Sakamoto International CemeteryThe Sakamoto International Cemetery (坂本国際墓地, Sakamoto Kokusai Bochi) is located in Sakamoto in the Urakami area of the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The cemetery for foreigners was established following the 1888 closure of an earlier burial ground near the international quarter of the city. It is administered by the city government. The original cemetery dates from 1888. A newer quarter, Shin Sakamoto (added in 1903), lies across the street.
Nagasaki foreign settlementThe Nagasaki foreign settlement (長崎居留地), sometimes called the Oura foreign settlement (大浦居留地), was an area in Nagasaki, Japan, settled by foreigners as Japan opened its doors to Western trade. The area was established by treaties between the West and Japan in the mid-to-late 1850s, and remained an important center of Western life in Japan until the outbreak of World War II.
Alexander Cameron SimAlexander Cameron Sim (28 August 1840 – 28 November 1900) was a Scottish-born pharmacist and entrepreneur, active in Japan during the Meiji period. He developed the Ramune soft drink and founded the Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club. BiographyAlexander Cameron Sim was born on 28 August 1840 in Aberlour, Scotland. He was the son of an Aberlour river fisherman. Sim grew up in a small farming community, later becoming an apprentice to a pharmacist in the nearby town of Turriff.
British Japan Consular ServiceBritain had a functioning consular service in Japan from 1859 after the signing of the 1858 Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce between James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and the Tokugawa Shogunate until 1941 when Japan invaded the British colonial empire and declared war on the United Kingdom. Consular OfficialsThe Consular Service was established with officials who were expected to serve their entire careers in Japan.
HakodateHakodate (函館市, Hakodate-shi; Japanese pronunciation:) is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 with 138,807 households, and a population density of 354 inhabitants per square kilometre (920/sq mi). The total area is 677.86 square kilometres (261.72 sq mi).
Thomas Blake GloverThomas Blake Glover (6 June 1838 – 16 December 1911) was an Anglo-Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji-period Japan. Early life (1838–1858)Thomas Blake Glover was born at 15 Commerce Street, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland on 6 June 1838, the fifth of eight children, to Thomas Berry Glover (1806-1878), a coastguard officer from Vauxhall, London and Mary Findlay (1807-1887) from the parish of Fordyce, Banffshire.
YokohamaDesignated city in Kantō, JapanPrefecture capital and Designated city in Kantō, JapanYokohama (Japanese: 横浜; pronounced) is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. The population was the same in 2026, but steadily decreased over 2025.George French (judge)George French (1817–1881) was a British judge. He was the Chief Justice of both the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone and the British Supreme Court for China and Japan.
KobeCity in Kansai region, JapanPrefecture capital and Designated city in Kansai, JapanKobe ( ; Japanese: 神戸, romanized: Kōbe, pronounced), officially Kobe City (神戸市, Kōbe-shi; ), is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama.
Foreign settlementA foreign settlement (Japanese: 外国人居留地, pronounced "Gaikokujin kyoryūchi") was a special area in a treaty port, designated by the Japanese government in the second half of the nineteenth century, to allow foreigners to live and work. After the visits of Commodore Perry in 1853 and 1854, Japan entered a period of rapid social and economic transition from a closed, feudalistic society to a more open, modern trading nation state.
Matthew C. PerryMatthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. He led the that ended Japan's isolationism and signed the Convention of Kanagawa between Japan and the United States in 1854.
Treaty portsTreaty ports (Chinese: 商埠; Japanese: 条約港) were sea ports in China and Japan that were opened to foreign trade in the 1800s mainly because of the unequal treaties forced upon them by Western powers, as well as cities in Korea opened up similarly by the Qing dynasty of China (before the First Sino-Japanese War) and the Empire of Japan.
British Supreme Court for ChinaThe British Supreme Court for China (originally the British Supreme Court for China and Japan) was a court established in the Shanghai International Settlement to try cases against British subjects in China, Japan and Korea under the principles of extraterritoriality. The court also heard appeals from consular courts in China, Japan and Korea and from the British Court for Japan which was established in 1879.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.