Japan’s second biggest city was a small fishing village when its door opened to the outside countries in 1859, and went through so much westernization ever since. Many such evidences were ruined by the killer earthquake in 1923, and the air-bombing during the last war. Its legacy, however, is still seen at some places such as hilly Motomachi district near Yamashita Park.
On the same boats you can see a very familiar names to japanese yamashita park moto mochi and the chinatown this is a station for the east coast station the one of the starting places to enjoy the city of yokohama old traditional city of yokohama if you take a walk towards that way
You can go through the popular shopping street this is the gate to enter italian garden so-called this guardian has a house of diplomats we’re at hilly part of hilly side of moto machi right next to the bay of yokohama when yokohama opened to the outside countries in 1858 the traders diplomats military personnel
Started settled at this part of yokohama why this garden or park it’s called the italian garden park is that february period in the 1880s the italian embassy located here this is a bluff 18th house used to be the residence for foreign century also is the residence of the christian church people
Western style two stories building dining room looks like a living room step yeah you can see part of the park through the window here so this place belongs to christian organization until recently now of the public as a kind of museum this bluff 18 has survived the earthquake and
Yeah bombing in toward the end of world war ii there are numerous western style houses still remain on the hilly side of motomachi but now this house has some diplomats to be called it’s not original the house located here this house was transferred from shibuya na pedai is
This part of the house is the entrance hall which is a name of the diplomat so he was assigned to united states general counsel of new york also he was ambassador to turkey architect of this house is america built here at nampe dai in shibuya in 1910 and transfer to
This part of yokohama the 1990s the numerous wisconsin houses still remain at this point but this one alone is transferred from reservoir metaphor rabbit western this was in progress ever since yokohama opened to the international arena the architect for this house of diplomat the jm gardener he came to japan from united states
To teach english at schools but he had ex-ordinary talent to design houses like that from here because this is the hillside you can enjoy the view of central park center district of the city of yokohama you can see the residences here many nice houses this area called yamanote the hill side another expensive
Residential district of the city of yokohama upperclass residencies along yamanote hondurai avenue no not actually street you see lots of western style housings and numerous schools this is high school private ones belonging to private university called the chivo university and many churches lots of churches here uh yamanote district sacred heart cathedral
This is a catholic church this is the entrance to sacred heart women’s university belong to the sacred heart church this is yamanote park for neighbors this park has lots of up and downs a nice place surrounded by so many houses but here you can listen to the birds very quiet park
In the middle of yamanote district this slow monument indicated there here it’s a birthplace of tennis in japan the tennis was introduced in 1870 just the third year after wage restoration for the recreation for the non-japanese residents the tennis court is a part of yamanote park this park is the first
Western style park made in japan 1870 by the weakest of the western residents this year it’s about 140th anniversary actually last year 140th anniversary of the yamanote park this is preserved as yamanote 68th house today used for the office of tennis club tennis you can hear
The voices and screams of boys and girls this is a elementary school run by elementary school nice atmosphere for residents and looks like a expensive house is this is the comfort corporate glove for nihon usa and touch nice place to live the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints actually this is the
Place for many non-japanese so this kind of charges all all kinds available he’s a union church yokohama this is a very cold built in 1930s by the british trader mr beric this building survived the war and after the war used as a boarding house this is inside the bag hole very spacey
This building said to be largest existent house designed by american architects he’s a mr barrick actually he went to canada after the war this building has used the boarding house for central joseph college right next to barrick hall is a house of elisma it’s a really small residence built here in 1926.
It’s a cafe upstairs of and these pictures of the restaurant style houses existent existing even today bathroom this is the main gate to tava school the women’s school from elementary to high school very well known school so this is the cemetery of catholic church right next to catholic church cemetery is the yokohama
Falling cemetery the foreigners cemetery all the names of people their bodies spirit rest in peace at this place ever since japan decided to open the country to wisdom powers in 1950s there are thousands of people died in japan so they are labias concentrated at this part of yokohama
Because the gaijin votes in japanese we are at the lookout point overviewing beobu yokohama and you see the skyline of city of yokohama a concentration of uh high-rise structures over there that is the central district of city of yokohama with the population three and a half millions yeah we are walking through
The very popular moto machi shopping storage quite unfortunate terrains even today’s a monday on a weekday there are many people so first now they are held inside the stores already christmas decoration started even though this is just just entered later november from mottomachi shopping street this other side of the river
Is one of eight intense gates chinatown in japan there are three chinatowns nagasaki kobe and this yokohama chinatown yokohama the biggest in japan this is the chinese temple then shrine chinese war hero or kanglu in japanese there are many parties with full of stores restaurants this is one of them paige increasing shanghai
Such one ran tong all kind of chinese resonance but things are available at this part of yogama would say 500 business 80s concentrated here this is a main kante yo temple to try and try the splits over 2000 years ago and i put three warning states
Now this is so it is the main street of chinatown some residents are very well known here in japan this is the eastern gate alternator this is a yokohama grand hotel beauty 1930s after the kanto earthquake very well known exclusive hotel in yokohama marine tower just survived 100 ridges and
The ship crossed the pacific ocean about 250 times now is here we are at yamashita park you see long pier there is a grand pier of yokohama for international cruises in front of the center of yoga business district that building is a tourist building here in japan just below 300 meters the observatory
At 69th floor about 275 meters to enjoy grandiose view of the city of yokohama