The second-largest city in Japan after Tokyo’s combined 23 Wards, Yokohama is Tokyo’s neighbour and can be accessed from Tokyo in as little as 20 minutes. Yokohama was Japan’s first port, and it still has plenty of evidence of its foreign visitors and shipping past with its huge China Town and port areas.
About Yokohama
Centrally located on the east coast of Japan on the edge of Tokyo Bay, Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo’s combined…
Yokohama Station Area
One of the busiest stations in the Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama Station is a large railway station located in Yokohama’s CBD. Despite not being directly connected…
Cup Noodle Museum
Not to be confused with the Shin Yokohama Raumen Museum, the Cup Noodle museum is another of the food related attractions in Yokohama.
Kirin Beer Village
The Japanese love their beer and in Yokohama there is no more popular brand than Kirin, a brand that began brewing in the city way…
Shin Yokohama Raumen Museum
In Japan there seems to be a museum devoted to just about anything, so it stands to reason a museum devoted to the popular noodle…
Yokohama Silk Museum
People have been fascinated with silk for thousands of years, especially in Japan where the material has historically been popular in the production of the…
Yokohama Chinatown
Yokohama’s Chinatown is the biggest Chinatown in Asia and is a must on any visit to Yokohama.
Red Brick Warehouse
The magnificent two Red Brick Warehouses stand as a stunning reminder of the city’s rich port history and shows how such magnificent old buildings can be transformed.
Minato Mirai 21
Minato Mirai 21 is a large suburb in Yokohama that has been part of an urban renewal program since the 1980’s. Often just called Minato…
Yokohama Cosmo World
Yokohama Cosmo World is an amusement park in Yokohama’s recently redeveloped waterfront district of Minato Mirai 21.
Yokohama Port Museum
Situated in front of Landmark Tower of Yokohama’s Minato Mirai 21 District is the Yokohama Port Museum. The sails of its star attraction, the sail training…
Landmark Tower
Yokohama’s Landmark Tower certainly lives up to its name. It is one of the more striking pieces of architecture in Japan and also its tallest…
Yokohama Marine Tower
Towering over Yamashita Park, the Yokohama Marine Tower stands at 106 metres high making it the tallest lighthouse in the world.
The Hikawa Maru
The Hikawa Maru is a historic Japanese ocean liner that is permanently docked at Yokohama’s Yamashita Park. With a long and chequered past the ship…
Anpanman Children’s Museum
The Yokohama Anpanman Children’s Museum is an interactive museum dedicated to the very popular Japanese cartoon hero Anpanman.
Getting to Yokohama
While Yokohama is a large city itself, its position on Tokyo Bay gives it easy and quick access to its more famous neighbour, Tokyo. So…