Minato Mirai 21
The main sight-seeing area of Yokohama, facing the port of Yokohama with skyscrapers, large commercial buildings and retro architecture lining the streets. Here,...
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Road Trip Through Picture-Perfect Scenes of Yokohama
This course combines popular tourist destinations in Yokohama, Kamakura, and Enoshima with the theme of ukiyo-e, a genre of Edo-period Japanese woodblock prints. Famous woodblock prints with Mount Fuji on the left include "Fujisawa: The Nanki Pine Grove with Mount Fuji to the Left" from the Collection of Illustrations of Famous Places near the Fifty-Three Stations on the Tokaido, as well as "Yoshiwara with Mount Fuji to the Left" from The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido series by famous woodblock print artist Hiroshige Utagawa (Hiroshige Ando).
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Yokohama Archives of History
Displays materials on Yokohama history from the end of the Edo period/Opening up of the port period to the beginning of the Showa period. The building was formerly...
Osanbashi Pier
The Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal is a major port where foreign cruise ships dock during international cruises. With a maximum height of 70m...
Yokohama Chinatown
The Yokohama Chinatown is a Chinatown located in Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama. Along with Kobe Nankinmachi Chinatown and Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, it is known...
Hotel New Grand
Established in 1927, this classic hotel is reminiscent of Yokohama in the past when the port was first opened.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
Alongside Usa and Ishimizu, Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine is one of the major Hachimangu shrines in Japan. In the 6th year of the Kouhei Era (1063), Minamoto no Yoriyoshi...
Komachi Street
This street is one of the most famous shopping street in Kamakura, Japan. It has been featured in some TV programs and magazines. There are about 250 shops. Come...
Enoshima Benzaiten Nakamise Street
A narrow shopping street located after the bronze Torii (Japanese shrine gate) Many souvenir shops and restaurants in the area welcome tourists daily.
Enoshima Escalator
In 1954 Japan built its the first outdoors escalator to connect the 106-meter bottom with the 46 meters' high mountaintops. It only takes about 4 minutes by "Enoshima...
Enoshima Shrine
Enoshima Shrine consists of three palaces, Hetsumiya, Nakatsumiya and Okutsumiya. Three-sister sea guardian is worshipped in each palace. In ancient times it was...
Fujisawa Ukiyoe Museum
Fujisawa Municipal Ukiyo-e Museum holds an exhibition of Tokaido Fujisawa station and Enoshima Ukiyo-e and other local artifacts. In Edo era Tokaido Fujisawa station...
Nango Hidari-Fuji (Left Fuji)
Along the Tokaido route from Nihonbashi to Kyoto, Mount Fuji is usually seen on the right when heading to Kyoto. However, you can see Mount Fuji on the left at...
