Holiday Destination: Yokohama

Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area. Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest incorporated city. Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba. It was initially agreed that one of the ports to be opened to foreign ships would be the bustling town of Kanagawa-juku on the Tōkaidō, a strategic highway that linked Edo to Kyoto and Osaka.

Climate

Summer 30.3 °C (86.5), Winter 1.8 °C (35.2 °F)

Tourist Season

Winter Season is the best for visiting Yokohama.

Accommodation

Hotels and Apartments.

General Information Of Yokohama

• Land Area: 168.87 sq mi (437.38 km2)
• Population: 36 Lakh.
• Capital City: Kanagawa.
• Language: English and Japanies.

Tourist Attraction in or Near by Yokohama

Yokohama Landmark Tower

The Yokohama Landmark Tower is the tallest building and 3rd tallest structure in Japan, standing 296.3 mt high. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city, right next to Yokohama Museum of Art. Work on the building was finished in 1993. It has the highest observation deck in Japan. The building contains a five-star hotel which occupies floors 49-70, with 603 rooms in total. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the 71st floor on opposite corners of the building. On the 69th floor there is an observatory, Sky Garden, from which one can see a 360-degree view of the city, and on clear days Mount Fuji. The tower contains the world's 2nd fastest elevators, originally world's fastest. This speed allows the elevator to reach the 69th floor in approximately 40 seconds.

Red Brick Warehouse

The Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is a historical building that is currently used as a complex that includes a shopping mall, banquet hall, and event venues. The complex, officially known as the Newport Pier Tax Keeping Warehouse Shinkō Futō Hozei Sōko, was originally used as customs buildings, and has two sections, Warehouse No.1 and No.2. It is operated by Yokohama Akarenga Co. Ltd., and located at the Port of Yokohama in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Outside you can relax in an area with greenery and trees.

Yokohama Museum of Art

Yokohama Museum of Art, founded in 1989, is located in the futuristic Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city next to the Yokohama Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan. This museum features a collection of 20th century art pieces. It also includes works of Yokohama related artists and surrealistic works as well as a photographic collection. The museum has works by many influential and well known modern artists including Constantin Brâncuşi, Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Jimmy Ernst, René Magritte, Henri Matisse, Ossip Zadkine, and Pablo Picasso. Dadaist and Surrealist works are especially well represented.

Yokohama Chinatown

Yokohama Chinatown is located in Yokohama, Japan, which is located just south of Tokyo. Its history is about 150 years long. Today only a few Chinese people still live in Chinatown, but it has a population of about 3,000 to 4,000. Most of the residents are from Guangzhou but many come from other regions. Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown not only in Japan but also in Asia and it is one of the largest in the world. There are roughly 250 Chinese owned themed shops and restaurants scattered throughout the district, with the highest concentration centered around a 300 square metre area.

Yokohama Raumen Museum

TheYokohama Raumen Museum is a food amusement park located in the Shin-Yokohama district of Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The museum is devoted to the Japanese ramen noodle soup and features a large recreation of Tokyo in the year Shōwa 33 (1958), the year instant noodles were invented. Within the museum are branches of famous ramen restaurants from Kyūshū to Hokkaidō. The current list includes Ide Shoten, Shinasobaya, Keyaki, Ryushanhai, Hachiya, Fukuchan, and Komurasaki, among others, but new ramen shops are being added. Along with restaurants there is an old style bar called 35 Knots, where visitors can smoke and a few other places to buy traditional snacks and food. On the ground floor level there is a souvenir shop selling ramen bowls, cooking utilities and instant-ramen packages.

Minato Mirai 21

Minato Mirai 21 is a large urban development in Yokohama, Japan. It was designated to be a new urban center planned to connect Yokohama's traditionally important areas of Kannai and the Yokohama Station area. The area where it is located was once known as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Yokohama shipyard and the Japanese National Railways classification yard, Takashima wharf and Shinko wharf of Port of Yokohama. Conducted as an urban renewal and reclaimed land project, the port and the industrial area once divided the two city centers of Kannai and Yokohama Station, but now the area has become a new business district in Yokohama.

Nogeyama Zoo

Nogeyama Zoological Gardens is a free zoo opened in April 1951 and located in Nogeyama Park, in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It covers 9.6 hectares and houses about 1400 animals of 100 different species. The zoo is operated by the Yokohama Zoological Garden, and is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums .

Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise is an amusement park consisting of an aquarium, shopping mall, hotel, marina and amusement rides. It is located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It opened for business on May 8, 1993. It is a pay as you go theme park, having no gates or admission charges. Visitors have the option of buying a day pass or paying for each attraction separately. With 4,770,000 visitors in 2007, it ranks sixth among Asian amusement parks in terms of attendance.

Yokohama Bay Bridge

The Yokohama Bay Bridge is a 860 metre long cable stayed bridge in Yokohama, Japan. Opened September 27, 1989, it crosses Tokyo Bay with a span of 460 metres. The toll is ¥600. The bridge is part of the Bayshore Route of the Shuto Expressway. Starting from the Sky Tower at the Daikoku Pier, visitors to the Bay Bridge can traverse the 1050-foot Sky Walk all the way to the Sky Lounge, where they can then enjoy a spectacular 360-degree view of Yokohama from the circular observatory.

Accessibility

Bus Terminal in or Near by

Sankei-en Garden

Honmokusannotani, YokohamaNaka Ward,
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Shinyokohama Station

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

RIKEN GENESIS Ltd.

Suehirocho,
YokohamaTsurumi Ward,
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Airport

Yokohama Airport: For International and Domestic flights.

Railway Stations

Shinyokohama Station

Yokohama,
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Yamato Station

Yokohama,
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Kanagawa Station

Yokohama,
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Tanmachi Station‎

Kiribatake, Kanagawa Ward,
Yokohama,
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Nakakido Station‎

Higashikanagawa,
Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan