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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Motomachi & Yamate
This area south of Yamashita-kōen (;Motomachi-Chukagai, Ishikawa-chō) combines the gentle intimacy of Motomachi's shopping street with early 20th century Western-style architecture and fantastic views from the brick sidewalks of Yamate-hon-dōri ('Bluff Street'). Private homes and churches here are still in use. Attractions include Harbour View Park and the Foreigners' Cemetery, final resting place of 4000 foreign residents and visitors - the headstones carry some fascinating inscriptions.
A stroll from near Yamashita-kōen to Ishikawa-chō station should take about one hour.
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Minato Mirai 21
This district of man-made islands used to be shipping docks, but the last two decades have transformed them into a metropolis-of-the-future ('Minato Mirai' means 'port future'), with a buzzing street scene by day and glowing towers by night (Landmark tower and the three-towered Queens Square). In addition to the attractions listed here, there's one of the world's largest convention complexes, several hotels, and lots of shopping and dining.
These sights are arranged as a possible walking tour.
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Chinatown
Always wanted to go to China? Yokohama's Chinatown has the sights, sounds, aromas of Hong Kong without the airfare, rivalling Minato Mirai in popularity. Within its 10 elaborately painted gates are all manner of Chinese specialty stores and some 500 food shops and (often expensive) restaurants and enchanting neon displays at night. Chinatown's heart is the Chinese temple Kantei-byō (admission free;;10:00-20:00), dedicated to Kanwu, the god of business.
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Manyō Club hot spring facility
The fact that there is no onsen in Yokohama (that we know of) doesn't matter. This new hot spring facility trucks in water daily from Atami and gives you five storeys' worth of ways to enjoy them: pool to pool, sauna to sauna in your custom yukata. Spa treatments are available (extra charge), and 'relax rooms' have hundreds of TVs in front of hundreds of comfy chairs. Check-in is on the 7th floor.
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Sankei-en
Opened to the public in 1906, the beautifully landscaped gardens of Sankei-en feature walking paths among ponds, 17th-century buildings, several fine tea-ceremony houses and a 500-year-old, three-storey pagoda. The inner garden is a fine example of traditional Japanese garden landscaping. From Yokohama or Sakuragi-chō Station, take the No 8 bus to Honmoku Sankei-en-mae bus stop (10 minutes).
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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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Yokohama Daisekai
In Chinatown, the eight-storey Yokohama Daisekai models itself on Shanghai's gilded age of the 1920s and '30s, with silks, carvings and crafts, performances of jazz and Chinese opera, and three floors of restaurants. To beat the crowds, visit on weekdays.
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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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Landmark Tower
Japan's tallest building (70 storeys and 296m high) has one of the world's fastest lifts (45km/h). The Landmark Tower Sky Garden observatory is on the 69th floor; on clear days there are views to Tokyo and Mt Fuji.
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Bank ART Studio
This art gallery has flexible space for exhibitions, views of Minato Mirai skyscrapers, and a simple bar and snack menu. It will erase any doubts whether Yokohama is cool. Look for the arcade made of wire clothes hangers.
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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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Akarenga Sōkō
Akarenga Sōkō means 'red-brick warehouse', and these century-old structures have been refurbished into boutiques, restaurants, cafes and event spaces.
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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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Marine Tower
The Marine Tower one of the world's tallest inland lighthouses (106m) which offers a less-razzle-dazzley view over the harbour than does Landmark Tower.
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Cosmo World
Next to the Maritime Museum, this amusement park features one of the world's tallest Ferris wheels, Cosmo Clock (112.5m; admission ¥700).
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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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Kantei-byō
Chinatown's heart is the Chinese temple Kantei-byō, dedicated to Kanwu, the god of business.
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Cosmo Clock
Cosmo Clock is one of the world's tallest Ferris wheels, in Cosmo World amusement park.
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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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Ōsanbashi International Passenger Terminal
Just to the west of the park, this sleek, award-winning pier was designed by Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera Polo and completed in 2002. It has an attractive roof deck.
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BankART Studio NYK
This gallery and theatre in a former warehouse is a fixture on the local arts scene. You can sift through flyers for local events over drinks in the 1st-floor cafe.
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