Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Yamashita Park / Chinatown / Motomachi Area

  • Honmoku Fishing Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Honmokufutou 1
    This sea fishing park in Naka Ward, Yokohama is a leisure spot where you can catch various kinds of fish whatever the season. You fish from the piers and a high handrail is installed all the way around. There's a parking lot on the premises, as well as Daikoku Ryokuchi Park, a shop, and a restaurant. Ryokuchi Park has a sweeping view of Tokyo Bay, as well as Kawasaki, Tokyo, and the Boso Peninsula; the view is so good that some come just to take in the landscape.
  • Yokohama Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yokohamakouen
    This park, located in Naka Ward of Yokohama City, is the home of Japan's baseball sport and encloses the Yokohama Stadium. There are events going on year round including bazaars and recreational activities. The blooming tulip display, from 160,000 bulbs of 69 varieties, attracts many visitors to the tulip garden in the springtime.
  • Iwasaki Museum
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamatechou 254
    This museum is near Minato-no-Mieru Oka Park in the Yamate-cho district of Naka Ward, Yokohama City. It was built in 1980 as part of commemorations for the 50th anniversary of Iwasaki Gakuen's Yokohama Yousai Gakuin (present-day Yokohama f College). You can find exhibits about clothing history and related crafts and painting including models of clothing silhouettes from ancient Egypt to the present. In addition, it also houses materials related to the Goethe Theater, Japan's first Western-style theater that was built in Yokohama in the Meiji period.

    The Iwasaki Museum is a fairly small and rather eclectic collection of items located in the old diplomatic area of Yokohama. There is a nice collection of historic clothing, including a series of...

  • Marine & Walk Yokohama
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Shinkou 1-3-1
    Standing next to the Red Brick Warehouse, Marine and Walk Yokohama is a multipurpose building containing 25 shops. It has an underground parking garage in addition to two stories above ground. The first floor is given over to elegant clothing shops and variety stores, while the second floor is devoted to restaurants. The restaurants and cafes have terrace seating, where customers can relax while looking at the sea. Some of the stores allow customers to bring their pets in. Marine and Walk Yokohama also sponsors limited-time events.
  • Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 1
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    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Shinko 1-1-1
    This shopping mall is located a six-minute walk from Bashamichi Station and Nihon-Odori Station, as well as 12 minutes from Minatomirai Station. The mall is also located close to the Aka-Renga Soko Marine & Walk bus stop and Red Brick Warehouse bus stop. The mall's first floor is a shop floor, the second floor is the creative floor, and the third floor is the hall floor. The bustling mall is occupied by establishments selling Yokohama souvenirs, knickknacks, and clothing; many art exhibitions and live music performances are also held here.
  • Barneys New York Yokohama
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 36-1
    A high class select shop located at the foot of Yokohama Marine Tower, a symbol of Yokohama Port. Almost all of the products on offer are imported directly from Europe and North America and stand at the cutting edge of design. The interior is also spacious and even baby strollers can easily pass through its wide aisles. The windows of the personal shopping spaces offer sweeping views of Marine Tower and Yokohama Port, creating spaces where families can enjoy a relaxing shopping experience.
  • Baby-Star Land
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 145 Yokohama Hiroe Kan 2F Floor Treats in Factory
    Baby-Star is one of the mainstay snacks sold by Oyatsu Company. Located on the second floor of the Yokohama Hakurankan shopping center, Baby-Star Land is filled with Baby-Star related products and displays. Here you can watch Baby-Star being made through a window and buy the same Baby-Star snacks made on-site. You can also enjoy your fresh-made Baby-Star with the topping of your choice. Baby-Star Land sells local Baby-Star variations from around the country and there are special Baby-Star themed photo booths for you to make a few memories of your visit.
  • Yokohama AIREGIN
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Sumiyoshichou 5-60
    This is Yokohama's longest established live house. It was set up in 1969 and relocated to Yokohama in 1972 where it started as a full-fledged live jazz store. There are a variety of events held here including live performances and concerts of musicians from home and abroad. It is located three-minutes by foot from Bashamichi Station.
  • The Bridge Yokohama
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Motomachi 1-13-54F
    This club is located right next to Motomachi-Chukagai Station, and is a long-established venue with a music selection centered on black music. On Wednesdays, they hold the event FAiTH, where you can enjoy music of many different genres such as hip-hop, reggae and R&B, and you can see many clubbers having a good time.
  • China Square
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 144
    China Square is easy to find, a bright blue building on Chukagai-dori Street just past the Zenrinmon Gate. This is a general commercial facility with shopping, particularly for souvenirs, as well as recreation facilities such as an aquarium, game arcade, a bedrock bath and esthetic salon, all overflowing with an exotic atmosphere. There’s something for all ages in the wide variety of China Square’s facilities.
  • Yokohama Daisekai Artrick Museum
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    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 97 Yokohama Great World 4-8th Floor
    This trick art museum is inside Yokohama Daisekai, one of Chinatown’s largest Chinese Theme Parks, located about one minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station. Stretching from the third floor to the top of the building, this facility features displays to exercise your brain, trick the eyes, and display 3D art. There are paintings using optical illusions to trick the eye, like the Flying Carpet or Flying Dragon, the Science Mystery Experience where you can go inside a soap bubble, and Japan’s first Laser Art Theater. You can touch and photograph all the art displays, and there’s enough strangeness to please kids and adults of all ages.
  • NYK Maritime Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Kaigandori 3-9
    NYK Maritime Museum introduces the modern Japanese shipping industry from its dawn to the present day through the corporate history of the Nihon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). It exhibits easy-to-understand movies, valuable pictures capturing historical turning points and pamphlets of gorgeous cruise ships. Hikawamaru, an NYK ship, was designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2016. It is two minutes’ walk from Bashamichi Station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.
  • Angel Wings
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Shinko 1-3-1 MARIN&WALK YOKOHAMA
  • Yokohama Bazaar
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 166
    This shopping mall, established in 1949, is a seven-minute walk from Ishikawacho Station and 10 minutes from Motomachi-Chukagai Station. The mall stands right on the other side of Sekiteibyo-dori Street from the Yokohama Overseas Chinese School. Over 20 tenants occupy its three aboveground floors, and its most notable feature is the fact that here you can find a variety of unique, Yokohama-based establishments all under one roof, including fortune telling parlors, fashionable apparel shops, accessories shops, and boutiques. There's also a cafe and Japanese-style sweets cafe where you can enjoy a meal after going shopping.
  • Sunken Flower Bed
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 279 Yamashita Park
    This flower bed can be seen in the Future Rose Garden between the Guardian of Water statue and the Festival Square in Yamashita Park a four-minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station and 13 minutes from Kannai Station. One of the most famous destinations for viewing roses in the city, each year in the spring as well as in the fall, visitors can take in the sight of colorful roses in bloom. There are some 160 varieties of roses, meaning you can look and look without ever getting bored. The flower bed is lit up at night from late November to late December, with a light show held every 15 minutes as well.
  • Cupnoodles Museum and Park
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    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Shinko 2
    This park is located an eight-minute walk from Minatomirai Station and Bashamichi Station and is also 12 minutes from Sakuragicho Station. The park is also located close to the Kokusaibashi/Cupnoodles Museum-mae bus stop. Facing the sea, visitors to the park can relax and take in a view of Yokohama Port right in front of their eyes. The charming park also delight's visitors with views of the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse and other distinctive Yokohama scenery; experiencing little traffic, the park is a well-kept secret. The park's night views are also beautiful. Many seagulls gather on the park's grass lawns.
  • YCC Yokohama Sozotoshi Ctr
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Honchou 6-50-1
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Hall (Kanagawa Prefectural Prefectural Hall)
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    3.5
    37 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 3-1

    みなとみらい線の日本大通り駅から徒歩7〜8分です。初めてバレエの公演を見に行きました。大ホールは、バレエの殿堂という風にチラシには書かれていました。確かにオーケストラピットもあり、その通りの作りでした。ただ、古いため、一般客用のエスカレーターやエレベーターがなく、階段で3階まで上がったのは、なんとかならないのかと感じました。

  • Kanagawa Geijutsugekijo
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    4.0
    47 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 281

    みなとみらい線日本大通り駅から5分くらいです。横浜中華街や山下公園にも近いロケーションです。訪れた時は、宝塚歌劇団星組の演目があり、とても混んでいました。他の演目をみたので、それほど人の密集はありませんでした。退場時には、劇場側が順番に誘導してくれており、コロナ対策は一応されていました。

  • Yokohama Nigiwai-za
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Nogecho 3-110-1

    コロナ前は売店でビールと弁当が売っていて飲食しながら楽しめたのだが、現在はNG 知らなかったので 売店はすぐ売り切れるのでコンビニでビールを買って入場し、プシュッと開けてすぐにアルコール、飲卓禁止のプラカードを持ったおばちゃんが客席を練り歩き出して、一口も飲んでないのにどうしようかと焦りました 気が散って全然楽しめませんでした、しらけムードで真打の時は爆睡してました 平日でお客さんほとんど入ってな...

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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.

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