Yokohama Seaside

Cosmo Amusement Park

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The Cosmo Amusement Park is a decent sized amusement park to the east of Minato Mirai 21. It's best and most famous attraction is the 105 meter tall CosmoClock 21. This ferris wheel was the tallest in the world when it opened in 1989. It's probably still the world's biggest clock. Its nighttime illumination is spectacular.

Nippon Maru Boat Park

Next to the Yokohama Maritime Museum is a paddle boat lagoon called the Nippon Maru Boat Park. Go home saying you bravely paddled on Tokyo Bay.

Yokohama Landmark Tower

Yokohama Landmark Tower is the tallest habitable building in Japan (295.8 meters). Its elevators are the second fastest world and tourists can take a ride on them up to the observation floor. It was constructed as part of the Minato Mirai 21 waterfront redevelopment and was completed on July 14, 1993.

Yokohama Maritime Museum

Yokohama has a proud marine history as the site of one of the first ports to be opened to the outside world. Yokohama Maritime Museum is an excellent educational attraction for all ages. Japan's most famous marine training vessel, the Nippon Maru, is docked permanently outside under the Landmark Tower.

Yokohama Museum of Art

The Yokohama Museum of Art opened in 1989 and is located next to Minato Mirai Station.

Yokohama Rinkai Park

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Yokohama Rinkai Park is west of Yokohama's conference center. It is mostly just a large grassy area,, but it has a nice promenade next to the ocean and the view is quite nice. It makes for an excellent place to relax out in the sun.

Queen's Square Yokohama

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Queen's Square Yokohama is a complex of buildings with shopping malls and commercial space. The three towers have unique sloping roofs can be easily seen from many places to the east.

Red Brick Warehouses

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The red brick (renga in Japanese) warehouses beside the water in Yokohama are some of the earliest built to store trading goods. Two of the warehouses have been restored and a variety of small shops, an art gallery and other businesses are located in them.

World Porters

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World Porters is a large shopping mall with a movie multiplex located to the west of the warehouses.

Osanbashi Pier (Ship Terminal)

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The oldest pier in Yokohama, Osanbashi, was rebuilt from 1987 to 2002 to meet the demands of today's massive cruise ships and, in the process, the project created a architectural masterpiece. It's a bit of a hike, but one can freely walk along its sculpted roof and look out on one of the best harbor views in Japan. It is just as, if not more, pretty at night when the CosmoClock 21 lights up across the water.

Yamashita Park

Yamashita Park runs along the shore from east of Osanbashi Pier to the Marine Tower. Numerous statues and memorials are in the park.

Hikawa Maru

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The Hikawa Maru crossed the Pacific between Yokohama and Seattle 248 times from 1930 to 1961. During the war, she served as a hospital ship before returning to route in 1953 and is the only surviving imperial passenger ship. The 163 meter Hikawa Maru is a symbol of Yokohama and is moored permanently on the east side of Yamashita Park.

Marine Tower

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The "vertically challenged" Marine Tower's viewing platform may be just 100 meters above ground but its still the tallest lighthouse in the world. This attraction was one of the first of its kind in Japan when it was finished in 1961. The tower reopened in 2009.

Website: Yokohama Marine Tower

Yokohama Chinatown

Yokohama's Chinatown is the largest of the top three Chinatowns in Japan. Starting in 1859, with the opening of Yokohama Port, Chinese and other nationalities came to trade and live in the new foreigner settlement. On any holiday, the area is packed with tourists from all over Japan and the world.

Harbor View Park

There is a nice viewpoint in Harbor View Park where you can see Yokohama harbor and the Yokohama Bay Bridge from above. Harbor View Park is located to the east of Yamashita Park. There is a steep slope that rises from beyond the expressway. Ruins of French buildings are located on this bluff. A number of museums are located to the north of the park.

Churches and Houses

Above the harbor to the east are numerous houses, buildings and chruches that were built by early western settlers. The noteworthy places are fairly spread out so it will take a fair ammount of time to wander around them.

Cemetery

One of the best attractions here is a place people are dying to get into. For Japanese people, the old foreigner cemetery is a historical curiosity and an odd sight indeed. For history buffs of all nationalities, studying graves gives you an intimate view on people's lives through history. Tours are offered and it is no longer possible to enter without a guide.