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Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama

Kanagawa-ku (神奈川区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
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The place

Kanagawa-ku (神奈川区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 230,401 and a density of 9,650 persons per km2. The total area was 23.88 km2.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kanagawa-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.

  1. 01
    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.

    2.5 km · Commercial complex and skyscraper in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    3.9 km · baseball stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    3.6 km · Japanese national university · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    2.5 km · building in Kanagawa-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum

    The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum contains ground-floor exhibits on the history of ramen, and a ramen-themed food court on its basement levels. The museum opened in 1994, and is located in the Shin-Yokohama district of Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

    3.9 km · amusement park · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Yokohama 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.

    3.6 km · museum in Yokohama, Japan about Japanese curry · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Cosmo 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.

    2.5 km · Ferris wheel in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Kanagawa University

    Kanagawa University, abbreviated to Jindai, is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

    1.2 km · Japanese private university · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Kanagawa 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.

    3.1 km · A museum in Yokohama City, Japan for anthropology and history · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Nogeyama 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.

    3.4 km · zoo · 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.

Go there

Getting to Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 16 km · Narita (NRT), 76 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 106 km
Stations
Yokohama Station, 1.4 km · Port of Yokohama, 3.4 km · Shin‐Yokohama Station, 3.6 km · Kikuna Station, 3.6 km · Sakuragichō Station, 2.9 km
  • Narita → Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · ¥980–1,340
  • Omitama → Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · ¥1,330–1,820
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
    150 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · ¥2,080–2,840
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kanagawa-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 Kanagawa-ku, 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

    1,200 km
  2. 02
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,313 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,561 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,940 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,137 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama

Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama is 5 km from Yokohama, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Yokohamadesignated city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan3 km
  • Nishi-kuone of the 18 wards of the City of Yokohama2.8 km
  • Minato Mirai 21human settlement in Yokohama, Japan2.1 km
  • Naka-kuward of Yokohama City, Japan3.8 km
  • Hodogaya-kuone of 18 wards of the City of Yokohama, Japan3.6 km