Welcome to Japan’s second largest city with a population of > 3 Mio: Yokohama! I have never been to Yokohama before, so I was excited for a small day trip outside of Tokyo city. From our hotel, we had around half an hour by train to Yokohama main station. This beautiful city lies by the sea – did you know that Yokohama’s port was one of the first to be opened to foreign trade back in the 19th century? It also has the largest Chinatown of Japan. Our trip was more or less very spontaneous, so we didn’t do anything special than shopping and having a long walk along the bay. We had breakfast at a small Café in the Landmark Plaza shopping mall (there is also a Jump Shop, if you like Tokyo Ghoul, One Piece & Co.), before we went to the Pokémon Center Yokohama, which is located in the Marui City mall, just next to Sogo mall. There are many more things that you can do in this area, so if you are planning a trip to Yokohama, I hope the list below will help to give you some ideas.

Things to do in Yokohama:

• Yokohama Museum of Art (art museum with works by Dali, Magritte, Cezanne, Picasso, and various Japanese artists)
• Engine/Car Museum (Nissan, Mitsubishi and more!)
• Cup Noodle & Ramen Museum Yokohama
• Anpanman Museum
• Kirin Beer Factory/Brewery
• Hara Model Railway Museum
• Hakkeijima Sea Paradise (Aquarium)
• Yokohama Cosmo World (ferris wheel & roller coasters)
• Zoorasia (Yokohama Zoo)
• Yokohama Marine Tower
• Sankeien Garden (Traditional Japanese landscape garden)
• Minato Mirai (Yokohama’s new city center)
• Chinatown (the largest of Japan’s three chinatowns)

Shopping in Yokohama:

• LANDMARK PLAZA (Jump Shop)
• Marui Citty Yokohama (Pokémon Center)
• Queen’s Square Yokohama
• Yokohama World Porters
• Minato Mirai 21 Area
• SOGO Yokohama
• Motomachi Shopping Street
• Takashimaya Yokohama Store
• Lalaport Yokohama

Yokohama Station Yokohama World Porters (Shopping Mall) Nippon Maru Grand Mall Park amphitheater Selfie Time! Let’s go shopping!Jump Shop Yokohama
@ LANDMARK PLAZA

Tokyo Ghoul FigurinesNaruto, Haikyu, One Piece and
many more Anime merchandise! I regret that I didn’t buy this Tokyo Ghould Deco Latte T_TLook at this fancy bag!Pokémon Center Yokohama
@ Shopping Mall Marui

Did you know that you can get unique items,
depending which store you visit?For example here you could buy Pikachu Yokohama EditionYokohama Trick Art Cruise (sounds like fun!)Pretty Cure StoreGhibli Donguri StoreLet’s walk to the ferris wheelI miss the sea~