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Tokyo Bay (東京湾; Tokyo-wan) is a bay in the
southern
Kanto region of
Japan, surrounded by the
Boso Peninsula (Chiba
Prefecture) and the
Miura Peninsula (Kanagawa
Prefecture). The ports of
Tokyo,
Chiba,
Kawasaki,
Yokohama, and
Yokosuka are all located on Tokyo Bay.
On the western coast of Tokyo Bay, between
Tokyo and
Yokohama, the
Keihin Industrial Area has been developed since the
Meiji Era. This was expanded to
Keiyo Industrial Area along the north and east coasts after
World War II.
The
Tokyo Bay Aqualine bridge/tunnel crosses Tokyo Bay between
Kawasaki and
Nakajima: ferries also cross the bay toward the
Uraga Channel end.
Tokyo Bay was the venue for Commodore
Matthew Perry's early negotiations with the Japanese
bakufu in the 1850's, as well as most official Japanese-European
contacts preceding the
Meiji Restoration.
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