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Yokohama

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality.

Yokohama
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The place

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. The population was the same in 2026, but steadily decreased over 2025. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Yokohama

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    International Stadium Yokohama

    The International Stadium Yokohama, currently known as Nissan Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which opened in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J1 League.

    7.9 km · multisport stadium in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Yokohama Landmark Tower

    The Yokohama Landmark Tower is the third tallest building and fifth tallest structure in Japan, standing 296.3 m high. Until surpassed by Abeno Harukas in 2014, it stood as the tallest building in Japan.

    1.3 km · Commercial complex and skyscraper in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Yokohama Stadium

    Yokohama Stadium is a baseball stadium in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It opened in 1978 and has a capacity of 34,046 people.

    200 m · baseball stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Yokohama Bay Bridge

    The Yokohama Bay Bridge is an 860 metres cable stayed bridge in Yokohama, Japan. Opened September 27, 1989, it crosses Tokyo Bay with a span of 460 metres.

    3.4 km · cable-stayed bridge · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Yokohama Marine Tower

    Yokohama Marine Tower is a 106 metres high lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 100 metres in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan. The light characteristic is marked by a flash every twenty seconds, whereby the light's colour is alternating red and green.

    1.2 km · lighthouse in Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Yokohama National University

    Yokohama National University, abbreviated to Yokohama Kokudai, Yokokoku or YNU, is a national university located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1876, it became a national university in 1949, and currently comprises five graduate schools and four undergraduate faculties.

    5.5 km · Japanese national university · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

    The NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium is an association football stadium in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It serves as a home ground of Yokohama FC and, on occasion, Yokohama F. Marinos.

    4.2 km · building in Kanagawa-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sōji-ji Temple

    Sōji-ji is one of two daihonzan of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. The other is Eihei-ji temple in Fukui Prefecture.

    7.7 km · Buddhist temple in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Sankei-en

    Sankei-en is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by Tomitaro Hara, known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader.

    3.6 km · Japanese garden in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Yokohama Arena

    Yokohama Arena is an indoor arena located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The arena has a capacity of 17,000 and was opened in 1989.

    7.8 km · indoor arena located in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Yokohama Cosmo World

From Wikivoyage: Yokohama, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Shitateya (仕立屋) (1 min from Futamatagawa Stn). Tiny local seafood eatery. Try the deep-fried oysters (kaki furai). Le Sucre (ル・シュクル), Nokendai 1-9 (8 min from Nokendai Stn). Pseudo-French bakery well known for its cheesecakes. Italian Bar BASIL (バジル), Castle Sakuragi 1F, Noge-cho 2-81, Naka-ku (5 min walk from Sakuragicho Stn Noge exit; across from the Cheruru Shopping Center).

  1. 01
    Landmark Tower

    Multi-use tower with Japanese, Chinese and French restaurants on the 68th floor with unparalleled views of Yokohama and Tokyo.

From Wikivoyage: Yokohama, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Yokohama

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 18 km · Narita (NRT), 77 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 108 km
Stations
Yokohama Station, 2.8 km · Port of Yokohama, 1 km · Shin‐Yokohama Station, 7.3 km · Kikuna Station, 7.3 km · Higashi-Kanagawa Station, 3.8 km
  • Narita → Yokohama
    72 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · ¥1,050–1,430
  • Omitama → Yokohama
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · ¥1,400–1,910
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Yokohama
    150 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · ¥2,100–2,870
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Yokohama

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Yokohama. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundVelo taxis called "Cyclopolitain" (シクロポリタン, shikuroporitan) are widely available within the harbor area, while rickshaws make their rounds within Chinatown.

From Wikivoyage: Yokohama, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,202 km
  2. 02
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,316 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,559 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,938 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,137 km

If you know how people move in Yokohama – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Yokohama

Yokohama is 11 km from Kawasaki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Nishi-kuone of the 18 wards of the City of Yokohama2.2 km
  • Minato Mirai 21human settlement in Yokohama, Japan1.6 km
  • Asahi-kuone of 18 wards of the City of Yokohama, Japan9.1 km
  • Kanagawa-kuone of 18 wards of the City of Yokohama, Japan3.7 km
  • Naka-kuward of Yokohama City, Japan400 m
  • Kōhoku-kuward of the City of Yokohama, Japan8.3 km