![]() ![]() Black who was editor and proprietor of the Japan Gazette, the first English language newspaper to be printed in Japan. ![]() They held their first meeting in 1867 in the private home of Mr. When Commodore Perry's forces withdrew, Sphinx Lodge was inactivated and the local foreign residents petitioned the Grand Lodge of England for a charter which it received on June 26, 1866. The Bluff, where the Temple is now located, was then a thickly wooded chain of hills, extending from Yokohama Bay (Mississippi Bay as it was then called) separating the Motomachi Shopping District, as we see it now, from Areas 1 and 2, then a small fishing Village called Honmoku. 80 Settlement, now known as Yamashita-cho. ![]() This incident no doubt prompted the Brethren to have the document framed. After a day or two it was discovered by a pedestrian and safely restored to its rightful owners. The roster consisted primarily of members of the military forces with a few local foreign residents, for a total of about 20 members.Īccording to the memory of an old resident, the Lodge Charter once blew out of the window of the Lodge. The first known Lodge in Japan was Sphinx Lodge which operated under the Grand Lodge of Ireland during the years 1862-1865, a few years after the opening of the ports of Japan by Commodore Perry of the United States Navy. From the booklet published in 1963 to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of Far East Lodge No.1, F&AM ![]()
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