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Yokohama City Tourist Attractions
JR Sakuragichou Station
The Sakuragichou station is one of the best placess to start your sightseeing in Yokohama. This station is so close to the Minato Mirai 21 complex, including the Yokohama Landmark Tower: the highest building in Japan.(296 m high with 70 floors)
Yokohama Bay Area
Yokohama is a port city and at the wharf of Yokohama Bay you can find many attractions. From the Yamashita Koen Garden in front of the Hotel New Grand, to Akarenga Souko, a historical warehouse renovated into a complex containing many stores, cafes and galleries.
If you want to enjoy a great view of Yokohama bay and the wharf, you can take a boat cruise from Yamashita Koen Garden to Pukari Sanbashi in the Minato Mirai 21 area.
Akarenga Souko - Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
If you begin your tour from Sakuragichou station, go straight to a small street near the wharf where you can see the Landmark Tower on your left behind.
If you keep wlaking you will see a old red building in front of you. This is the Akarenga Souko, which was formerly a warehouse This old building is now renovated and includes many cool shops and restaurants. It also has a space for a theatre.
http://www.yokohama-akarenga.jp/
Yokohama China Town (Chukagai)
The largest Chinatown in Japan. You can enjoy authentic Chinese food from hundreds of selective restaurants in area. It is quite enjoyable to walk around and observe how Chinese culture is blended into Japanese culture.
Minato Mirai 21
At Minato Mirai 21 (MM21), a new urban development to reclaim the seaside and harbour from industry, you will find Japan's tallest building, the Yokohama Landmark Tower and a very large Ferris wheel called Cosmo Clock 21, the city's new landmarks. This area has become popular among couples since the place will give you a sense of a seaside resort, right inside the city. There are many shopping malls and art museums for your enjoyment. For more information about Minato Mirai 21
Other attractions in the city of Yokohama
Yokohama has other places of interest:
Isezaki-chou, an old town (used to be called Ginza in Yokohama) having the Carry Museum
Yokohama Baseball Stadium (home of the Yokohama Bay Stars.)
Yokohama Art Museum - Site (Japanese Only)
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise - Site
Motomachi Shopping Street - for a brief history of this famous street in Yokohama ..see here...in Japanese only.
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Accommodations in the Yokohama area
A hotel with a historic background Hotel New Grand in Yokohama
Yumedono Ryokan* & Onsen in the Fuji Five Lakes near Mount Fuji
Kansuiro Ryokan & Onsen** in the Hakone resort area of Japan
*Ryokan is a tradional Japanese inn or resort accommodation
**Onsen means, in Japanese, Natural Hot Springs bathing
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