Uraga Station, on the Keikyu Line, deposits passengers at the end of a narrow valley. The road ahead bifurcates.
I took the right fork and noted that Uraga wears its nautical heritage on its sleeve. Steel utility poles sport tops in the form of sails. Sidewalk bollards deter illegal parking. From a wall a caricature of Commodore Matthew Perry welcomes visitors.
Behind the wall, rust the buildings of the defunct Uraga Shipyard. The local town office arranged for a shipyard cognoscenti to show me around.
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