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Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜, pronounced ⓘ) is the second-largest city in Japan by population [1] and by area, and the country's most populous municipality. [a] It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023.
Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown in Japan, larger than both Kobe Chinatown and Nagasaki Chinatown. There are roughly 250 Chinese-owned or themed shops and restaurants scattered throughout the district, with the highest concentration centered on a 300 m 2 (3,200 sq ft) area.
1867 - Japan Gazette English-language newspaper begins publication. [3] 1868 Yoshida Bashi (bridge) built. [1] Yokohama Military Hospital and Yokohama Cricket Club founded. First barber's pole in Japan installed. [6] 1869 Tokyo-Yokohama telegraph begins operating. [7] Maruzen publisher in business. [4]
The Japanese government translates Tōkyō-to (東京都, [toːkʲoꜜːto]) as "Tokyo Metropolis" in almost all cases, and the government is officially called the "Tokyo Metropolitan Government". Following the capitulation of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, Tōkyō-fu (an urban prefecture like Kyoto and Osaka) was set up and encompassed the ...
Yokohama Station (横浜駅, Yokohama-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, [ 1 ] serving 760 million passengers a year.
The Port of Yokohama (横浜港, Yokohama-kō) is operated by the Port and Harbor Bureau of the City of Yokohama in Japan. It opens onto Tokyo Bay. The port is located at a latitude of 35.27–00°N and a longitude of 139.38–46°E. To the south lies the Port of Yokosuka; to the north, the ports of Kawasaki and Tokyo.
Japan portal; Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. B ...
Yokohama Cosmo World (よこはまコスモワールド, Yokohama Kosumo Wārudo) is a theme park in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It contains the Cosmo Clock 21, formerly the tallest Ferris wheel in the world. [2] [3] It is since 1999 home to a unique coaster from Senyo Kogyo, named Diving Coaster: Vanish. [4]