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Museum of Art houses displays tombstone shaped like a tours of the automated Kirin
of modern art and photography. railroad ticket. The lovely brewery; and Shin Yokohama
In the older, more attractive Sankei-en Garden belonged Ramen Museum (see p328).
part of town, the NYK Mari time to silk-trader Tomitaro Hara On a more serious note, the
Museum covers the history of (1868–1939). Among the ponds Hodogaya Commonwealth
shipping, with detail ed models. and flowers are 16 architectural Cemetery (a bus ride from
Created on rubble from the treasures, including a three- Yokohama, Hodogaya, or
1923 Earthquake, Yamashita story pagoda from Kyoto. Sakuragi-cho stations) contains
Park is a pleasant promenade Allied graves from World
overlooking ships, including the Landmark Tower War II (including POWs).
restored moored liner Hikawa Tel (045) 222-5015. Open daily.
Maru, which cruised between P Yokohama Museum Kirin Beer Village
Yokohama and Seattle in 1930– of Art £ Namamugi stn, Keihin Kyuko
60, and the 860-m (2,800-ft) long Tel (045) 221-0300. line. Tel (045) 503-8250.
Yoko hama Bay Bridge (1989). Open Fri–Wed. & Open Tue–Sun.
Chinatown, the largest of P NYK Maritime Museum
Japan’s three Chinatowns, has Tel (045) 211-1923.
around 2,500 Chinese inhabit- Open Tue–Sun. &
ants, and a mass of restaurants,
food shops, Chinese-medicine Hikawa Maru
shops, and fortune-tellers. At its Tel (045) 641-4362.
Open Tue–Sun. &
heart is the Chinese Kantei-byo
Temple (1886), dedicated to Z Foreigners’ Cemetery
ancient Chinese hero Guan-yu, Tel (045) 622-1311. Open Mar–Dec:
who was worshiped as a god Sat, Sun, public hols.
of war but is now popular as a Y Sankei-en Garden
god of accountancy, busi ness 10 mins by bus from Negishi stn (JR)
success, and prosperity. to Honmoku. Tel (045) 621-0634.
Among the 4,500 tombs Open daily. &
in the early 20th-century
Foreigners’ Cemetery is that Environs
of Edmund Morel, the English Outside the center are two
engineer who helped build entertaining venues: Kirin One of the entrance gates to
Japan’s first railroads, with a Beer Village, with tasting Yokohama’s Chinatown

Yokohama City Center
1 Minato Mirai 21
Pacifico
Shin Yokohoma Station Yokohama 2 Yokohama Museum of Art
Exhibition Hall
600m (650 yards)
Ramen Museum, MINATO 3 Landmark Tower
Kirin Beer Village,
TOKYO MIRAI 21 Convention 4 NYK Maritime Museum
KOKUSAI-ODORI
Hall 5 Kantei-byo Temple
Yokohama
Museum of Art Minato Cosmo 6 Chinatown
Mirai Clock 21
Landmark SAKURA-DORI 7 Yamashita Park
Plaza SHINKO-CHO
Landmark Tower 8 Hikawa Maru
Nippon Maru 9 Foreigners’ Cemetery
Yokohama
NYK Maritime International
Museum Passenger
METROPOLITAN
Terminal
EXPRESSWAY
Sakuragicho Kanagawa
Prefectural
Hodogaya Museum Bashamichi
Commonwealth Hikawa Maru
BASHAMICHI KANNAI-ODORI KANNAI Yamashita
Cemetery HONCHO-DORI
Nippon Odori
Park
MINATO-ODORI Marine Yokohama
Tower
Bay Bridge
Kannai OSANBASHI-ODORI CHINATOWN Motomachi-
METROPOLITAN EXPRESSWAY
Chukagai
Yokohama Kantei-byo Sankei-en
Garden
Stadium Temple MOTOMACHI Foreigners’
METROPOLITAN EXPRESSW AY
Cemetery
Motomachi
0 meters 500 Ishikawacho Nakamura River YAMATE
Park
0 yards 500
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