Editor's picks
A local's shortlist — the places worth your time first, each with a tip.
Minato Mirai 21
Landmark · Nishi ward, waterfront
The redeveloped dockland — Landmark Tower, the Ferris wheel, the red brick warehouses and a long waterfront promenade.
Local tip: The observation deck charges; the free view is from the top floors of the Landmark Tower's shopping levels, and the better one is from the Ōsanbashi pier terminal, whose wooden roof deck is open, free and almost empty at sunset.
Yokohama Chinatown
Food · Naka ward
The largest Chinatown in Japan, established by traders after the port opened in 1859, and still a working neighbourhood.
Local tip: The main streets are priced for visitors and heavy on all-you-can-eat. The genuine cooking is on the side lanes toward Ishikawachō station, and the Kantei-byō temple in the middle is free and worth the ten minutes.
Yamate & Motomachi
Neighborhood · Naka ward, on the bluff
The old foreign settlement on the hill — Western-style houses, the foreign cemetery, and an elegant shopping street below it.
Local tip: Several of the Western houses are open free of charge and almost nobody goes in. Motomachi below is where Yokohama's old money shops. The whole area is a climb from the station, which is precisely why it stayed quiet.
Sankei-en garden
Culture · Naka ward, southeast
A large traditional garden assembled by a silk merchant from historic buildings moved here from Kyoto and Kamakura.
Local tip: Genuinely one of the best gardens in the Kanto region and consistently overlooked because it is a bus ride from the station. Go in November for the maples or in February for the plum blossom, both well before Tokyo's crowds start moving.
Nogechō
Nightlife · Naka ward, behind Sakuragichō
A dense grid of tiny post-war bars and standing izakaya, five minutes from Minato Mirai's towers and a century away in feel.
Local tip: This is where locals drink rather than where visitors do. Most counters seat six people, cash is expected, and the etiquette is to have one or two and move on rather than to settle in.
Kamakura & the Miura coast
Hidden gemNature · 30–50 minutes south by train
Temples, a coastline and hiking trails, at the southern end of the same railway lines that run into Yokohama.
Local tip: Yokohama residents get to Kamakura in half an hour where Tokyo residents need an hour, and the Miura peninsula beyond it is emptier still. This proximity is one of the genuine, under-discussed advantages of living here rather than in Tokyo.
Explore 97 places across Yokohama
Museums, landmarks, monuments, heritage sites and parks — mapped, with photos. The most notable spots first.
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Museums & galleries
(17)
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
Museum
MuseumToshiba Science Museum
Former museum in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan (1961–2013)
MuseumSuigeikan
Museum in Japan
MuseumEquine Museum of Japan
Museum in Yokohama, Japan
MuseumKawasaki Ukiyo-e Gallery
Art museum in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
MuseumYokohama Cat Museum
Museum in Japan
MuseumYokohama Civic Art Gallery
Museum in Japan
Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum
Museum.
Japan Coast Guard Museum YOKOHAMA
Museum.
SOGO Museum of Art
Museum.
Sankei-en
Museum.
Landmarks & architecture
(15)
Landmark
LandmarkHibiki-bashi
Bridge in Japan
LandmarkMinatomirai Bridge
Bridge in Yokohama, Japan
LandmarkŌe Bridge (Yokohama)
Bridge in Japan
LandmarkHiranuma Bridge
Bridge in Yokohama, Japan
LandmarkYoshida Bridge
Bridge in Japan
LandmarkNishi-no Bridge
Bridge in Japan
LandmarkYato Bridge
Bridge in Japan
LandmarkKanazawa-hakkei Ōhashi Bridge
Bridge in Japan
LandmarkMorinaga Bridge
Bridge in Japan
LandmarkTsurumigawa Bridge
A cable-stayed arch bridge that spans the Tsurumi River in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City
LandmarkOkuma-river truss bridge
Landmark in Yokohama.
LandmarkShiozuru Bridge
Bridge in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
LandmarkSueyoshi Bridge
Landmark in Yokohama.
LandmarkUchikoshi Bridge
Bridge in Japan
Monuments & memorials
(5)Earthquake Memorial Tower (Rengeji Temple)
Historic monument.
Tomb of Minamoto-Yoritomo
Historic site.
Remains of Yofukuji Temple
Memorial.
鰻の井戸 Well of eel
Historic site.
Grow
Public artwork.
Places of worship
(8)
Religious
Religious
Religious
ReligiousThe Church of Christ in Japan
Religious in Yokohama.
Kantei-byo Kuan Ti Miao
Place of worship, 1862.
Konzō-ji Temple
港北区
Place of worship.
Kakuonji temple
二階堂
Place of worship.
Sugimotodera-Temple
二階堂
Place of worship.
Heritage & archaeology
(7)
Archaeological
Archaeological
ArchaeologicalKamigo Fukada Site
Archaeological site in Japan
ArchaeologicalMiyanomae Tunnel Tomb Cluster
Archaeological site
ArchaeologicalMatsugasaki Cave Tomb Cluster
Archaeological site in Japan
ArchaeologicalKawawafuji
Archaeological in Yokohama.
Remains of the former customs office
Historic ruins.
Parks & nature
(41)
ParkRinkō Park
Park in Yokohama, Japan
Park
Park
ParkYamate Park
Park in Japan
ParkMitsuike Park
Park in Japan
ParkNogeyama Park
Park in Japan
ParkKanazawa Natural Park
Park in Japan
Park
Park
Park
ParkChildren's Nature Park
Park in Asahi Ward, Yokohama City, Japan
ParkGrand Mall Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkKuraki Park
Park in Japan
ParkHonmoku Sanchō Park
Park in Japan
ParkYokohama Dōbutsu no Mori Park
Park in Japan
ParkUmi no Kōen
Town located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City, Japan
ParkShimizugaoka Park
Park in Japan
ParkMaioka Park
Park in Japan
ParkZou-no-hana Park
Park in Kaigandōri, Japan
ParkTsuzuki Central Park
Park in Tsuzuki-ku, Japan
ParkNojima Park
Park in Japan
ParkMotomachi Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkAmerica-yama Park
Park in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan
ParkYumemigasaki Zoological Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkOdori Park (Yokohama)
Park in Yokohama
ParkFujimi Park
Park in Japan
ParkYamashitachō Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkYamate Italian Garden
Park in Yokohama.
ParkKawawa-Fuji Park
Park in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
ParkYokohama Park
Town located in Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Japan
ParkNagayamon Park
Park in Japan
ParkTakashima Suisaisen Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkKaiko Hiroba Park
Park in Japan
ParkMotomachi Hyakudan Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkOkamura Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkDaishi Park
Park located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
ParkChigasaki Castle
Park in Yokohama.
ParkGumyōji Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkHammerhead Park
Park in Yokohama.
ParkBaltard Pavilion, Yokohama
A reconstructed steel arch structure in Yokohama from demolished Halles de Paris pavilions in Paris, France.
ParkHigashi Ohgishima West Park
Park in Yokohama.
More to explore
(4)Sky Garden
Viewpoint.
Kaze-no-oka Overlook
Viewpoint.
Kawasaki Marien Observatory
Viewpoint.
Small animals
Zoo.
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