2024 Yokohama Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in September)
Yokohama is the prefectural capital of Kanagawa. The prosperous city is full of a veritable forest of skyscrapers. It is known for its romantic night view. This busy modern port city has beautiful harbor views, Western architecture and the most lively Chinatown in Japan. Many Chinese visitors first come to stroll on the romantic beach front and then go to Chinatown to catch a taste of home. Because transportation between Yokohama and downtown Tokyo is extremely convenient, it is a good place for a day trip.
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Popular Attractions
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Minatomirai
Yokohama Chinatown
Yokohama Cosmoworld
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
The beauty of Yokohama
#100waysoftravel
Did you know that Yokohama is actually Japan's second largest city with a population of over three million and is just less than half an hour south of Tokyo by train..
I did not get to explore Yokohama that much as my Japanese friend brought me on an impromptu visit hours before my flight back to Kuala Lumpur , so it was a rush trip but eyeopening and it also calls for another trip to Tokyo and Yokohama in future…
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Open-air Sky Pool in Yokohama.
Guests can use the pool for free. Depending on the time, reservations may be required at check-in, but there are also times when no reservation is needed. Photos are allowed in the pool, but videos are not. Being on a high floor overlooking the city of Yokohama, it offers a luxurious feeling.
sky pool LA MAGNOLIA
20F
15:00-21:00 (Last entry 20:00) [Weekdays]
09:00-22:00 (Last entry 21:00) [Weekends and Holidays]
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Mitsui Garden Hotel Yokohama Minato Mirai Premier
3-3-3 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
About a 5-minute walk from Exit 5 of Minato Mirai Station on the Minato Mirai Line, about a 10-minute walk from Sakuragicho Station on the JR Negishi Line
Deluxe Twin Room for 2 people (with breakfast), Check-in 15:00, Check-out 11:00, Price @11,000×2 people＝22,000 yen
Visit Date: July 2024
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The Special Nigiri 10-piece set for 2,200 yen was amazing.
This is Manbou, a famous standing sushi bar in Noge Food Alley. I ordered the no-wait set at 9 PM on a weekday. The reason for its popularity was clear from the quality of the ingredients. It's incredible to get such high-quality fish at this price. Highly recommended for Yokohama sightseeing.
• Special Nigiri 10-piece set: 2,200 yen
• Chef's Choice 10-piece set: 1,100 yen
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【Name】Manbou
【Location】2-74-1 Nogecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Noge Food Alley
【Access】
About a 5-minute walk from JR Sakuragicho Station
About a 5-minute walk from Keikyu Hinodecho Station
【Business Hours】
Mon-Fri: 17:00 - 00:00
Sat-Sun: 16:00 - 00:00
*Hours may change during the year-end and New Year holidays
【Closed】None
Visit Date: August 2024
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Beautiful place with nice restaurant and so relaxing
There’s a couple of nice restaurants with terrace seats so if you are dressed warm enough. It is windy because it’s right by the sea although they have heaters set up, you need layers in winter. Highly recommended for dates and nice dinner with friends/coworkers, I’ve seen it’s a popular place for wedding.
This place is like entering charlie and the chocolate factory or a model T factory. You see the cooks making the products from scratch.
Great views and atmosphere in many of the restaurants.
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Geat atmosphere, fantastic place for shopping
Just a great day with the family. So many shops to look at.
It's such a wonderful venue for every tourist visiting Japan, Yokohama to be specific. Beautiful malls with a lot of good brand's shops inside.
From cheap to top dollar, so something for everyone’s budget. Visited during Pokémon Worlds and it was beautifully decorated
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dark when we got to the tower
In my honest and personal opinion, this city is way better than Tokyo. Landmark Tower is fancy.
It has restos, high end shops and nearby tourist spots make scenic views from this vantage point.
Superb centrally located hotel within the Yokohama bay area, surrounded by many shopping areas and entertainment areas. The rooms are large and ultra clean.
I would highly recommend this place.
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Gundam Factory YOKOHAMA is so shocking❤️😍
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What is it? When I went to watch your Gundam move, I just clicked 'Retreat inside' on my face at night and it disappeared!
From sports! High up before sunset! Gundam Factory YOKOHAMA is so shocking! From 11:00 to 20:00 (before 19:00), we decided on Tuesday which little boy doesn't have a Gundam model! Going to shoot at sunset is really amazing, 1:1 return to the original is so cool! one
Places to Visit in Tokyo and Yokohama
Tokyo Travel Suburbs Yokohama Day Trip
1️⃣ Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum (Breadman Museum)
⏰ Weekdays 10:00~18:00 / Weekends: 9:30~18:00
📍6 Chome-2-9 Minatomirai, Nishi Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0012 Japan
2️⃣ Yokohama Cosmo World
⏰ Weekdays: 11:00~21:00 // Weekends: 11:00~22:00
📌 How to get to Yokohama
Yokohama can be reached directly from Narita Airport by taking the Narita Express, and it's about 1 to 1.5 hours from downtown Tokyo by subway.
If you're taking the Shinkansen, get off at Shin-Yokohama Station and transfer to the subway.
📌 Places to visit in Yokohama
Yokohama often hosts exhibitions and concerts at the Yokohama Arena Hall.
A family-friendly visit to Anpanman World, with its variety of attractions, and the fun rides at Cosmo World, will complete your Yokohama day trip!
At Yokohama Cosmo World, be sure to ride the Ferris wheel. The view of Yokohama from the sky is truly spectacular🩵
Treasure Sky Hotel recommendation
Yokohama Royal Garden Hotel, located in the west district of Yokohama
Transportation: 5 minutes walk from JR Sakuragicho Station
Decoration: With the headboard pattern of 'Mountain Lily', the flower of Kanagawa Prefecture, art, and the interior decoration based on blue, you can feel the port city Yokohama.
Location: The location is very, very convenient. The hotel is a 10-minute drive from the city center, a 3-minute walk from the Port Future Subway Station, only 1km from JR Yamanote Station, and a 5-minute walk from JR Sakuragicho Train Station. It also provides frequent and convenient trains to downtown Tokyo.
Scenery: The hotel is located at a height of 263 meters and overlooks the entire Yokohama, as if floating in the air. At night, the lights of vehicles shuttling on the road and the city buildings are all lit up. In the room, you can also see a huge Ferris wheel, flashing with colorful lights, immersed in the charming night.
Room: Neat and clean, ordinary rooms of thirty to forty square meters are considered relatively spacious and comfortable in Japan.
A staycation at Yokohama, Breezbay Hotel
#hotelstaycation
I have to travel to Yokohama for some business matter, so I decided ti book this hotel for my business stay, and at the same time enjoy some timeout for staycation. This hotel has been iperating for a good 40+ years and is still operating. The layout and design is a little retro but the room is very spacious and all amenities provided. The layout is very clean and neat as well, and the breakfast spread is scumptous. The location is very strategic, where the hotel is situated just beside the Sakuragicho train station. I will come back again if I had a chance to travel to Yokohama again.
Shomyoji Temple in Fall 🍁🍂
Perfect place to enjoy fall foliage in Yokohama.
This is the Shomyoji Temple. It was declared a National Treasure in 1922.
It was built in 1258 by the Kanazawa Hojo clan. You'll see the main gate with the long walkway to the temple compound. The second temple gate features the two guarding gods Niomon and Niozo, placed there in 1267.
The highlights of Jodoshiki Teen (Pure Land Garden) are the bright red bridges over Ajigaike Pond. The first is Nakanoshima-arched bridge and if there is no wind, the reflection off the pond guarantees a great picture. The second flat bridge symbolizes the entering into a peaceful life.
Location:
Kanagawa Bunko near Sea Paradise about 20 minutes by train from Yokohama station.
How to get there:
⭐️You can take the Seaside line to Uminoköen-Shibaguchi Station (10 minute walk to Shomyoji)
⭐️or Keikyu line to Kanazawa Bunko Station (12 minute walk)
#helloautumn
Cup Noodle Museum
The Cup Noodle Museum in Yokohama includes exhibits and a movie documenting the story of how Momofuku Ando invented instant noodles and later developed the internationally recognized cup noodle. There are several activities for children as well, including a CupNoodles Park and a Chicken Ramen Factory. There is also a My CupNoodles Factory for visitors to create their own unique cup, but tickets sell out very fast. We also ate at the Noodles Bazaar and tried different kinds of noodle dishes.
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#cupnoodles
Sea Paradise
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We spent the entire day at the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise for my boyfriend’s birthday. The park is pretty large and includes several different areas: the Aqua Museum, Dolphin Fantasy, Umi Farm, and Fureai Lagoon. There are also some rides and several eateries around. We awed at the massive polar bear in the Aqua Museum, watched a marine mammal show and dolphin performances, and rode the Leviathan roller coaster. Definitely a fun and educational day.
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Sakuragichou
Sakuragicho is a popular meeting spot for locals going out to dine or have fun in Yokohama , as well as being a convenient starting point to explore the city's downtown district.
The area got its name from the Sakura River, which used to flow nearby
Sakuragicho Station is considered the birthplace of Japan's railways
How to Get There
JR's Keihin-Tohoku and Negishi Lines, as well as the Yokohama Municipal Subway's Blue Line, serve Sakuragicho Station.
The station is two minutes from Yokohama Station and 16 minutes from Shin-Yokohama Station. For those coming from downtown Tokyo, it takes about 30 minutes from Shinagawa Station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line.
Food court at Yokohama World Porters 🇯🇵
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World Porters in Minatomirai is a shopping mall where you find products from various countries. This is the food court on the first floor that is filled with selection of foods. There's a shop where you buy Yokohama goodies. This food court has Hawaiian/Island theme as well. And there are Japanese foods, of course 😉 My friend had tapioca from Manna.
If you're in Yokohama, give this mall a visit 😊 You're welcome 😌
Location: a 10-minute walk from Minatomirai station, or 15 minutes walk from Sakuragicho station.
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AEON Cinema | Minatomirai 🇯🇵
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AEON Cinema Minatomirai is a Cinema located in Yokohama City, Japan. You can find it at Yokohama World Porters, a famous shopping mall in Yokohama where visitors can enjoy shopping at super markets, fashion brand stores,etc. The cinema is on the 5th floor.
We watched "A haunting in Venice" in room 5 and had a blast. The room and the screen isn't that big. We had their blue lemonade for 500 yen.
There are a lot of shops on that floor where you can buy souvenirs.
World Porters is a 10-minute walk from Minatomirai station, or 15 minutes walk from Sakuragicho station.
Enjoy your movies here 😊
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Gumyo-ji
Adress : 〒232-0067 Kanagawa, Yokohama, Minami Ward, Gumyojicho, 字山下２６７番地
Between the Keikyu Gumyoji and the subway, there are a lot of famous Gumyoji shops, new and old shops. I ate yakitori and croquettes while walking, and went shopping at a pickle shop before heading home.After getting off at Yokohama Municipal Subway "Gumyoji Station" and passing through the arcade of Gumyoji Shopping Street, you will see the "Niomon Gate" marked by the red lantern of "Zuiosan Rengein Gumyoji", which is said to be the oldest temple in Yokohama. I can see it.
Go through the Niomon Gate and climb the stairs while looking at the Jizo Bodhisattva on your left.
1300 years ago, in 737, the monk Gyoki, who was ordered by Emperor Shomu to quell the plague, built a thatched hut on this ground and prayed for carvings when he traveled around the country to pray for peace. It is said that the current principal image is the ``Eleven-faced Kanzeon Bodhisattva'' (nationally designated important cultural property).
After that, in 1044, the main hall was built by Kouei Shonin, and in the Kamakura period, ``Gumyoji'' was replaced with ``Ku'' in ``Kosei Shinjokai'' in the Kannon Sutra. It became Gumyoji Temple, and the current main hall was rebuilt in 1766 by Chiko Shonin.After getting off at Yokohama Municipal Subway "Gumyoji Station" and passing through the arcade of Gumyoji Shopping Street, you will see the "Niomon Gate" marked by the red lantern of "Zuiosan Rengein Gumyoji", which is said to be the oldest temple in Yokohama.
The Izakaya in Town, Bunzo
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The Minato Mirai Area is full of eateries and food outlets, and after work we were looking for a place for dinner with some alcohols. We came across this shop called Bunzo, that sells several hundreds of dishes paired with alcohols. We ordered the grilles chicken yakitori, tuna sashimi, fish cakes, steamed octopus etc. The atmosphere is very lively full of workers "salaryman in Japanese term", and we really had a great time talking and chatting away to our liking. It's a place where formalities are excused, only laughter and talking. Part of the enjoyment after work, indeed.
Historic railway museum 🚊🚞
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Getting There - walkable distance from Yokohama station
Attractions - historic railway museum, model train
Operating hours
10 am to 5 pm
(ticket sales end at 4:00 pm / last entry at 4:30 pm)
Operating hours are subject to change without prior notice.
Days closed
Tuesdays / Wednesdays
(if Tuesday/Wednesday is a national holiday,
the museum will close the day after)
Entrance fees
■Weekdays
Adults: ¥1,200
Junior high and high school students: ¥900
Children (four and older): ¥600
(all prices include consumption tax)
night zoo exploring 🦍🐯
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Getting There - 10 mins ride with bus from Sakuragicho station
Address - 63-10, Oimatsu-cho,Nishi-ku Yokohama, 220-0032
Attractions - zoo, nightlife of animals
Food & Restaurants - a few restaurants inside the zoo
Shopping - keychain, dolls
Located on a hilltop in a quiet residential neighborhood, Nogeyama Park is a great place to escape the crowds and enjoy the peaceful greenery and wide open spaces. When walking around it is hard to believe that you are only a few minutes away from one of the liveliest parts of Yokohama. A short distance away from this park is another interesting place worth visiting, Nogeyama Zoological Gardens.
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Yokohama Bon festival 🎊
#timetotravel
Getting There - Minato Mirai, 10 mins walk from Sakuragicho station
Attractions - Bon festival, Dance
Hotels - several hotels around that area
Food & Restaurants - food stall and restaurants, malls
Entrance fee - free
The summer festival, Bon traditional dance of Japan held on every summer on whole Japan. This festival is attracting to Kids, old aged and tourists.
#japan #yokohama
Business Hotel with excellent view, Washington Hotel
#freehotelstay
Minato Mirai 21 Area, also known as Sakuragicho, is the most modern area of Yokohama. The best view is the bay overlooking the Ferris view and the City Hall buildings with Landmark Tower and Queens Tower. This hotel called Washington Hotel Sakuragicho, is strategically located in front of Sakuragicho station, where some of the rooms have excellent direct view to the bay. We got the family room and the view is excellent considering the price that we pay is very reasonable. Room is quite spacious and all amenities is provided, while breakfast is also good with a wide variety of food available. It's a very good choice of accommodation for business travelers to Yokohama.
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The Magical City in Chinatown.
Better to be here to enjoy the richness of culture diversity in China. 1 hour is not enough to go around the town. In Chinatown theres a lot of things to do. You should try their Dim Sum, it’s so good! Watch their night performance, it’s so entertaining . You can eat strawberries covered with sugar, it’s sweet! You can enjoy shopping and the foods are so good!
Location: Chinatown Yokohama
The best Tulip Season in Yokohama Park!
Someone told me about this magical place. So, we tried to visit and the whole thing is Really magical. You can enjoy sightseeing, enjoy taking pictures and have picnic to the nearest park while catching up with friends.
It’s in Yokohama City! When Tulips are waving we go straight to Yokohama, Kannai.
How to go there: The Location is in Kannai beside the Yokohama BayStar Stadium.
From Ofuna Station (Keihin Tohoku Line) Platform 9 or 10 it’s a direct ride to Kannai Station. Go to the North Exit and you can see the Yokohama Baystar Stadium from there just 3 minutes walk from the station and you are there.
Address - Yokohamakoen, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0022
Attractions - Various kinds of Tulips. It’s also close in Chinatown. You can relax and enjoy at the same time.
Rating - Perfect 10/10
Things that I didn’t know existed.
The ALL IN ALL place where you can enjoy scrolling. A place that is convenient and have all access. You can go shopping, watch movies, you can also witness a wedding ceremony in front the Tokyo Kohoku S.C.
Nowadays, they called the said place a Kohoku New Town wherein it is in great harmony with nature and modern infrastructure. The roads are wide and most of these roads have pavement for parents and children to walk safely with the strollers on. There is also a 1.5m greenway surrounded by the stations connecting each park in the ward. The nature remained in the greenway heals local people enjoying walking with a dog, jogging and cycling.
Just take the Subway Blue Line and stop to Center Minami Station.
The stunning Gundam factory
Address - Yokohama bay
Event Period:
Dec. 19, 2020 (Sat) to Mar. 31, 2024 (Sun)
The facility may be closed for maintenance on some days.
Hours:
Mon - Fri 11:00 to 20:00 (last admission 19:00)
Weekends/Holidays 10:00 to 20:00 (last admission 19:00)
*Closed on Tuesdays
Admission ticket:
Adult (13 years old and above) 1,650 yen
Child (7 to 12 years old) 1,100 yen
#japan #yokohama
Cup noodle museum in Yokohama
Address - 2-3-4 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0001 Japan
TEL: 045-345-0918 (Reception time 10:00 – 18:00 museum holidays excluded)
Avg. Price per Person - 500 Japanese yen for adult
For making my cup noodle- extra 500 Japanese yen
By Train
Minatomirai line
8 minute walk from the Minatomirai line Minatomirai Station
8 minute walk from the Minatomirai line Bashamichi Station
JR/Shieichikatetsu
12 minute walk from the JR/Shieichikatetsu Sakuragicho Station
Located at Yokohama, the museum feature four stories of exhibitions and attractions. This location includes various exhibits to display the history of instant ramen and Momofuku Ando's story.
Exploring china town
Address - 5 mins walk from Kannai Station
Ambiance/Facilities - foods, restaurant, astrological shop, temples
Highlights - china town
Avg. Price per Person - free of charge, but for some temple it could take 100 yen as an entrance fee
The Yokohama china town existed near the Kannai Station. Chinese temples, things and restaurants can be found out as usual. It’s a good piece of explore during your stay in Yokohama.
#yokohama #chinatown
The landmark of Yokohama
Getting There - 7mins by train from Yokohama station
Attractions - bridge, landmark, ferry wheel
Hotels - hotels and hostels near the landmark tower
Food & Restaurants - Japanese, European and Chinese food
Shopping - clothings, amenities, shoes, kids, furniture
The feature landmark spot of Yokohama is attracting to all the tourists. Easy to access from Yokohama station and inside the plaza near landmark tower, variety of restaurants can be found out.
#yokohama #japanese
All about delicious cup noodles @Yokohama🍜
Pictures speak louder than words ✌️
How to get there: Yokohama, cup noodle museum in Shinko district
What’s to see: all kind of cup noodles from around the world
Costs: 500JPY
Time needed: 2h
What to look for: 3F you can make and personalize your own cup noodles 🍜
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