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 Yokohama Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
October 15, 1928 Becoming the third generation, the current Yokohama Station opened for business in a location that is on the northern side of the second generation station, and this is also where it currently operates.
February 1, 2004 Yokohama High-Speed Rail Minato Mirai 21 Line was connected to the Yokohama Station.
August 15, 1915 In order to avoid a pass through at Tokaido Main Line's Yokohama Station, a station was opened nearby the present day Takashima Station and became the second generation Yokohama Station.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yokohama_Station   (1260 words)

  
 Yokohama, Japan
It grew in significance as a port when, in 1872, the first railroad in Japan connected Yokohama with Shimbashi in Tokyo and in 1889 it was constituted as a city with an area of 5.5 square kilometers and a population of 116,193.
Yokohama was practically obliterated by the seismic shocks, the devastating fires that swept through the city, and the tsunami tidal wave that followed.
Yokohama has continued to grow ever since, despite two major disasters; one natural and one induced by man. On September 1, 1923, the Kanto Plain was hit by a major earthquake, measuring 7.9 in magnitude on the Japanese scale.
worldfacts.us /Japan-Yokohama.htm   (1430 words)

  
 UrbanRail.Net > Asia > Japan > YOKOHAMA Subway
Yokohama has 3.4 million inhabitants (second largest city in Japan) and is situated on the south-western shore of the Tokyo Bay, only 30 km from Central Tokyo.
4 Sept. 1976- to Kaminagaya (2.8km) and to Yokohama (3.5km)
In spite of the high population, Yokohama has only one real subway line which is complemented by several local railways which offer a dense rail network also within the city (especially the Sotetsu and the Keikyu Lines).
www.urbanrail.net /as/yoko/yokohama.htm   (459 words)

  
 Tokyo : Yokohama
Although Yokohama Station is the city's main train station, I suggest taking a train from Tokyo that will deposit you directly at Sakuragicho or Kannai stations in Yokohama, since most attractions are clustered here.
Sakuragicho Station is the first stop from Yokohama Station by train (2nd by subway), Kannai the second.
Yokohama subsequently grew by leaps and bounds, and was a pioneer when it came to Western goods and services, boasting Japan's first bakery (1860), photo studio (1862), telephone (1869), beer brewery (1869), cinema (1870), daily newspaper (1870), public restroom (1871), and ice cream (1879).
www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=85&catID=0085020379   (3051 words)

  
 Yokohama - Wikitravel
Yokohama is located only half an hour away from Tokyo, and effectively forms a part of the giant conurbation.
The Minato Mirai 21 subway line from Yokohama station down the harborfront to Chinatown is the best method of accessing the main tourist haunts.
However, it is the route of choice if coming from stations east of Tokyo on the Sobu Rapid line, such as Tsudanuma and Chiba, as most of these trains continue onto the Yokosuka line.
wikitravel.org /en/Yokohama   (1158 words)

  
 Yokohama Tours
The area around the station was Yokohamas premier commercial district when Minato Mirai 21 was just a gleam in an architects eye, and it continues to be a shoppers heaven.
Yokohama is one Japans most important international ports, and with a population of 3.4 million, the nations second largest city.
Kamakura Station has a fleet of tour buses parked outside to take you to the many sites in the area, although the station is only a short walk from famous Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
home.carolina.rr.com /wormold/Yokohama-3.htm   (1336 words)

  
 simon in japan
Just south of Yokohama station is Sakuragi-cho which is the gateway to the main sights of the city.
Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa prefecture (which also includes Kamakura, Yokosuka, Hakone and Yugawara among many other interesting places) and there is a fair opposition to Tokyoites as the city is proud of its separate heritage.
The newest addition to Yokohama which is positioning itself as a city of the future, is Minato Mirai 21 (21st Century Port of the Future) which is built on 200 hectares of reclaimed land and unused dockspace and still not fully completed.
homepage.mac.com /simoncjohn/sagada/places/yokohama.html   (1292 words)

  
 Sports Venue Technology - Yokohama World Cup Stadium, Japan
The city’s stadium is located 6km from the centre of the city and a short walk from both the Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR Shinkansen/Yokohama Line and from Shin-Yokohama Kita Station on the Metropolitan Subway.
Yokohama is Japan's second largest city after Tokyo, in the Kanagawa Prefecture.
Yokohama Stadium is one of the few stadiums in Korea and Japan that was not built specifically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™.
www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/yokohama   (876 words)

  
 CWGC :: Cemetery Details
The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line, but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.
Yokohama War Cemetery is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokaido highway.
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY was constructed by the Australian War Graves Group after the Second World War and contains the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who died in Japan as prisoners of war or with the occupying forces after the war.
www.cwgc.org /cwgcinternet/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=49433&mode=1   (438 words)

  
 Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel Hotel, Japan Hotel Directory
The Yokohama City Air Terminal, YCAY is located on the other side of the station, where you can catch the airport limousine to the Narita International Airport.
This hotel is located in front of Yokohama Station, only a minute walk from the west exit of the station.
Room Information : All standard rooms are large in size, provide with modern d??cor and the breathtaking views of Yokohama through large windows.
www.worldbookers.com /Asia/Japan/Yokohama/Yokohama_Bay_Sheraton_Hotel_13688.html   (477 words)

  
 Yokohama ... 30 minute train ride from Tokyo : SF Red Book
Yokohama - west side of the station -- after you've been blown a couple of times, go across the river.
Yokohama - hinodecho station - walk under the overhead tracks for about 200 yards.
Yokohama - west side of the station -- walk along Okadaya.
forum.myredbook.com /dcforum2/intl/97.html   (287 words)

  
 Football Stadiums in Japan: Mitsuzawa Stadium
Mitsuzawa Stadium is easiest to reach by bus, from the main JR Yokohama station, on the JR Tokaido line.
The stadium is also located about a 15 minute walk from Mitsuzawa Kamimachi station on the Yokohama Number 3 subway line.
Since it is soccer only, the stadium is even used on occasion by the Yokohama Marinos, especially for cup matches which figure to attract a small crowd.
www.wldcup.com /Asia/stadia/mitsuzawa.html   (315 words)

  
 Sotetsu Main Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It connects Yokohama Station via Yamato Station to Ebina Station.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sotetsu_Main_Line   (81 words)

  
 Marimari.com : Japan - Southwest of Tokyo
Located northeast of Kannai station, Yamashita-koen is Yokohama's sightseeing area, with Yamashita-koen Park located at the heart of it.
Yokohama is the largest port and second largest city in Japan, with a population of over 3.22 million.
Located around the Tower are a few other exceptional attractions such as the Yokohama Maritime Museum, the Yokohama Museum of Art, which is dedicated to modern art, and the Yokohama Cosmo World, an amusement park with the world's largest Ferris wheel.
www.marimari.com /content/japan/popular_places/vicinity/southwest1.html   (561 words)

  
 Welcome Ireland from a subway station in Yokohama
Each station displays things related to each entry of the World Cup, like national flag, profile of the country and the football team, and the welcome messages from the children in Yokohama.
32 STATIONS OF THE YOKOHAMA MUNICIPAL SUBWAY WELCOME THE 32 ENTRIES OF FIFA WORLD CUP.
Yokohama is the place where Lafcadio Hearn first arrived in Japan and spent until he became an English teacher of Matsue.
www.lafcadiohearn.jp /misc/worldcup.html   (261 words)

  
 Shin-Yokohama Station - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
In addition to being a part of residential urban sprawl from Tokyo than Yokohama, from 1980s many small to mid-size offices including computer software locate near the station thanks to increased stops of Hikari and Nozomi Tokaido Shinkansen services.
Shin-Yokohama Station (新横浜駅; Shin-Yokohama Eki) is a train station in Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
It is located on the Tokaido Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, and Yokohama City Subway Line 3.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Shin-Yokohama_Station   (135 words)

  
 First Hydrogen Filling Station in Yokohama
The opening of the Yokohama filling station comes a day after it was revealed that DaimlerChrysler will allot ten fuel cell vehicles to the Japanese market in 2003, one sixth of the fleet of sixty vehicles that it will release this year.
A hydrogen filling station designed to refuel fuel cell vehicles has begun operating in Yokohama, Japan.
The facility is the first of five hydrogen filling stations that Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to set up in conjunction with private companies.
www.fuelcellscanada.ca /Industry%20news/fillingjapan.html   (349 words)

  
 Hotels in Yokohama, Japan
Narita Express is available from Narita Airport to Yokohama Station (90 mins) from Yokohama Station to Isogo Station is 15 mins by JR Neigishi line.
Location: Yokohama Excel Hotel Tokyu sits conveniently in the heart of downtown Yokohama with easy access to the Yokohama Station (only minutes walk from west exit of Yokohama Sta.), both the Shuto Expressway Kanagawa 2 and Dai-ni Keihin (Route 1) expressway and the harbour.
Sakuragicho Station is a 5-minute walk, and Yokohama Station is 5 minutes drive away.
athensohio.net /online-hotel-reservations/Japan/Yokohama   (917 words)

  
 Yokohama Day & Night
If you get out of Gaspanic at a decent hour or if you just happen to be there, Yokohama Station also has a nice little bar scene with about five active bars and pubs, nearly all of them in the Minami Saiwai area just off from the west exit of JR Yokohama Station.
Yokohama is the place where old meets new and the east meets west.
For a fee of ยด1,000 you can ascend to the 69th floor and see the view of Yokohama from the tallest building in Japan, which is the new symbol of Yokohama.
www.japantraveler.com /issues/0005/yokohama.html   (1701 words)

  
 World Cup 2002 Japan Venues & Stadiums
From central Yokohama to the International Stadium in Yokohama is 15 minutes by JR Yokohama Line or the municipal subway from Sakuragicho Station to Shin-Yokohama Station followed by a quarter of an hour walk to the stadium.
Bus From Narita Airport (Tokyo) 90 minutes by airport "limousine bus" to either Yokohama City Air Terminal (YCAT) or the Minato Mirai 21 district.
Train From Narita Airport Station (Tokyo) 85 minutes by JR Narita Express, or 2 hours by JR Sobu Honsen Line's Airport Narita train to Yokohama Station.
www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/archives/wc2002/fo/jv.html   (1544 words)

  
 Bookstores in Tokyo Suburbs, Yokohama and Kawasaki
Last Change: 10 May 2005 Note: the Tokyo area comes in four files: (1) Jimbocho and Hongo (2) Central Tokyo (inside Yamanote Line, excluding (1)) (3) Western Tokyo Suburbs, Saitama, Kawasaki and Yokohama (this file) (4) Eastern Tokyo Suburbs and Tsukuba A common subject index is on the end of the Central Tokyo file.
Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 (Sakuragicho): -------------- JR sky-blue trains (usually called "Keihin-Tohoku Line", but "Negishi Line" is geographically precise) and Yokohama Subway trains serve Sakuragicho.
Minazuki Shobo (3-6-20 Higashi-Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164_0003; Northwest of JR Higashi-Nakano Station, in Ginza-dori Arcade.
www.geocities.com /Athens/4824/jp-hama.htm   (5408 words)

  
 Ryan's Home Page
At the Yokohama station, I was totally lost, but kept walking anyway, and happened to go more or less straight to the hotel (the Yokohama Tokyu hotel) located just outside of the station).
station, I was having a little trouble figuring out which train to take, and in which direction.
After I was frozen solid and hungry, I went back to a little standing-room-only restaurant by the station.
www.rseghers.name /Japan2001/japanTrip2001.htm   (2922 words)

  
 Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 and Landmark Tower
The most centrally located station is Minato Mirai Station on the Minato Mirai Line, two stations from Yokohama Station.
It is a futuristic, new city area in Central Yokohama consisting of office and residential space, hotels, shopping centers, restaurants, convention centers and public parks.
Pacifico Yokohama is one of the world's largest convention centers, located a few hundred meters from the Landmark Tower.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e3200.html   (263 words)

  
 Moog Inc.: Directions to Moog Japan
When you arrive at Yokohama Station, change the platform to No.3 and take a light blue color train to Sakuragicyo where is the next station from Yokohama.
Take the NEX to Yokohama Station and change the platform to No. 5 and 6; any trains from these platforms can take you to Hiratsuka Station.
When you arrive at Hiratsuka station, you take the exit at the backward position of the train (there is another exit at the forward position of the train, but please be careful not to take this exit).
www.moog.com /Worldwide/Japan/Directions   (642 words)

  
 YOKOHAMA TOKYU HOTEL - Asia Travel Reservation
Yokohama evokes a sense of nostalgia tinged with romance.
For a good night's rest, Yokohama Tokyu's rooms are spacious and fully equipped with the full complement of amenities.
The hotel commands magnificent views of the harbour and Mount Fuji, and it is conveniently located in the heart of historic Yokohama city.
www.asiatravel.com /japan/prepaid/tokyo_vicinity/yokohama_tokyu   (370 words)

  
 Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum - bento.com
Parking is available, and it's only a 3-minute walk from the JR Shin-Yokohama bullet train station.
Japan is a country filled with ramen fans, ramen connoisseurs, and certifiable ramen maniacs, and now the city of Yokohama has opened an entire museum devoted to the ubiquitous Chinese noodle.
Sunday evenings seem to be the most crowded, with a 20-minute wait at the most popular noodle shops; other times of the week are far less congested.
www.bento.com /phgal3.html   (743 words)

  
 EPCOS How to Find Us
It is a 3 minutes walk from North exit of JR Shin-Yokohama station or 15 minutes from JR Yokohama station by taxi.
From Osaka area, the Shinkansen, a bullet train, is the most convenient train and some Shinkansen stops at Shin-Yokohama station.
On arrival at New Tokyo International Airport/Narita we recommend to use public transportation.Most convenient way is to take limousine bus to YCAT, Yokohama City Air Terminal, and then take taxi to our office.
www.epcos.com /web/generator/Web/Sections/HowToFindUs/Japan/Yokohama/Page,templateId=render,locale=en,sort=,contentId=-1,principals=epcos_21none_21_20_21_20.html   (208 words)

  
 JALTOUR ONLINE > Rail Package
Depart from Narita Airport Station on board the Narita Express to Yokohama Station (Approx.
Standing opposite Yamashita Park and with a view of the whole Yokohama Port, this hotel was once the temporary home of General MacArthur.
Your train tickets are only valid for the stations and trains shown on the tickets.
www.jaltour.co.uk /c-railpack/yokohama.html   (244 words)

  
 Yokohama Accommodation Guide
The most representative sightseeing areas in Yokohama with a lovely view of Yokohama Port, ships going in and out and seagulls flying over.
This is the area that is full of Yokohama's unique exotic charms.
You can get a very good feel of Yokohama's history and culture not only through the Opening of Civilization or Harbor Town but through many attractive aspects of this area.
www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp /eng/tourism/hotel   (345 words)

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