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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.
Yokohama Chinatown (横浜中華街, Yokohama chūkagai, Chinese: 橫濱中華街) is located in Yokohama, Japan, which is located just south of Tokyo. It was established in the late 19th century, and has a population of about 3,000 to 4,000.
Yokohama Central Hospital established. [9] 1873 - Suzuki Shin'ichi I's photography studio begins operating. [2] 1874 - Kuboyama Cemetery established. [1] 1875 - Far East English-language newspaper begins publication. [2] 1876 - Kanagawa Normal School founded. 1880 - Yokohama Specie Bank [10] [11] and Yokohama Chamber of Commerce [12] established.
Prefectural office of Kanagawa in Yokohama Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture located at the southeastern corner of the Kantō Plain [ 12 ] wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Sagami Bay [ 12 ] and Tokyo Bay on the south and east.
A naporitan shop in Akihabara. Naporitan was created by Shigetada Irie (入江茂忠), the chef of the Hotel New Grand in Yokohama, for general Douglas MacArthur.Because available ingredients were limited after World War II, he had to use what was on hand for the general, who lived at the hotel with his wife.
Although neither of the two was ever an official name, both stuck and are still in use. Both words are used with the same meaning in other parts of the country too. The term "Yamanote" is also used for example in Hokkaido, Oita, Yokohama and Osaka. There are several theories about the etymology of the term Yamanote, in addition to its hilly ...
Pulled rickshaw, Japan, c. 1897. Rickshaw originally denoted a pulled rickshaw, which is a two- or three-wheeled cart generally pulled by one person carrying one passenger. ...
Yokohama Town Hall. Yokohama (横浜 町, Yokohama-machi) is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2023, the town had an estimated population of 4,258 in 2134 households, and a population density of 33 persons per km 2, in 1,779 households. [1] The total area of the town is 126.38 square kilometres (48.80 sq mi).