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Yokohama

Yokohama

About Yokohama

3,732,616 in city
35,200,000 in metro
437 km² (169 mi²)
1 m
Now Japan's second largest city, a bustling metropolis with a thriving port and a stunning waterfront, Yokohama was largely insignificant until the middle of the nineteenth century. The immediate area has been populated for centuries, with many historical sites remaining from the Yayoi Period (300BC to 300AD) and the Kamakura Shogunate (1192 to 1333). But modern Yokohama remained a small fishing village until the 1850s, when in 1855 international trade rights for foreign vessels were transferred there. In 1872, Japan's first railroad was built to connect Yokohama with Shimbashi in Tokyo, reinforcing a growth that would transform this small village into a port city of 3 million in just over a century. Today's Yokohama boasts one of the world's most stunning high-rise waterfronts, with Japan's tallest building as its pinnacle. The city's skyline grew almost entirely during the 1990s, when a massive project known as Minato Mirai 21 regenerated the dock area of Nishi-ku. The project is still continuing, with residential towers now joining the office and hotel towers built over the last decade.

Zones

Minato Mirai 21 (22), New City Higashi Totsuka (9), Yokohama Portside (6)

Boroughs

Aoba-ku (3), Asahi-ku (1), Hodogaya-ku (7), Isogo-ku (2), Izumi-ku (4), Kanagawa-ku (31), Kanazawa-ku (9), Kohoku-ku (7), Konan-ku (2), Midori-ku (8), Minami-ku (6), Naka-ku (48), Nishi-ku (33), Sakae-ku (21), Totsuka-ku (24), Tsurumi-ku (3), Tsuzuki-ku (32)

Metro Cities

Abiko, Ageo, Akiruno, Akishima, Asaka, Atsugi, Chiba, Chofu, Ebina, Fuchu, Fujimi, Fujisawa, Funabashi, Fussa, Hachioji, Hamura, Hatogaya, Higashikurume, Higashimurayama, Higashiyamato, Hino, Ichikawa, Inagi, Iruma, Kamakura, Kawagoe, Kawaguchi, Kawasaki, Kiyose, Kodaira, Koganei, Kokubunji, Komae, Koshigaya, Kunitachi, Machida, Matsudo, Misato, Mitaka, Musashimurayama, Musashino, Narashino, Narita, Niiza, Nishi-Tokyo, Ōi, Ōme, Sagamihara, Saitama, Sakado, Sayama, Shibayama, Shiki, Sōka, Tachikawa, Tama, Toda, Tokorozawa, Tokyo, Urayasu, Wako, Yamato, Yashio, Yokohama, Yokosuka

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
533 All Buildings
488
existing
12
under construction
17
planned
5
unbuilt
11
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Yokohama Landmark Tower 972 ft 1993
2 The Tower Yokohama Kitanaka 656 ft 2020
3 Queen's Tower A 564 ft 1995
4 Yokohama Diamond Building 513 ft 2009
5 Yokohama City Hall 510 ft 2020

Building types

No. Type
252 high-rise building
198 low-rise building
65 skyscraper
4 industrial framework
3 stadium
3 ferris wheel
2 telecommunications tower
2 temple
1 chimney
1 roller coaster
1 lighthouse
1 cooling tower

Other buildings

No. Type
2 Famous buildings
5 Buildings with construction images