Gyokusen-ji

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The Gyokusenji Temple in Shimoda, site of the first American Consul in Japan.
The Gyokusenji Temple in Shimoda, site of the first American Consul in Japan.
Monument to the first cow in Japan to be slaughtered for human consumption. According to an English sign: "This monument, erected in 1931 by the butchers of Tokyo, marks the spot Where the first cow in Japan was slaughtered for human consumption. (Eaten by Harris and Heusken)".
Monument to the first cow in Japan to be slaughtered for human consumption. According to an English sign: "This monument, erected in 1931 by the butchers of Tokyo, marks the spot Where the first cow in Japan was slaughtered for human consumption. (Eaten by Harris and Heusken)".

Gyokusen-ji (玉泉寺 gyokusen-ji?) is a Buddhist temple in Shimoda, Japan. It was chosen as the site of the first American Consul in Japan by Townsend Harris, the first American Consul General.

A statue erected on the temple groups claims to mark the site where the first four-legged animal to be slaughtered for human consumption was killed. Other memorials include a commemoration of the drinking of cow's milk, and the visit of President Jimmy Carter in 1979. The Townsend Harris Memorial Hall is also sited on the temple grounds.

Five Americans and three Russians who died in Shimoda in the 1850s are buried in the temple cemetery.

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