Topeka (CLG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lg., ,ge 4,77 I dv Calif , A ze'-1 .iff N,., I - 5 if 3 If ,-f -,xx 1-in 1, C ,Q , -YV , ,N I FESTIXUKL' A SINGLE WINDING ROAD, THE ONLY AC- CESS OTHER THAN THE SEA, LEADS TO SHIMODA, A SMALL, SEMI-T-ISOLATED FISHING COMMUNITY LOCATED ON THE TIP OF THE IZU PENINSULA, WHOSE 27,000 PEOPLE STILL OBSERVE MANY OF THEIR OLD CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS . OUR PURPOSE WAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2.2NDANNUAL BLACK SHIP FESTIVAL, FIRST HELD IN F1934 , TO CELEBRATE THE , ARRIVAL OF COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY AND HIS SQUADRON OF BLACK SHIPS IN AUGUST OF 1856 . . THECEREMONYOFTHE BLACK SHIPS WAS HELD AT SHIMODA PARK, HIGH ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THE ORIENTAL I ' FISHING VILLAGE AND HARBOR. IT FEATURED THE RAISING OF THE JAPANESE AND AMERICAN FLAGS, THE -I i RELEASING OF A FLOCK OF PIGEONS AS A SYMBOL OF PEACE AND THE PLACING OF A FLORAL WREATH AT THE , FOOT OF THE COMMORATIVE BLACK SHIP MONUMENT. ALSO A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD FOR THE CREW OF THE BLACK SHIPS. , 4 TRULY A GLIMPSE OF OLD JAPAN', HIDDEN QUIETLY AWAY FROM THE BUSY WORLD. ' I' I