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Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

3.5

123 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamatechou 96

Located a three minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station. A cemetery that was built for foreign-born residents located close to Harbor View Park overlooking the port. The cemetery got its start when Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his momentous voyage to Japan in 1854 and a man named Robert Williams died in an accident on the USS Mississippi and was buried here. Several relatively famous personages are also buried here, such as Edmund Morel, the father of railways in Japan, and Mary Kidder, founder of the Ferris Jogakuin collection of schools. The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery Museum is situated next to the entrance to the cemetery itself and presents a registry of individuals buried there and the history of Yokohama. The museum’s stained glass windows alone make it worth a visit.

This cemetery was established in 1854 after an American sailor died during a visit by Commodore Perry and part of the grounds of Zotokuin Temple were set aside for the purpose. If you arrive during...
Former Ito Hirofumi Kanazawa Villa

4.0

22 Reviews

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Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Kanazawa-ku Nojimacho 24 Nojima-koen

野島公園の中のメインともいうべき旧伊藤博文金沢別邸は無料で入れて、中も充実しています。横浜市は異人館も無料のところが多いし、太っ腹ですね。居間からの海の景色が最高です。
Santonodai Ancient Relics Site

4.0

12 Reviews

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Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Isogo-ku Okamura 4-11-22

This archeological site is located a three-minute walk from the Santonodai-kouen bus stop and 10 minutes from the Tenjin-mae bus stop. Desiganted a National Historic Site in 1966, the site is adjoined by the Yokohama City Santonodai Archaeology Museum. The traces of some 250 pit dwellings have been found on the site's 55-meter-high flat hill, as well as pottery, bronze bracelets, and other artefacts. Visitors can also see replicas of the kinds of homes which were used in the area during Japan's Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods, as well as artefacts displayed in a building which preserves some of the dwelling sites in their original states.

わが町にある唯一の遺跡は、縄文時代から弥生時代にかけての一般庶民の状況はどうです。私の町の小学生は、遠足と言うとまずはこの三殿台遺跡に行きます。復元家屋が建てられていますが、正直なところ何遺跡で見ても同じに見えます。
Kitahara Hakushu Memorial Monument

3.5

14 Reviews

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Kanagawa Miura-shi Misakimachijogashima

"A monument unveiled in 1949 and moved to its current location by the Jogashima Ohashi Bridge in 1960 where a musical monument to Yanada Tadashi was added. An over 3-meter-high sail-shaped monument made of stone from the Nebukawa River, it's carved with Hakushu's cursive script of a passage from ""The Jogashima Rain."""

三浦半島をランニングした際に訪れました。今までバス等で何度も訪れている城ヶ島ですが、ここに北原白秋に関する施設や碑があることに気が付きませんでした。ほぼ城ヶ島大橋の真下に位置しているのも災いしているのかもしれませんね。ランニングしたからこそ、発見出来たのかもしれません。
Tomyodo

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Kanagawa Yokosuka-shi Nishiuraga 6-46

This is the site of a Japanese lighthouse built on the tip of the west coast of Uraga Port a 10-minute drive from Keikyu Uraga Station. The two-story lighthouse was built with a stone foundation in 1648, and it is said its light reached all the way to the Boso Peninsula. For some 220 years until it was closed in April 1872, the lighthouse helped maintain maritime safety in the area at night without missing a single day. After it was closed, it was demolished, leaving only the stone foundation, but it was reconstructed exactly as it once looked in 1988. Today, the rebuilt lighthouse continues to look on as numerous boats ply the nearby waters.
Yokohama Ma Zhu Miao

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Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 136

A temple which opened in 2006 dedicated to the Chinese sea goddess Mazu, who provides safety on the ocean, an appropriate theme for the port town of Yokohama. The temple is famous for its five incense burners; worshipers visit each burner in turn to light incense and prayer to the gods each is dedicated to. Seen as a refuge for Chinese living overseas, anyone is free to worship here. Located a three minute walk from the Exit 3 of Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.
Yokohama Customs

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Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Kaigandori 1-1

Located a three minute walk from Nihon-Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line. Popularly known as the “Queen Tower,” this customs office is registered as a Historic Structure by the city of Yokohama. Destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the building was reconstructed in 1934. The copper green dome serves as the building’s symbol and, together with the Kanagawa Prefectural Office (King Tower) and Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall (Jack Tower), these three buildings are collectively known as the “Yokohama Three Towers.” The 51 meter tall tower is capped with a dome comprised of a single sheet of copper which has transformed from a copper brown to green with the passage of the years. At night, the tower is lit up, and visitors to the area can enjoy the different aspects the structure presents with the changing of the seasons.
Chiyogasaki Cannon battery Ato

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Kanagawa Yokosuka-shi Nishiuraga 6-5-1
Former Kacho-no-miya Residence

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Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Joumyouji 2-6-37

Located in the mountains beyond the Hokoku-ji Temple, this Western-style building was built as a residence for Marquis Kacho Hironobu, an Imperial prince, in 1929. The French-style garden is filled with greenery and blooms with flowers year round. The garden has also been selected as one of the top 100 historic gardens in Japan. In 1996, the city of Kamakura acquired the land and building. In 2006, the building was designated an Important Scenic Structure by the city as well as a Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) by the national government.
Asainakiritoshi

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Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Juniso , Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama Asahina-cho
Ryuren Bell of Love

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Kanagawa Pref. Fujisawashi Enoshima 2-5

A famous spot for couples on Enoshima that was built based on the legend of Benzaiten and the dragon Gozuryu. A large bell placed on top of a hill with a fabulous view, it is surrounded by a wire fence covered with padlocks. It is said that couples will be bound together forever if they ring the bell and attach a padlock to the fence. A 25-minute walk from Enoshima Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway.
Gunsaru Matsusai image Koshin tower

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Kanagawa Pref. Fujisawashi Enoshima 2-3-8
Hakone Mountain Path

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Hatajuku

This mountain path which goes over Hakone is what’s left of the old Tokaido road in Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo County, Kanagawa Prefecture. The stone path was built in 1680 for travelers passing through the very steep and treacherous place known as Hakone Hachiri. Nowadays it is a popular hiking course and you can enjoy the delights of walking in the beautiful natural greenery of Hakone. You can also see the remains of work that was done which made it easier to walk on the rugged mountain path, such as the drainage ditches which carried away running water during times of heavy rain.
Hatashuku Ichirizuka

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Kanagawa Pref. Ashigarashimogunhakonemachi Hatajuku Near 173

Hatashuku Ichirizuka built in Hatashuku, Hakone Town by the Edo shogunate as a landmark for travelers is a milestone indicating the 23rd stop from Nihonbashi. There used to be milestones at Hakone and Yumotochaya, but today this is the only one that has maintained its shape (however the current one was restored at a later time).
Nagoe Kiridoshi Pass

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Kanagawa Prefecture Kamakura City, Zushi City

Nagoe Kiridoshi Pass was one of the main roads to the Miura Peninsula from Kamakura. The flat ground cut with precipices was considered a great defensive point for the surrounding area. The remains of scaffolds and funeral rites such as cremation can be founded scattered across the pass. It is a well preserved historical landscape of the feudal era. Points of interest such as the Mandarado yagura (burial caves) area, Okirigishi cliff, and more, are scattered across 10 hectors of the pass.
Magaibutsu

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Kanagawa Yokosuka-shi Shonantakatori 3-3-520 (Takatoriyama Park)

This huge statue of Maitreya is located a 10-minute walk from the Takatori Shogakko bus stop on the Shonan Takatori Loop bus which leaves from Keikyu Oppama Station. The sculpture is located on Mt. Takatori, which is known for its sheer vertical cliffs which were created through the harvesting of the mountain's stone. The statue was created over a one-year period starting in 1960 by Yokosuka City sculptor Shigeru Fujishima and is eight meters tall and 4.5 meters wide. A statue of Gautama Buddha was also created at the same time but was later destroyed in order to build Takatori Elementary School, and today only the statue of Maitreya remains. The surrounding area is maintained as Takatoriyama Park.
Monument Commemorating First Railway Line in Japan

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Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Sakuragicho 1

This monument stands near a bicycle parking area near exit 1 of Sakuragicho Station and is a two-minute walk from the station. In 1872, Japan's first railway line connecting Shinbashi and Yokohama was opened, and this area is viewed as the place where railway transport was first established in Japan. The monument was established here next to Sakuragicho Station as it is located on the same spot as former Yokohama Station that was the last station on the line. The monument includes a depiction of what the former Yokohama Station looked like, and train fares, schedules, and riding guidelines from the time, enabling visitors to have fun imagining what things were like back then.
Statue of the Girl with Red Shoes

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Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 279 Yamashita Park

"This statue was inspired by the Japanese nursery rhyme ""Akai kutsu"" (""Red Shoes"") and was created via a donation by what is now the Red Shoes Memorial Culture Agency. A four-minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station and 13 minutes from Kannai Station, the statue is located inside Yamashita Park a short walk southeast of the Indian Water Tower. The nursery rhyme is believed to have been inspired by a real girl who moved to Hokkaido with her mother and was eventually left in the care of a married pair of missionaries due to circumstances; when the missionaries moved back to America, they had to leave the girl behind due to an illness she had contracted. The mother did not know of her daughter's death and believed that she was living in America; in turn, this statue depicts the girl starting out to sea."
Indian Water Tower

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Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 279 Yamashita Park

This tower was built in Yamashita Park near Osanbashi Pier a four-minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station and 13 minutes from Kannai Station. As its name implies, the tower's beautiful, delicate design is reminiscent of an Indian mosque. During the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, 28 of the 116 Indians living in Yokohama died, and those who survived were forced to live in difficult conditions due to the disaster. The Association of Indians in Japan built the tower to honor those lost in the earthquake and as an expression of thanks to the citizens of Yokohama who worked to help the survivors.
Guardian of Water

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Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 279 Yamashita Park

This statue stands in the middle of a circle of fountains and flowers just past the Yamashitakoen-chuoguchi Intersection a four-minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station and 13 minutes from Kannai Station. In 1955, Yokohama donated a snow lantern to the city of San Diego at the request of people of Japanese heritage living there. The following month, per a proposal made by the mayor of San Diego, the two cities became sister cities, and this statue was gifted to Yokohama by San Diego after Yokohama gifted the city a tearoom. The statue, along with a bell and inscribed monument, are collectively called the San Diego Fountain of Friendship. The statue is lit up at night.

Kanagawa

Around Minato Mirai Yamashita Park / Chinatown / Motomachi Yokohama City (North) Kawasaki Kamakura Miura Peninsula Shonan Central Odawara / Manazurumachi / Yugawara Around Hakonemachi Yokohama City (South)

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Kanagawa Areas

Kanagawa prefecture acts as an extension of the Tokyo metropolis that spills over into coastal towns, most notably Yokohama city, heavily populated and known for its Chinatown and seaside attractions. Just the right distance for a day trip out of Tokyo, Kanagawa is home to some of Tokyo’s most accessible beaches, including around Kamakura, best known for its Big Buddha. Visitors can also travel a little farther afield for a weekend at Hakone onsen town.