Thursday, June 12, 2025

Yokohama

Yokohama is within the greater Tokyo area, and is considered as Japan's second city. I see Yokohama as replacing Nagasaki, that we visited in "Japan's Window On The World". Nagasaki was Japan's primary port when the country was mostly closed to the outside world, the only port where selected foreigners were allowed to trade. Yokohama has become the primary port since the change in that policy. These three images of the port area of Yokohama are from Google Earth.




Yokohama is also a popular brand of tires that is often seen in auto racing. Image from the Wikipedia article "Yokohama Rubber Company".


My image.


Many Chinese people came and opened businesses in Yokohama, and the result is an impressive Chinatown, in the downtown area near the docks. These six images are from Google Street View. The writing is mostly Chinese.







One of the most recognizable sights is the Yokohama Landmark Tower. These three images are from Google Street View.




Here are some views of the downtown Yokohama area, starting inside the Yokohama Landmark Tower, and some views seen from inside it. The first six images are from Google Earth.







There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow, ^, before you can go onto the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >. After clicking the up arrow you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, of you wish.




Here is an area with a lot of stores, called Isezakicho, built along a waterway. This is similar to Dotonbori, in Osaka, but this is a shopping area, while Dotonbori is an entertainment district. Four images from Google Earth and Street View.






https://www.google.com/maps/@35.441729,139.6295034,3a,75y,70.14h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sXgGEZ-7TeyQAAAQvOvGSkQ!2e0!3e11!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DXgGEZ-7TeyQAAAQvOvGSkQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D66.08511%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

The following scenes are in a district, known as Shin-Yokohama.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5094639,139.6188337,3a,75y,259.79h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFJWmLW9xljJESbILEmxuMg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DFJWmLW9xljJESbILEmxuMg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D257.5218%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

This is a residential area, that is a long way from the city center.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4157404,139.5175469,3a,75y,142h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4XPv_UY4MRugO7e0nTwsew!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4XPv_UY4MRugO7e0nTwsew%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D142.5%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Here is another residential area, some distance from the city center.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5073134,139.6286062,3a,75y,34h,87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAiCi1Hg5fjud6PZpX8x3nw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DAiCi1Hg5fjud6PZpX8x3nw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D34.500004%26pitch%3D-3%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

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