Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Hodogaya-ku (保土ケ谷区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Hodogaya-ku (保土ケ谷区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, Hodogaya Ward had an estimated population of 205,887 and a density of 9,400 inhabitants per square kilometer (24,000/sq mi). The total area was 21.91 km2 (8.46 sq mi).
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Worth seeing in and around Hodogaya-ku, 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.
- 01Yokohama 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.
3.3 km · Commercial complex and skyscraper in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Yokohama 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.
1.7 km · Japanese national university · Wikipedia - 03Nippatsu 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.
1.2 km · building in Kanagawa-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Yokohama Curry Museum
The Yokohama Curry Museum was a restaurant and historic museum of curry in the Isezakichō district of the port city of Yokohama, Japan, between 2001 and 2007. Different types of curry were available from a selection or restaurants, ranging from a full meal to a quick taste option.
3.8 km · museum in Yokohama, Japan about Japanese curry · Wikipedia - 05Cosmo Clock 21
Cosmo Clock 21 is a 112.5-metre-tall Ferris wheel at the Cosmo World amusement park in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama, Japan. When it first opened, it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel at 107.5 metres, until the completion of the 108-metre Igosu 108 in Shiga, Japan, in 1992.
3.7 km · Ferris wheel in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Kanagawa University
Kanagawa University, abbreviated to Jindai, is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
3.5 km · Japanese private university · Wikipedia - 07Nogeyama Zoo
Nogeyama Zoological Gardens is a free zoo opened in April 1951 and located in Nogeyama Park, in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It covers 9.6 hectares and houses about 1400 animals of 100 different species.
2.8 km · zoo · Wikipedia - 08Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History also known as the Yokohama Museum of Cultural History is a history museum in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Its exhibition focuses on the culture and history of Kanagawa Prefecture.
3.8 km · A museum in Yokohama City, Japan for anthropology and history · Wikipedia - 09Yokohama Museum of Art
Yokohama Museum of Art, founded in 1989, is located in the futuristic Minato Mirai 21 district of the Japanese city Yokohama, next to the Yokohama Landmark Tower.
3.2 km · art museum · Wikipedia - 10CupNoodles Museum Yokohama
CupNoodles Museum Yokohama is a museum dedicated to instant noodles and Cup Noodles, as well as its creator and founder, Momofuku Ando. Located at Yokohama, the museum feature four stories of exhibitions and attractions.
3.9 km · Japanese museum · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 20 km · Narita (NRT), 79 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 109 km
- Stations
- Yokohama Station, 2.5 km · Sakuragichō Station, 3.3 km · Higashi-Kanagawa Station, 3.9 km · Hinodechō Station, 3.2 km · Gumyōji Station, 4 km
- Narita → Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama74 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · ¥1,020–1,400
- Omitama → Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama110 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · ¥1,380–1,880
- Makinohara / Shimada → Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama147 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ¥2,060–2,810
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hodogaya-ku, 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 Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama is 6 km from Yokohama, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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