YOKOHAMA Picturesque Port City: Ep. 56 Ultimate World Cruise| BZ Travel

Join us in Episode 56 of BZ Travel’s Ultimate World Cruise as we discover the captivating city of Yokohama, Japan. Often overshadowed by its bustling neighbor Tokyo, Yokohama offers a refreshing blend of scenic beauty and serene city life, making it a true hidden gem on Japan’s coast.

Our journey begins with a picturesque walk along the harbor, where we’re greeted by the local Sunday morning vibes—joggers, food courts, and families enjoying the waterfront. Yokohama’s clean and orderly atmosphere is immediately noticeable, with spotless public spaces that reflect the city’s meticulous nature.

As we explore further, we find ourselves on the Marine Walk, an elevated pedestrian path that provides stunning views of the cityscape. This walkway, complete with escalators and elevators, allows us to effortlessly traverse the city from above, offering unique perspectives of the urban layout and its integration with nature.

One of the highlights of our visit is the innovative use of public areas, like the communal barbecues set up in park-like settings, where locals can bring their charcoal and enjoy a picnic right by the water—a testament to Yokohama’s community-focused lifestyle.

Yokohama proves to be a less touristic yet equally fascinating destination compared to Tokyo, with its relaxed pace and beautiful waterfront that invites both locals and tourists to relax and take in the beauty. Whether you’re strolling through its clean streets or enjoying a leisurely day by the bay, Yokohama offers a peaceful yet vibrant atmosphere that is sure to charm.

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Yokohama
Japan it’s our second day in Yokohama
Port today we’re just going to explore
Yokohama it will be less people Tokyo is
crazy the amount of people there are
there just masses of people and uh last
night when we got back we walked to
Harbor and it was so nice here see what
that’s all about but
it looks like a jogging Club Sunday
morning that’s pretty
neat this walk just around the harbor by
the cruise port terminal is beautiful we
have all kinds of stuff going on of
course it’s Sunday so a lot of the
locals are out enjoying it but they have
food courts people
jogging it’s a nice spring
day along the Waterfront they have this
Marine walk and it goes right above the
street pedestrian
walk and we’re going to take that kind
of into town and explore a little bit
it’s really neat it goes all over the
city all over this this whole area you
can just walk above the streets the City
walk here has escalators going down
elevators going
up what we’re really seeing all over
Japan not just this port but all the
Japanese
ports extremely clean all the
windows inside and out of buses trams
you name it the windows are spotless
everything is spotless there’s no
garbage anywhere it’s really
remarkable they are very disciplined and
even on the tax
public transport everybody they wearing
white
gloves extremely nice
uniforms and the windows are spotless
can you believe this look at the windows
how spotless they are in and out on an
outdoor walkway on an outdoor walkway on
the
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streets we like it here we like the the
port area it’s not crowded it’s very
nice to walk around I think we it’s
because we like water we’re water people
like to be around the ocean the
sea big crowded cities are kind of
stressful I I am really surprised how
beautiful it is yeah it’s uh feels new
doesn’t it like the sidewalks everything
it feels really new the the
yeah they have a really nice Waterfront
look at over here they have barbecues
set up and you can just bring
your they’re charcoal type barbecues
Weber just bring your charcoal and have
a picnic
wow I’ve never seen a charcoal like
never seen the barbecu is provided
yeah you know it’s less touristic here I
think it’s more locals out yeah I like
it you know yeah look at this I love it
just a small yeah we’re just noticing
this building shaped like the bowle of a
ship and at the very top there’s a
statue really interesting this is
beautiful down
here you see there a fire forest you see
more more places with butter yeah look
at that and they have it underneath the
trees like you’re out in the countryside
yes Park like it’s they’re called the
fire fire
forest I like that’s neat picnic areas
yeah yeah Japanese style in that
Waterfront in the city they’ve got
lights you can come out at night too is
Coleman the city’s providing Coleman
covers I’ll be darn those would be
destroyed and and ripped off so fast in
most countries
you know the barbecues would have been
stolen long
ago wow look at this what a neat setting
huh wow oh gloves they providing a
charcoal even dream door they provide a
Charco mattress and white
gloves very
nice go
wow one of the things to do here is to
go to the cup noodles Museum it talks
about how they started the actual ramen
noodles and how it’s progressed over the
years to be able to cook it in a cup the
instant cup noodles that you see you
know I’m really pleasantly surprised how
meet this this
city
yeah the music park right here has an
incredible Ferris wheel takes an hour to
go around and they use it almost like a
clock which is really cool and
the the the the coaster it goes right
down into the water I guess they have it
go down into the ground the water is
really cool I was looking at that too
we’re not roller coaster people but if
you have kids who are into that Cosmo
world right here in yok
Yokohama just a couple blocks from the
cport terminal
and there’s a lot of beautiful cherry
trees out right
now this a huge Mall Go the whole
building it’s like how many
blocks the cars are really tinted like
tinted glass you you don’t you do not
need
sunglasses completely tinted and they’re
they call it an air cabin it’s beautiful
yeah it’s really nice nice I’m glad we
did it it was ,800 which for two people
round trip yeah like $15 round trip for
two people okay we’re on the we’re on
the Gondola we’re going across the
harbor and I believe it takes us over to
a park see and we’re going to find out
but they have a lot of neat tours from
here cherry blossoms are out all the
locals are out as a Sunday I think it I
heard it was one of their first really
nice warm spring days
look at the bike
trail this world quarters right there
it’s a huge shopping mall there’s maps
all over the place and sign so you don’t
get lost it’s
enormous we got round trip though
it’s another M here oh a lot of shopping
malls buses bus station here the red bus
goes all the way sidewalk and a sidewalk
has a walkway like it has a moving
walkway I mean we’re not in an airport
we’re on the sidewalk in the
street everything is so
modern shopping malls everywhere
I look at the sidewalks look at the
glass how do they clean it every day
they’re cleaning everything even on the
buildings
everywhere people were build building
inut
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workshop we have the whole street lined
with cherry blossom trees beautiful
they they sure like the amican Cure huh
likes them
too they are
nice what this is it’s water polo on
kayaks it looks like a lot of fun they
even have goalies on each end never seen
this
before the vending machines
here if you can figure out what to get
they’re pretty good want to share
something okay want to share you pick it
out and let’s see what he
picked he got the fruits what does it
say fruy craft boss all right let’s see
if it’s any good go ahead this whole
area used to be a dockyard well they
call it a dockyard garden now but it
used to be a whole area where they uh
built ships repaired ships right here is
a dry dog we’re looking at and they turn
it into a beautiful prominade like great
place for families to come on the
weekends uh everything modern and
beautiful mall after another mall after
another mall all these high-rise
buildings are full of malls shopping
malls some kind of a monument oh my
God keeps going and going
one of the nicest cities we’ve been to
ever yeah ever ever is the nicest yeah
man construction solid this
world maybe we should try these see
they’re Ste them steaming them right
there Shining
town you get different kinds of
feelings depends on what you
want we got the idea to go to Chinatown
which is about three blocks on the ship
and everybody’s here we were in a nice
peaceful part of the town and then
suddenly I got extremely
crowded well it’s because it’s one of
those tourist places they tell you
everybody to go
Chinatown and
Japan this Chinatown in Japan is popular
evidently holy cow we’re not going to
find anywhere to eat
here it’s crazy huh it’s
crazy I guess look you can’t even walk
through forget about trying to go to CH
of town especially on a Sunday on a
Sunday you got
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one
hi neat
shop wow
beautiful you see it’s they take it out
and
it squatting
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down noodles with shark
fin Sunday market this oh yeah Sunday
markets different kind of stuff
though Garden Shores look at that Circle
Garden
shorts that’s different all your tools
for your
garden you want to serve that white one
over
there I’ll give you a grand serve I
guess we got to walk this way anyway to
go to the
boat yeah like early in the morning when
we left and now everybody’s awake and
out beautiful white over
there like camping this is what they do
I guess yeah like camping and they bring
their own food looks like yeah a
picnic want to
share oh there’s birds you got to watch
out yeah look at the cruise terminal it
it it Blends in you can’t even know know
it’s there yes look people are walking
yeah it’s really neat grass
grass but this is amazing
now the tent the tent
Captain they’re all over look it over
there
too guess they don’t let them don’t mind
letting them do it when we left this
morning well it was like 10:30 it was
really quiet there was nobody out we
were like where is everybody thought it
was kind of a sleepy
town now you can hardly walk the streets
it’s so packed
everywhere Sunday
on a spring day the entire City’s out
walking the streets that’s what it used
to look like yeah wow they sure did
modernize it make it
nice the enchanting Skyline and
Waterfront of yokahama emerg like a
scene from a dreamy postcard
in a heartwarming display of hospitality
Yokohama throws us a farewell party that
captures the essence of its
Spirit crowds have gathered pulsating to
the rhythm of the music their glow
sticks waving in the air an incredible
warm send off that feels more like a
celebration of new friends than a good
boy goodbye
Yokohama you’ve stolen a piece of my
heart with your spectacular Vistas and
your jubilant
citizens I’m leaving but I carry a
promise to myself I will return until
then you remain cherished and un
Unforgettable in my
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memories now we’re heading to Shimizu
with the hope of clear weather so we can
see the iconic snowcapped Mount Fuji