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Ice cream, soap and a Japanese-English dictionary have one thing in common: The first time they were made in Japan, it was in Yokohama.
Yokohama is home to many "Japan firsts" because the city was introduced to a wealth of new wonders when the port opened up to foreign trade in 1859, pulling in people and products from around the world.
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