Yokohama
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横浜市 | |
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| City of Yokohama | |
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 Map of Kanagawa Prefecture with Yokohama highlighted in purple | |
| Coordinates: 35°26′39″N 139°38′17″E / 35.44417°N 139.63806°ECoordinates: 35°26′39″N 139°38′17″E / 35.44417°N 139.63806°E | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fumiko Hayashi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 437.38 km2 (168.87 sq mi) |
| Population (October 1, 2016) | |
| • Total | 3,732,616 |
| • Density | 8,534.03/km2 (22,103.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| – Tree | Camellia, Chinquapin, Sangoju Sasanqua, Ginkgo, Zelkova |
| – Flower | Rose |
| Address | 1-1 Minato-chō, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0017 |
| Website | www |
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| "Yokohama" in new-style (shinjitai) kanji | |||||
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| Hiragana | よこはま | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 橫濱 | ||||
| Shinjitai | 横浜 | ||||
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Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture in the Kantō region. Yokohama is a neighbor city of Tokyo. It has been the second largest city of Japan since the 1980s.
Yokohama has an international trade seaport. It is the largest port in Japan. Many cars and machinery are exported from the port. The downtown area is around the port. Today, the area of Yokohama city includes its former suburb areas like Hodogaya or Totsuka.
In Minato Mirai, there are a lot of places for sightseeing. For example, there are amusement parks and shopping malls.
Yokohama was an entrance for foreign cultures for a long time. Still today Yokohama has the largest Chinatown in Japan.
The airports nearest to Yokohama are Tokyo International Airport and Narita International Airport.
Many educational institutes are located in Yokohama, including Yokohama National University and Yokohama City University.
History
The Yokohama port was created in the middle of the 19th century for foreigners. It was five ports opened to foreign countries who demanded that Japan open its ports. And Yokohama was the nearest port to Tokyo, which was then called Edo.
In the Edo period, Hodogaya-juku was one of the fifty-three shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. Two other Tōkaidō rest stops are within the boundaries of modern Yokohama—in Kanagawa ward and Totsuka ward.[2]
Wards of Yokohama
- Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama[2]
- Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
- Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama
- Kounan-ku, Yokohama
- Midori-ku, Yokohama
- Minami-ku, Yokohama
- Naka-ku, Yokohama
- Nishi-ku, Yokohama
- Sakae-ku, Yokohama
- Seya-ku, Yokohama
Yokohama Media
Sentinel-2 image of Yokohama (2020)
Map of wards of Yokohama
横浜市本庁舎
Cherry blossoms on the Kisha-michi Promenade
Yokohama Triennale at Yamashita Pier venue
A route map in Yokohama and Tokyo (JR East)
Chinatown in Yokohama that is near Tokyo. Goodwill gate(善意門).
Landing of Commodore Perry and men to meet the Imperial commissioners at Yokohama, 14 July 1853
Foreign ships in Yokohama harbor in 1861
Related pages
References
Other websites
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Yokohama |
- City of Yokohama website Archived 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Kanagawa Prefecture Tourism website
Geographic data related to Yokohama at OpenStreetMap
