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Yokohama, J

Berlin Wall in Yokohama

Location: in front of TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd. building 1 segment from Waldemarstraße Due to the close economic relations between Germany and Japan, TÜV Rheinland Japan was founded in 1978. In 2005, the year of the opening of the state-of-the-art Global Technology Assessment Center in Yokohama, a Wall segment was placed on the freely accessible area […]

Miyako-jima, J

Berlin Wall in Uemo

Location: Museum of Ueno 2 segments The close relationship between Germany and Miyako-jima, the main island of Miyako Islands, dates back to a shipwreck in the late 19th century. Back then,  a tea-laden German schooner smashed on the coral reefs of the coast of the Japanese outpost on the border to Taiwan. Eight sailors were rescued […]

Togitsu, J

Berlin Wall in Nagasaki

Location: on the site of Nihon Bisoh 1 segment from Brandenburg Gate Modern office buildings would quickly fade without costly cleaning and maintenance work on the facade. The Japanese company Nihon Bisoh specializes exactly that work and the development and provision of appropriate facades lifts. Exterior walls are the field of activity of the company. For this reason, […]

Osaka, J

Berlin Wall in Osaka, Japan

Location: Toukokuji Tempel 2 segments According to the legend, the sanctuary in the center of Osaka, the temple in the Eastern valley, goes back on Korean immigrants, who settled here in the 7th century. The two segments of the Wall, standing here since 1998, are a donation of two Koreans. Along with it goes their request to […]

Hikone, J

Location: Maruho Co. Ltd. 1 segment from Checkpoint Charlie   For almost 100 years the Berlin pharmaceutical manufacturer Dr. Kade  maintains business contacts with the Japanese pharmaceutical company Maruho. Their CEO Jiro Takagi followed the developments in Germany in 1989 with great anticipation. When the Wall came down, Takagi addressed his German business partner, wanted him to […]