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 Yokohama(Kanagawa) Sightseeing Spots and Map
Just to the east of the Landmark Tower in Yokohama's Minato Mirai 21 district, Queen's Square is another mega complex with office and commercial space, galleries, a concert hall and the Pan Pacific Hotel Yokohama.
Municipal Bus #8, 11, 20 58, 125 from Sakuragi-cho to Chukagai Iriguchi (the entrance to Chinatown)
The exhibits are organized into 5 eras, beginning with the stone age and progressing through the first military government in Kamakura in 1192 to the opening of the port in 1859, and on to the modern era.
www.infomapjapan.com /sight_Yokohama.phtml   (2481 words)

  
 INVEST KANAGAWA
Districts other than the residential districts(limited to "Keihin District" and "Minato Mirai 21 district" in area of the designated cities.
Overseas offices of Kanagawa Prefecture overseas (Investment Promotion Headquarters) provide consultation and other services to foreign companies investing in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Kanagawa Prefecture's business environment is publicized to foreign companies and various business organizations through investment seminars and visits.
www.pref.kanagawa.jp /osirase/sangyo/invest_k/en/contents-04.html   (866 words)

  
 Yokohama travel guide - Wikitravel
Located on the western coast of Tokyo Bay directly south of Tokyo, Yokohama (横浜) is the second largest city in Japan and one of the cities most used to seeing foreigners.
Naka Ward Office provides webpage and free tourist maps in English.
Located southeast of Naka ward, this is a traditional style of park and known as Teien (lit.
wikitravel.org /en/Yokohama   (2949 words)

  
 Report of Diane Merriam
In Kanagawa Prefecture there are only 16 licensed breweries, and of those 16, only 12 actually produce it there.
The Kanagawa Shinbun of February 1, 2000 announced the formation of a new organization devoted to tasting and enjoying local sake.
Yamane, the General Director of the YMCA explained that the purpose was to appreciate Kanagawa's culture through sake and to develop the local industry.
www.k-i-a.or.jp /kokusai/jigyou/english-lesson/ts-report/d-report/d-report.htm   (15782 words)

  
 JAANUS / daidokoro 台所
The latter generally had an open hearth irori, cut into the floor and was used for food preparation, dining, and as a place for sedentary work, especially in winter.
4 In vernacular houses minka, of the Edo period in many districts, a term for the main living room *hiroma 広間, which extended the full cross-sectional depth of the building from front to back, in hiroma-style, *hiromagata 広間型, houses.
In certain districts it contained an open hearth irori, though rarely in the Kinki district, where the four-room house first emerged as a common minka type.
www.aisf.or.jp /~jaanus/deta/d/daidokoro.htm   (544 words)

  
 JETRO 日本貿易振興機構
Kanagawa Prefecture is one of the nation's most educated prefectures; 51.7 percent of its students go on to attend university, and there are over 200,000 students at the junior college level and above.
In Kanagawa, modern progress is blended with history and urban environments are blended with nature, forming an environment that provides satisfaction for foreign businesses in every aspect including business, housing, education, medical care and recreation.
The Kanagawa Industrial Technology Center has been established as a central organization for regional technological development and research, bringing together four of the prefecture's industrial testing laboratories to improve the research and development capabilities of small and midsize companies while strengthening their business structures and facilitating transitions.
www.jetro.go.jp /en/invest/region/kanagawa/basic.htm   (3201 words)

  
 日本吉 - NIPPON-KICHI
Aoyama Plateau is located near the town of Aoyama in Naka, Mie prefecture.
It is a prairie some 800m above sea level and stretches 15km from north to south.
The plateau is in the middle of the Murou-Akame-Aoyama National Park, and covers the Nunobiki mountain district with Mt. Kasatori as its main mountain.
nippon-kichi.jp /article_list.do?kwd=2627&ml_lang=en   (1291 words)

  
 Yokohama: Encyclopedia II - Yokohama - History
Yokohama was designated as a foreign port instead of Kanagawa, which the Tokugawa shogunate feared was too close to the Tokaido, a strategic highway connect...
Yokohama was designated as a foreign port instead of Kanagawa, which the Tokugawa shogunate feared was too close to the Tokaido, a strategic highway connecting Edo to Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka.
Foreigners occupied a district of the city called 'Kannai' ("inside the barrier"), which was surrounded by a moat.
www.experiencefestival.com /a/Yokohama_-_History/id/1958036   (649 words)

  
 Interesting Tidbits of Yokohama[History of Yokohama]
In the early 19th century as the population increased Kanagawa became as important as a town as Odawara (a castle town).
In 1854(Ansei 1), the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity (Treaty of Kanagawa) was signed by representatives, Mr.
The Japanese zone was divided into five districts called Yokohama-cho which was controlled by a senior statesman of the Shogunate Government (sotoshiyori) and each district was controlled by a local official (nanushi).
www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp /eng/tourism/mame/a1000.html   (831 words)

  
 Boka hotell i Yokohama - Resfeber.se
The hotel is on the best location for sightseeing in Yokohama, facing the bay of Yokohama overlooking Yamashita Park, between Motomachi and Minato-Mirai district.
The luxury hotel is ideally situated in the heart Yokohama's new international commerce and entertainment center, the Minato Mirai 21.
The hotel is located on the edge of Yokohama Chinatown, one of the famous places for gourmets from around the globe.
www.resfeber.se /hotell-Japan/hotell-Yokohama/810126   (376 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Shinto - 5. Rites and Festivals: Individual Shrine Observances
A rite held on July 15 at Samukawa Shrine (Samukawa jinja) in Samukawa Town, Kōzaku District, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Legend has it that this rite began in 1839 when the fisherman of Chigasaki rescued the sacred form of the divinity (shintai) that had been carried awa...
A festival on September 4–5 at Suwa Shrine in Yamanakako Village, Minami-Tsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture.
eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp /modules/xwords/category.php?categoryID=21&start=20   (956 words)

  
 Green Gables: Fujino--Fujino History
As a result, that road, later to be known as the Kôshû Kaidô had the role of carrying commerce, taxes and culture between the capital region (Kyoto) and the eastern provinces, although the district was still considered on the frontier, and the concept of a "major" road must be taken with a grain of salt.
As a result, the area is said to have witnessed numerous fights, including several pitched battles around the crucial passage of the Kozaru Bridge, (predecessor of today's Yoshino Bridge in the Yoshino district), which crossed the Sawai River and served as an important point of passage along the Kôshû Kaidô.
he overall length of the road from Nihonbashi in Edo to Shimo-Suwa was said to be 53 ri, or about 208 km, and the Yoshino post town (the Yoshino district of present-day Fujino) lay precisely in the middle of the main Edo-Kôfu stretch of the road, 18 ri from Edo and 18 from Kôfu.
www2.gol.com /users/nhavens/htmlfile/hist-e.html   (1056 words)

  
 Hiroshima Castle | Hiroshima - JAPANiCAN
We are situated at only 3 minutes on foot from JR Hiroshima Station and have access to public transportation.
Transport is made easy and convenient with a limousine bus to the airport from the front of the hotel, and a tram running from the station's south exit to the shopping district.
The hotel is located by Kyobashi River, conveniently 5 minutes walk to the shopping districts Nagarekawa, and Hacchobori, a suitable place for business or sightseeing.
www.japanican.com /japaninfo/Detail.aspx?BookID=A4204140&category=S   (942 words)

  
 Japan Info - Living in Japan - Working in Japan - Japan Jobs - - Japan Apartments - Japan Classifieds - Japan Forums
The minimum fare for taxi rides in Tokyo and Kanagawa was increased for the first time in a decade on Monday, from 660 yen to 710 yen.
The hike is aimed at improving the labor conditions of taxi drivers as well as making up for the rise in fuel prices.
The base fare was raised in Tokyo's 23 wards, Musashino and Mitaka cities and the Tama district, as well as Yokohama and Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, for the first time since 1997 following the consumption tax hike.
www.gaijinpot.com /read_news.php?id=13867&time=   (385 words)

  
 HOT NEWS -KANAGAWA NOW JAPAN
The central shopping district in Hiratsuka City will be covered in gorgeous, colorful decorations strung from bamboo branches.
Kanagawa Yamato Awa Oodori Dance : July 27 (Fri) to July 29 (Sun)
There will be a small festival on Friday the 27th, the night before the main events.
www.kanagawa-kankou.or.jp /english/hotnews/200707.html   (833 words)

  
 Tokyo : Side Trips : Yokohama | Frommers.com
Next door to the Convention and Visitors Bureau, in the Silk Center, is the Kanagawa Prefectural Tourist Office (tel.
If you start your day in Yokohama at either Sakuragicho or Minato Mirai Station, you can visit the museums and attractions there and then walk onward to Yamashita Park via a waterfront promenade (about a 30-min.
This restored waterfront warehouse is home to dozens of shops selling crafts, furniture, housewares, clothing, and jewelry, as well as restaurants, with most shops open daily 11am to 8pm.
www.frommers.com /destinations/tokyo/0085020379.html   (2818 words)

  
 WEB att.JAPAN - Japan Travel Guide - Tourist Information - Chubu Region - Gifu Prefecture - Takayama City
This boosted the status of Takayama and it was once the largest town in the district.
Hida-no-Sato is located at the foot of Mt. Matsukurayama to the west of Takayama City and takes approximately 10 minutes from JR Takayama Station by bus.
Four of the houses, the Wakayama house in Shokawa village and the Taguchi house in Kanayama town being two, are important cultural assets and represent the Hida villages of yore.
www.att-japan.net /modules/tinyd0/rewrite/tc_26.html   (1874 words)

  
 Cheap Calls to Japan - 2p/min - Call Japan - International Phone Calls - DialToSave
We can provide you with cheap calls by bypassing more expensive providers such as BT when connecting your call and instead using a combination of internet and telephone services.
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 JETRO 日本貿易振興機構
The fully furnished offices help a company to do business from day one, and its bilingual secretaries at the reception take care of phone calls and mails, make travel arrangements, etc. Fees for bilingual administrative services, access to meeting rooms, and audio-and video-conferencing studios are included in the office rent.
Since there is immediate access not only to the Shinkansen but also by shuttle bus to Haneda airport, Shin-Yokohama district is recognized to be an ideal location for the nationwide development of business.
Taking advantage of this district's excellent urban environment, including its port, modern architecture, and stylish restaurants, there are many creators producing Internet-related digital contents, etc. in the Kannai-Yamashita district, which has been a leading business zone ever since the opening of the port of Yokohama.
www.jetro.go.jp /en/invest/region/yokohama-city/basic.htm   (2478 words)

  
 Redevelopment of Zonohana District : Creative City Yokohama - City of Yokohama -
Looking out to sea from the Yamashita Rinkosen Promenade linking Aka-Renga Park and Yamashita Park in the Zonohana district, one can see the pier stretching leftwards from the base of the Yokohama International Passenger Terminal.
As a symbolic project to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Port of Yokohama in 2009, the Zonohana district, which is where the port originated, will be redeveloped to create a symbolic space that acts as a bridge between Yokohama's past and future.
At the same time, creative functions will be clustered together to make the entire area around the Zonohana district into an international zone of culture, tourism, and interaction that is representative of Yokohama and a hub of the National Art Park Plan.
www.city.yokohama.jp /me/keiei/kaikou/souzou/en/project/artpark/trunk.html   (167 words)

  
 WEB att.JAPAN - Japan Travel Guide - Tourist Information - kanto Region - Kanagawa Prefecture - Yokohama City
From Kannai Station in the Naka-ku district are quite a variety of museums.
Parked up close right there on the pier is the famous Hikawa-Maru, a luxury passenger ship from the 30's inside which is a restaurant.
Right behind you is the Marine Tower jutting high above the Naka-ku district's buildings of old architecture.
www.att-japan.net /modules/tinyd0/rewrite/tc_28.html   (1077 words)

  
 The Yamate Walk -- A Tour of Yokohama's European-Style Buildings
Wishing to minimize contact between these foreigners and Japanese citizens, the government of the time established a separate settlement, and foreigners were permitted to reside only within its walls.
However, with the increasing number of foreigners in Yokohama, the settlement became very crowded, and the government eventually granted permission for Yokohama's foreign residents to live in the Yamate district.
From there you will walk up to Yamate Bluff, take a tour of the various buildings there, walk to Minato no Mieru Oka ("Harbor View Hill") Park, and then return to Ishikawacho Station.
www.yoke.or.jp /articles/0301/01.html   (839 words)

  
 Tokyo Weekender - Feature - Yokohama Guide
There is Motomachi, a fashionable shopping district with more character than your Omotesando or Roppongi Hills.
Thirty-plus years as Japan’s top horishi tattoo artist (doing it by hand) has seen Yoshihito amass a huge collection of art and tools from Japan and abroad.
Once Yokohama opened its ports to foreign trade, Chinatown quickly followed—becoming the favored residence for the Chinese traders arriving in droves.
www.weekender.co.jp /new/031107/feature-yokohama.html   (1184 words)

  
 Tokyo - British Airways
Head to high-rise Shibuya district for full immersion into Tokyo's hustle and bustle.
The main crossroads defy logic as hundreds of people simultaneously cross at opposing angles without bumping into each other.
Take the JR Yamanote train line south to tree-lined Omotesando boulevard for designer boutiques, or join Tokyo teenagers in Harajuku district for more cutting-edge looks.
www.britishairways.com /travel/tokyo/public/en_gb   (567 words)

  
 Home Page of Odawara-Naka Rotary
Our club,RotaryClub of Odawara Naka,was founded in April 17,1980 sponsored by Rotary Club of Odawara.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi(one of the powerful Lords in Japan in 16th century), who had an ambition to conquer Kanto District(Tokyo Area), attempted to invade Odawara.
The symbols of Odawara Naka Rotary Club are the Odawara Castle, standing in the unpolluted clear sky, which foot is washed by the ocean of Sagami Bay, and the Plum blossom of Odawara City's flower.
www.naka-club.org /indexe.html   (96 words)

  
 国際結婚に関する事なら −How to Apply for Permanent Residence Status in Japan−
Senshu-kuko Naka 1 banchi, Tajiri-cho, Sennnan-gun, Osaka Pref.
Naha District Immigration Office 1-15-15 Hikawa, Naha City, Okinawa Pref.
To respond to entry and stay related inquiries from foreign nationals and persons involved, the Immigration Bureau has set up “Foreign Residents Information Center” at Regional Immigration Bureaus and District Offices of Sendai, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima and Fukuoka.
www.itn-wedding.com /about/english/residence.html   (1777 words)

  
 Soho's
In Seiryumon Minatomirai you'll dine in a space that duplicates the underground living of the forgotten foreigners' district.
Behind the dimly lit entrance, you will see an underground tunnel leading to the back.
Seiryumon MM can accommodate a range of parties (the max capacity is 30).
www.soho-s.co.jp /english/seiryumon/yokohama_fs.html   (124 words)

  
 information centers main
The Immigration Bureau has established the "Foreign Residents Information Center" to inform and advice foreign nationals.
These centers are located at Regional Immigration bureaus and District Offices of Sendai, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka.
Information concerning procedures for entry and stay for foreign nationals is given over the phone or by direct visit in various languages including English, Korean, Chinese and Spanish.
www.immi-moj.go.jp /english/info/i_main.html   (370 words)

  
 Visit Japan Campaign | Replica Foods
It was a shot of a pale block of tofu!
The heart of the replica food world is the wholesale shopping district of Kappabashi in northeast Tokyo.
Here various stores peddle nothing but imitation goodies for restaurants across the land and around the world.
www.japanwelcomesyou.com /cssweb/display.cfm?sid=1245   (1078 words)

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