Yokohama Attractions
About 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Tokyo, Yokohama is also a modern metropolis, but with a comparatively slower life pace. Its modern elements can be captured around Minato Mirai 21: Yokohama Landmark Tower, Yokohama Cosmo World, and Cup Noodles Museum; while the slow life pace can be experienced at the natural spots including Sankeian Garden and Yamashita Park. Most visitors choose to make a one-day side trip here from Tokyo, while a few spend 2 or even more days for further city exploration.
The Traditional Japanese Garden in Yokohama
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Top Attractions in Yokohama
1. Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama
With Nissin Cup Noodles as its theme, Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama exhibits more than 3,000 kinds of ramen of different tastes. By participating in the whole process of making ramen from kneading flour, choosing toppings and soup at your wish, to packaging the ramen, you can cook your own ramen.
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2. Yokohama Landmark Tower
Standing on the 273-meter-high (895 feet) Yokohama Landmark Tower, Japan’s second-highest building, you can see the whole Yokohama, even the further Mount Fuji. The Tower’s elevator will give you an unparalleled experience with its high speed - 45 kilometers/hour (28 mph). It is also a large entertainment place: more than 160 shops scatter on different floors, which sell fashion clothes, and crafts, along with theaters, restaurants, a sky-garden, and hotels.3. Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
With more than 100 years of history, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse gets popular because of its distinctive appearance - red brick walls with praying-hand roofs. There are two halls there: one is used as a cultural exhibition hall; and the other has been converted into a business area for selling fashion clothes, local cuisines, and crafts.4. Yamashita Park
Yamashita Park is a good place to take a walk while admiring the sea, flowers, monuments, and statues of different shapes, such as the statue of the guardian god of water, the statue of a girl in red shoes, and a seagull sailor monument. What’s more, a 106-meter-high (347 feet) lighthouse would enable you to see Mount Fuji, Tokyo Bay, and Boso Peninsula. Another one worth seeing near the Park is NYK Hikawa Maru – a luxury cruise ship with the reputation of “Queen of the Pacific”. In this only existing freighter built before World War Two, the retro furniture once popular in the last century and documents related to the ship are displayed.5. Yokohama Chinatown
In the largest Chinatown in Japan, you can taste authentic Chinese food, such as pickled food and Chinese wine, and enjoy things distinctive to China like acupuncture and moxibustion treatment. At night, the Chinese style buildings accompanied by store signboard lights of different colors would add more charm to the street.
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6. Yokohama Cosmo World with a Giant Ferris Wheel
As an expansive amusement park, Yokohama Cosmo World has numerous entertainment facilities like a carrousel and the roller coaster that runs towards water straightforwardly. Among the various, the most famous is the towering Ferris Wheel, which can take 480 passengers at the same time to the height of 112.5 meters (369 feet) to see the panorama of Yokohama. At night, the changing light of the Wheel makes Cosmo World very romantic.|
The Giant Ferris Wheel in Yokohama Cosmo World
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7. Sankeien Garden
The 100-year-old Sankeien Garden, a typical Japanese style garden, is comprised of various ancient buildings moved from Kamakura, Kyoto, and other areas, many of which are Japan’s nationally important cultural relics. Every April when Sakura blooms, many locals would hold traditional weddings here.
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8. Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
In Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, you would see many cute animals like more than 5,000 sardines, or interact with them during their wonderful performances. Besides, the Paradise is equipped with various amusement facilities, such as a carousel and a roller coaster whose tracks extend to the sea.
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More Attractions to Visit in Yokohama
1. Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
It is also a museum with ramen as its theme. The retro furniture and decoration inside make you feel like traveling backward to the 1950s. You can also learn the history of ramen, make a ramen of your own, and taste one among 9 flavors of ramen.2. Harbor View Park
Harbor View Park is one of the best rose-producing areas in Yokohama, thus attracting rose lovers every May and October. Yokohama Bay Bridge and Honmokufuto can be seen when you stand on the Observatory there.|
Harbor View Park
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3. Zounohana Park
Zounohana Park looks like the trunk of an elephant from the air. The elephant statue next to the art hall inside the park is interesting and the delicious “trunk of elephant” ice creams are worth eating.4. Kishamichi Promenade
Kishamichi Promenade is a walkway built by the sea. There are art sculptures standing along the way. While walking, you can see many well-known buildings in Yokohama, such as the Ferris wheel in Yokohama Cosmo WorldItinerary Recommendations
If you plan to stay one day here, then you may visit:Yokohama Landmark Tower – Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse – Yamashita Park & NYK Hikawa Maru – Yokohama Chinatown – Zounohana Park – Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama
If you plan to spend one more day, go to
Sankeien Garden – Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise – Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum