Yokohama Travel Blog

Yokohama Chinatown is the largest chinatown in Japan, located in Yamashita-cho near Yamashita park. There are approximately 200 restaurants and 300 shops in the town of just 500 square meters. You can eat various kinds of Chinese cousine such as Cantonese,…

Yokohama Cosmoworld is a popular amusement park located in Yokohama, Japan. It features a range of thrilling rides and attractions, making it a great destination for families, thrill-seekers, and people of all ages. We consider this to be one of…

Yamate is the area on the hill across the Horikawa River, a canal, from Yamashita area. Yamate was called “Bluff” by foreign residents from the geographical fact that the hill stands along the cliff. After the opening of seaport in…

Motomachi is located on the foot of Yamate Cliff along the Horikawa River. Motomachi is famous for its shopping streets of about 600 meters, which are lined with high-end shops of fancy clothes and imported products, and restaurants. It is…

Until the 1980s, there was a shipyard of Mitubishi Heavy Industry and a freight terminal of Japan Railway in the present-day Minato Mirai Area. The area was re-developed and hotels, office buildings, shopping malls, amusement facilities, museums and a convention…

Honmoku was a fishing village between valleys, living on fishing and cultivating seaweeds, until before the 1960s. There were beautiful beaches along the shore. Many people visited those beaches to swim or catch clams. In the 1960s, the water off…