Yokohama
About Yokohama
With a population of over three million people is Yokohama Japan's second largest city. Yokohama is located less than half an hour south of Tokyo by train, and is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture.
Towards the end of the Edo Period (1603-1867), during which Japan maintained a policy of self-isolation, Yokohama's port was one of the first to be opened to foreign trade in 1859. Consequently, Yokohama quickly grew from a small fishing village into one of Japan's major cities.
Until today, Yokohama remains popular among expats, has one of the world's largest chinatowns and preserves some former Western residences in the Yamate district.
Towards the end of the Edo Period (1603-1867), during which Japan maintained a policy of self-isolation, Yokohama's port was one of the first to be opened to foreign trade in 1859. Consequently, Yokohama quickly grew from a small fishing village into one of Japan's major cities.
Until today, Yokohama remains popular among expats, has one of the world's largest chinatowns and preserves some former Western residences in the Yamate district.
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Nov 26, 2008
The places of interest are mainly around the historic port area of Kannai . Next to the waterfront Yamashita Park is Yokohama Marine Tower , the tallest lighthouse in the world. [ 8 ] [ citation needed ] Further inland lies Yokohama Chinatown , the largest Chinatown in Japan and one of the largest in the world. Also in the vicinity is the Yokohama Stadium , the Silk Center, the Yokohama Doll Museum . [ 9 ] There is also a large immigration office, near Yamashita Park. Nearby Isezakicho and Noge areas offer many colourful shops and bars and, with their restaurants and stores catering to residents from China , Thailand , South Korea , and other countries, have an increasingly international flavour. The small but fashionable Motomachi shopping area (where there are various shops starting with Cyrillus, Godiva, and so on) leads up to Yamate , or "The Bluff" as it used to be known, a 19th/early 20th century Westerners' settlement overlooking the harbour, scattered with foreigners' mansions. A foreigners' cemetery and the Harbour View Park is in the area. The Rose Garden can be found in the park. There are various points of interest in the futuristic Minato Mirai 21 harbourside redevelopment. The highlights are the Landmark Tower which is the tallest building in Japan, Queen's Square Yokohama (a shopping mall) and the Cosmo Clock 21, which was the largest Ferris wheel in the world when it was built in 1989 and which also doubles as "the world's biggest clock". The Shin-Yokohama district, where the Shinkansen station is located, is some distance away from the harbour area, and features the 17,000 capacity Yokohama Arena , the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum , and Nissan Stadium , once known as the International Stadium Yokohama when it was the setting for the final for the 2002 FIFA World Cup held on June 30 , 2002 . The city is also home to the Central League baseball team, the Yokohama BayStars , and the soccer teams, Yokohama F. Marinos and Yokohama F.C. .
Nov 1, 2009
Minato Mirai 21 is a seaside urban area in central Y okohama whose name means "harbor of the future". It has many large high-rises, including Japan's tallest building, the Landmark Tower. Until the 1980s the area was a large shipyard, but the shipyard moved and development began for a new city center. And here is the biggest chinatown in Japan. But for me this place didn't give to much fun. Not especially nice, not especially chinese, not especially amusement park. If you have better event, don't visit.
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