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Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Tokyo and Chiba. Yokohama is the largest port city and high tech industrial hub in the Greater Tokyo Area and the Kantō region.
Location map Yokohama.jpg Module:Location map/data/Japan Yokohama is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Yokohama . The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
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CupNoodles Museum Yokohama (カップヌードルミュージアム 横浜) is a museum dedicated to instant noodles and Cup Noodles, as well as its creator and founder, Momofuku Ando. Located at Yokohama , the museum feature four stories of exhibitions and attractions.
Ship services include scheduled public lines as far as Yokohama Station as well as larger charter ships. The Guardian of Water, a Donal Hord sculpture gifted by Yokohama's sister city San Diego in 1960. It is a replica of the Guardian of Water sculpture located in front of the San Diego County Administration Center. Yokohama Indian Water Fountain.
Protestant, Yokohama Union Church, with the first worship in 1963. [6] Kirin Park adjacent to the location of William Copeland's original Spring Valley Brewery, the first beer production facility of any notable size in Japan. Yokohama Country & Athletic Club, Japan's oldest sporting and social club founded in 1868. Former Negishi Racecourse ...
The Yokosuka-Yokohama section was designated as National Highway 45 on 8 July 1887 and became National Highway 31 in 1920 and Route 16 in 1952. On 1 April 1963, Route 16 was extended to Kisarazu, replacing a portion of Route 127 and all of Route 129 when these sections were promoted to Class 1 highways, forming the current route around Tokyo.
Yokohama grew rapidly as a treaty port and commercial center due to its proximity to Tokyo, natural deep water harbour and protection from strong winds by the Honmoku bluff. Initially the port only offered two small stone wharfs for visiting ships, built on the current site of the modern Ōsanbashi Pier.