File talk:PerryBustShimoda.jpg
The text appears to say:
ぺりー ? 隊 来 航 記 念 碑
(I can't tell what the ? is, but the left half is 舟 so it's probably something nautical -- maybe something idiomatic that means "commander of".)
In English, it's literally:
Perry - ? Corps Arrive Navigation Memorial Monument
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