Museum sights in Yokohama
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Yamashita-kōen area
Moored alongside a seaside park in the Yamashita-kōen area you'll find the Hikawa Maru (641-4362; adult/child ¥800/400; ;09:30-18:00 conditions permitting), a retired luxury 1930 passenger liner (one of the staterooms was used by Charlie Chaplin).
IAcross the street from the Hikawa Maru, the Silk Museum (641-0841; 1 Yamashita-kōen-dōri; adult/child/student/senior ¥500/100/200/300; ;09:00-16:30 Tue-Sun) pays tribute to Yokohama's history as a silk trading port. Nearby, Yokohama Archives of History (201-2100; 3 Nihon Ōdōri; adult/child ¥200/100; ;09:30-17:00 Tue-Sun) chronicles the city (displays in English) from the opening of Japan to the mid-20th century; it's inside…
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Japan Overseas Migration Museum
Yokohama has long welcomed the world, but this fine museum looks at Japanese who went overseas. Agricultural labourers, fishermen and performers later became merchants, doctors and priests in the USA, Brazil and more. It's a must for anyone of Japanese heritage, with signage in English. It's inside the offices of the charitable organisation Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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Yokohama Maritime Museum
On the harbour in front of Landmark Tower, this fan-shaped museum is largely dedicated to the Nippon Maru sailing ship docked adjacent. The ship (built 1930) retains many original fittings including captain's and officers' rooms and the engine room.
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Silk Museum
In the Yamashita-kōen area, across the street from the Hikawa Maru, the Silk Museum pays tribute to Yokohama's history as a silk trading port, with all aspects of silk production and some lovely kimono and obi (sashes).
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Yokohama Museum of Art
Behind Landmark Tower, this modern-art museum hosts exhibitions that swing between safe-bet shows with European headliners and more daring ones with contemporary Japanese artists. It's noted for its building, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Tange Kenzō (1989).
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Hikawa Maru
Moored at the eastern end of the park, this restored 1930s passenger liner has art-deco fixings and stories to tell. Inside, you can wander from the 1st-class cabins (one of the staterooms was used by Charlie Chaplin) to the engine room.
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Yokohama Archives of History
Displays in English chronicle the city's history, from the opening of Japan through to the mid-20th century. It's inside the former British Consulate, on the main road across from Ōsanbashi pier.
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Mitsubishi Minato Mirai Industrial Museum
This is one of Japan's better science and technology museums, with a wildly enjoyable helicopter simulator and good hands-on exhibits.
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Yokohama Port Museum
On the harbour in front of Landmark Tower, this fan-shaped museum is largely dedicated to the Nippon Maru sailing ship (日本丸) docked adjacent. The four-masted barque (built in 1930) retains many original fittings.
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