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Must See
4 ' 5 "
Hikawa Maru Kantei-byo Temple
engineer who helped build
⌂ Yamashita Park # 10am– ⌂ 140 Yamashitacho Japan’s first railroads, which
5pm Tue–Sun ∑ nyk.com # 9am–7pm daily
∑ yokohama-kanteibyo.com has an unusual tombstone
Originally built in 1930 as a shaped like a railroad ticket.
cruise liner and light cargo Few sites better evoke
ship, the Hikawa Maru spent Yokohama’s cosmopolitan
World War II operating as a roots than Kantei­byo, the
floating hospital and in its 30 temple that has served as the 7 "
years of service crossed the heart of the city’s Chinese Sankai-en Garden
Pacific 254 times, carrying community – the largest in ⌂ 58 Honmokusannotani
some 25,000 passengers. The Japan – for the past 150 years. # 9am–5pm daily
restored liner is now perma­ This popular temple functions ∑ sankeien.or.jp
nently docked in Yokohama, as a spiritual, cultural, and
where visitors can stroll the social hub, and is particularly With its ponds, bamboo
decks, inspect the elegant atmospheric during Chinese groves, rivers, and meandering
wood­panelled cabins and New Year. trails, this hideaway transports
soak up the Art Deco glamour visitors back to ancient Japan.
of the lounge. Those who are Among the garden’s archi­
technically minded will enjoy tectural treasures is a 15th­
the opportunity to get close 6 " century pagoda. Constructed
to the vessel’s mighty engines. Foreigners’ Cemetery in Kyoto, it was relocated
to Sankei­en in 1914.
⌂ 96 Yamatecho # 10am–
5pm Tue–Sun ∑ yfgc- Opened to the public in
japan.com 1906, the entire garden was
Did You Know? Yokohama Foreign General once the private home of
Tomitaro “Sankei” Hara (1868­
Cemetery was founded in 1939), an extremely wealthy
Japan’s first railroad 1854 following the death of silk merchant. His personal
was constructed in an American marine. Among lodgings – a sprawling com­
1872, connecting the 4,500 tombs in the early plex featuring dozens of airy
Yokohama to Tokyo. 20th­century Foreigners’ traditional tatami rooms,
Cemetery graveyard is that overlooking a private lawn –
of Edmund Morel, the English can be toured at the site.

Yokohoma Station Pacifico Yokohama
650 yd (600 m) Exhibition Hall 0 meters 600 N
Yokohama MINATO
Museum of Art MIRAI 21 Convention 0 yards 600
Hall
KOKUSAI-ODORI
Landmark Minato Cosmo
Mirai
Plaza SAKURA-DORI Clock 21 Yokohama’s Cup
Noodle Museum
Landmark Tower
Nippon Maru SHINKO-CHO
NYK Maritime
Museum
Osanbashi
Yokohama
METROPOLITAN EXPRESSWAY
Sakuragicho International
Passenger Terminal
Kanagawa Bashamichi
Prefectural
Museum
BASHAMICHI KANNAI-ODORI Nippon Yamashita
NOGECHO H O N C H O - D O R I
Hinodecho KANNAI MINATO-ODORI Odori Park Hikawa Maru
Kannai
Yokohama Marine
Park OSANBASHI-ODORI Tower
CHOJAMACHI CHINATOWN Motomachi-
Chukagai
METROPOLITAN EXPRESSWAY Yokohama
Stadium Kantei-byo
Isezaki- Temple Foreigners’
chojamachi METROPOLITAN EXPRESSWAY Cemetery
MOTOMACHI
OKINACHO Ishikawacho YAMATE Sankei-en Garden
1.5 mile (2.5 km)
Motomachi Park
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