After the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the port of Yokohama was developed for trading silk, with the main trading partner being Great Britain. Many Western influences first reached Japan in Yokohama, including Japan’s first daily newspaper (1870) and Japan’s first gas-powered street lamps (1872). Japan’s first railway was constructed in the same year to connect [...]

Sakuragi cho Minato Mirai  桜木町 みなとみらいAn exciting emerging future city that is constantly evolving. One of Yokohama’s most nostalgic towns, Sakuragi-cho.Minato Mirai District 21 is a new town created where Yokohama Expo was held in 1989. Minato Mirai District 21 is the town of future full of modern high-rise buildings. The most famous ones of [...]