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Naka-ku, Yokohama

Naka-ku (中区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Naka-ku, Yokohama
Naka-ku, Yokohama · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Naka-ku (中区) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 146,563 and a population density of 7,080 persons per km2. The total area was 20.86 km2.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Naka-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.

    1.6 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.

    300 m · baseball stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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 km · cable-stayed bridge · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    700 m · lighthouse in Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    3.4 km · Japanese garden in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    1.3 km · Ferris wheel in Yokohama, Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    800 m · museum in Yokohama, Japan about Japanese curry · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    800 m · A museum in Yokohama City, Japan for anthropology and history · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Yokohama 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.

    1.8 km · art museum · 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.

    1.9 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 Naka-ku, Yokohama

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 17 km · Narita (NRT), 76 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 107 km
Stations
Yokohama Station, 3 km · Port of Yokohama, 700 m · Sakuragichō Station, 1.3 km · Higashi-Kanagawa Station, 3.8 km · Ishikawachō Station, 700 m
  • Narita → Naka-ku, Yokohama
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · ¥840–1,140
  • Omitama → Naka-ku, Yokohama
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ¥1,180–1,610
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Naka-ku, Yokohama
    160 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · ¥2,240–3,060
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Naka-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 Naka-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.

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    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

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  2. 02
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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

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  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

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

Around it

Next door to Naka-ku, Yokohama

Naka-ku, Yokohama is 1 km from Yokohama, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Yokohamadesignated city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan1.1 km
  • Nishi-kuone of the 18 wards of the City of Yokohama2.6 km
  • Minato Mirai 21human settlement in Yokohama, Japan1.8 km
  • Kanagawa-kuone of 18 wards of the City of Yokohama, Japan3.8 km
  • Minami-kuone of the 18 wards of the City of Yokohama3.4 km
  • Yokohama Chinatownneighborhood in Yokohama, Japan300 m