″E / 35.4244°N 139.6362°E
This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 08:17