Yokohama

From top left: Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama Chinatown, Nippon Maru, Yokohama Station, Yokohama Marine Tower

Yokohama (横浜市, Yokohama-shi?) is the upper-case alphabetic lineament urban heart of Kanagawa Prefecture in addition to the minute largest urban heart inward Nippon past times population afterward Tokyo in addition to nearly populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, due south of Tokyo, inward the Kantō percentage of the brain isle of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.

Yokohama's population of 3.6 1000000 makes it Japan's largest incorporated city.

Yokohama developed speedily every bit Japan's prominent port urban heart next the cease of Japan's relative isolation inward the mid-19th century, in addition to is today 1 of its major ports along amongst Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, in addition to Chiba.

 Kanagawa Prefectural Office

Transport

Yokohama is serviced past times the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, a high-speed runway business amongst a halt at Shin-Yokohama Station. Yokohama Station is likewise a major station, amongst 2 1000000 passengers daily. The Yokohama Municipal Subway provides subway services.

 Yokohama Station

Places of interest

The historic port expanse is Kannai. Next to the waterfront Yamashita Park is Yokohama Marine Tower, the tallest inland lighthouse inward the world.[16] Further inland lies Yokohama Chinatown, the largest Chinatown inward Nippon in addition to 1 of the largest inward the world. Nearby is Yokohama Stadium, the Silk Center, in addition to the Yokohama Doll Museum. The Isezakichō in addition to Noge areas offering many colourful shops in addition to bars that, amongst their restaurants in addition to stores catering to residents from China, Thailand, South Korea, in addition to other countries, convey an increasingly international flavour.

 Minato Mirai at dusk

The little merely stylish Motomachi shopping expanse leads upwards to Yamate, or "The Bluff" every bit it used to hold upwards known, a 19th/early 20th century Westerners' village overlooking the harbour, scattered amongst foreigners' mansions. H5N1 foreigners' cemetery in addition to the Harbour View Park (港の見える丘公園, Minato no mieru oka kōen) is inward the area. Within the commons are a rose garden in addition to the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature.

 Yokohama Marine Tower

There are diverse points of involvement inward the futuristic Minato Mirai 21 harbourside redevelopment. The highlights are the Landmark Tower which is the tallest edifice inward Japan, Queen's Square Yokohama (a shopping mall) in addition to the Cosmo Clock 21, which was the tallest Ferris bicycle inward the basis when it was built inward 1989 in addition to which likewise doubles every bit "the world's biggest clock".

The Shin-Yokohama district, where the Shinkansen station is located, is unopen to distance away from the harbour area, in addition to features the 17,000 capacity Yokohama Arena, the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum, in addition to Nissan Stadium, known every bit the International Stadium Yokohama when it was the setting for the concluding for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

The urban heart is dwelling to the Central League baseball game team, the Yokohama BayStars, in addition to the soccer teams, Yokohama F. Marinos in addition to Yokohama F.C.

Sankei-en is a traditional Japanese-style garden inward Naka Ward.[18] Designed past times human being of affairs Tomitaro Hara, it contains seventeen one-time buildings brought from all over Japan, 10 of which convey been declared Important National Cultural Properties.

Among the attractions are festivals in addition to events.