Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Kanazawa-ku (金沢区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Kanazawa-ku (金沢区) 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 209,565 and a density of 6,760 persons per km2. The total area was 31.01 km2 (11.97 sq mi). The ward symbol, established 1987, expresses the image of sea, waves, and a sea gull.
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Worth seeing in and around Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
8 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 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.
700 m · Japanese university · Wikipedia - 02Kanazawa 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.
800 m · museum in Japan · Wikipedia - 03Japan 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.
3 km · research institute in Japan · Wikipedia - 04Yokohama 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.
2.1 km · amusement park and aquarium in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Kanto Gakuin University
Kanto Gakuin University is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
1.6 km · University in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Yokosuka Stadium
Yokosuka Stadium is a baseball stadium in Japan, and the home ground of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars Eastern League affiliate. It was opened in 1949 as Oppama Park, and rebuilt in 1997.
2.3 km · building in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Nagahama Hall
Nagahama Hall is a concert hall located in the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Park in Yokohama, Japan. Built in 1952, it has hosted concerts by some of Japan's most successful musicians.
2.5 km · concert hall, in Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Park, Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Natsushima Shell Mound
The Natsushima Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Natsushima neighborhood of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in the southern Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.
2.8 km · archeological site Yokosuka, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 28 km · Narita (NRT), 84 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 118 km
- Stations
- Kanazawa-Bunko Station, 600 m · Kanazawa-hakkei Station, 800 m · Keikyū Tomioka Station, 3.3 km · Nōkendai Station, 2.6 km · Oppama Station, 2.4 km
- Narita → Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama80 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · ¥1,220–1,670
- Omitama → Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama120 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · ¥1,550–2,120
- Makinohara / Shimada → Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama143 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · ¥2,190–2,990
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- Get inKamakura is a very popular day trip from Tokyo for locals and tourists alike, and there are plenty of transportation options.
From Wikivoyage: Kamakura, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama is 7 km from Yokosuka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.