Yokosuka

Worth seeing in and around Yokosuka

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
   Yokohama City University

   Yokohama City University is a public university, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign.

   7.2 km · Japanese university · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kanazawa Bunko

   Kanazawa Bunko, formally titled the Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa-Bunko Museum, is a museum located in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama, Japan. It features a collection of traditional Japanese and Chinese art objects, many dating from the Kamakura period.

   7.6 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hōkoku-ji Temple

   Hōkoku-ji is an old temple in the Kenchō-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism located in Kamakura, Japan. Famous for its bamboo garden, it is also known as "Bamboo Temple".

   9.8 km · Temple in Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

   The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, or JAMSTEC, is a Japanese national research institute for marine-earth science and technology.

   4.4 km · research institute in Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Zuisen-ji Temple

   Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's Momijigayatsu Valley in Kamakura, Japan. During the Muromachi period it was the family temple of the Ashikaga rulers of Kamakura : four of the five kubō are buried there in a private cemetery closed to the public and first kubō Ashikaga Motouji's is also known by the name Zuisen-ji-den.

   9.6 km · building in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Jōmyō-ji Temple

   Tōkasan Jōmyō Zenji is a Zen Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect, Kenchō-ji school, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Jōmyō-ji is Number Five of the five temples known as Kamakura Gozan, and the only one of the five not founded by a member of the Hōjō clan.

   9.7 km · Buddhist temple · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

   Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise is an amusement park consisting of an aquarium, shopping mall, hotel, marina and amusement rides. It is located in Hakkeijima, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

   6.3 km · amusement park and aquarium in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Yokosuka Museum of Art

   Yokosuka Museum of Art opened in Kannonzaki Park, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 2007. Architect: Riken Yamamoto.

   7 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Kannonsaki Lighthouse

   Kannonzaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Cape Kannon, on Miura Peninsula, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.

   7.7 km · lighthouse in Japan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Kanto Gakuin University

    Kanto Gakuin University is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

    6 km · University in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Travelers won't be able to see much of Yokosuka Naval Base, headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, but sailors based there are a common sight around the city, and certainly add to its atmosphere. Once a year, the base hosts a "Friendship Day", allowing Japanese nationals to tour the base. Also, one can go onto the naval base when an event takes place, such as a fireworks display or Halloween party.

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

Things to do

1. 01
   Yokosuka Stadium
2. 02
   Yokosuka Museum of Art

   Glass-clad museum with views over Tokyo Bay, housing modern & contemporary paintings & sculpture.

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

Where to eat

Yokosuka claims to be the place of origin of the quintessentially Japanese dish curry rice, and it seems everywhere you turn there's a sign for "Navy curry" (海軍カレー kaigun karee). It's not idle boasting though as the dish is believed to have been introduced in the late 19th century by British sailors who regularly ate the easily preserved meal.

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Getting to Yokosuka

Airports

Tokyo Haneda (HND), 32 km · Narita (NRT), 85 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 120 km

Stations

Kurihama Station, 6.4 km · Higashi-Zushi Station, 6.2 km · Zushi Station, 8.1 km · Horinouchi Station, 2.8 km · Kanazawa-Bunko Station, 7.8 km

• Narita → Yokosuka

  81 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · ¥1,390–1,890
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• Omitama → Yokosuka

  123 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · ¥1,690–2,310
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• Makinohara / Shimada → Yokosuka

  144 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · ¥2,300–3,140
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No local-transport research exists yet for Yokosuka

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 Yokosuka. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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