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Delve into Hommokuchō
The district Hommokuchō of Yokohama in Yokohama Shi (Kanagawa) is a district located in Japan about 19 mi south of Tokyo, the country's capital town.
In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Kawasaki, Yokosuka, Zushi, Kamakura and Futtsu. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
Morning Temperature | 11°C / 53 °F |
Evening Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 9% |
Air Humidity | 80% |
Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
14°C (58 °F)
15°C (58 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Overcast clouds, strong breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Ai Hotel Yokohama
Isezakicho Washington Hotel
Rose Hotel Yokohama
Richmond Hotel Yokohama Bashamichi
Toyoko Inn Yokohama Stadium Mae No.2
JAL City Kannai Yokohama
Toyoko Inn Yokohama Stadium Mae No.1
Daiwa Roynet Hotel Yokohama-koen
Mystays Yokohama Kannai
Toyoko Inn Yokohama Kannai
Videos from this area
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Yokohama China Town 2012 【横浜中華街】
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General Cargo / Container Ship: ORION (YOKOHAMA CONTAINER LINE LIMITED. IMO: 9223734) Enter port
General Cargo / Container Ship, Name: ORION, Owner: OKINO KAIUN (KOMATSUSHIMA, JAPAN), Chartering: YOKOHAMA CONTAINER LINE LIMITED (YOKOHAMA, JAPAN), Built: 2000, Builder: ...
Choro Concerto em Yamate 111 Ban-Kan/ Duas Contas & Hamabe - Hora Caprichosa
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[一部故障]百段館1F からくり時計 Small world Country
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YC&AC JAMZ Rock Medley
Here's a group of songs we put into one medley. We played this at the Yokohama Country & Athletic Club for the International Food Festival. We apologize for the poor video quality.
港の見える丘公園 (Bay View Park Yokohama)
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「のぞいてみよう水の中」(本牧漁港)クロダイの稚魚
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Yokohama 1925 Western-style building 横浜 山手西洋館
Walked around histrical uptown district called Yamanote area in Yokohama city. built in 1925-1937 Uptown Western-style buildings, built after 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Berrick Hall, British...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Negishi Bay
Negishi Bay is a bay south of Yokohama on the west side of Tokyo Bay. Isogo faces this bay.
Sankei-en
is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by Tomitaro Hara (1868–1939), known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader. Almost all of its buildings are historically significant structures bought by Hara himself in locations all over the country, among them Tokyo, Kyoto, Kamakura, Gifu Prefecture, and Wakayama prefecture.
German auxiliary cruiser Thor
Thor (HSK 4) was an auxiliary cruiser of the German Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider. Also known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 10; to the Royal Navy she was Raider E. She was named after the Germanic deity Thor.
Yokohama Stadium
For the football (soccer) stadium, see International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama Stadium Yokohama StadiumLocation Yokohama, JapanOpened April 4, 1978Owner Yokohama CityOperator Yokohama Stadium, Ltd.
Yokohama International School
Yokohama International School is an international school located in Yamate, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan catering primarily to the expatriate community in Yokohama. It consists of a pre-school (Early Learning Centre), a kindergarten/ elementary school (grades K-5), a middle school (6-8) and a high school (9-12), a total of 13 academic years. Its campus is located in an area known as ‘the Bluff’, next to the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery.
Yokohama Chinatown
Yokohama Chinatown is located in Yokohama, Japan, which is located just south of Tokyo. Its history is about 150 years long. Today only a few Chinese people still live in Chinatown, but it has a population of about 3,000 to 4,000. Most of the residents are from Guangzhou (Canton) but many come from other regions. Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown not only in Japan but also in Asia (larger than Chinatowns in both Kobe and Nagasaki) and it is one of the largest in the world.
Bluff Hospital
Bluff Hospital is a hospital and clinic active in the medical care of foreign residents of Yokohama, Japan.
Ishikawachō Station
Ishikawachō Station is a railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 3.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 62.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.
Motomachi-Chūkagai Station
is an underground terminus of the Minatomirai Line subway located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 4.1 kilometers from the opposite terminus of the Minatomirai Line at Yokohama Station. Its official name, as shown on signage in the station, is Motomachi-Chūkagai Station (Yamashita-kōen) with the sub-name in parentheses although the use of this name is limited. Trains inter-run with the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line from Shibuya Station.
Nihon-ōdōri Station
, is an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan operated by the Yokohama Minatomirai Railway’s Minatomirai Line. It is 3.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Minatomirai Line at Yokohama Station. Its official name is Nihon-ōdōri (Kenchō-Ōsanbashi) Station, including the sub-name in parentheses. Trains inter-run with the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line from Shibuya Station.
Negishi Station (Kanagawa)
Negishi Station is a railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line located in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 7.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 66.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station. The station is also a freight terminal on the Japan Freight Railway Company, as well as the terminus for the all-freight Honmoku Line of the Kanagawa Rinkai Railway.
Yamate Station
Yamate Station is a railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is 5.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 64.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.
Yokohama Archives of History
The Yokohama Archives of History in Naka ward, central Yokohama near Yamashita Park is a repository for many precious archive materials on Japan and the foreign connection with Japan since the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853. The archives are next to Kaiko Hiroba (Port Opening Square) where Commodore Perry landed to sign the Convention of Kanagawa. The archives are housed in a newly built annex to the former British Consulate building.
Hotel New Grand
The Hotel New Grand is a historic hotel in Yokohama, Japan, overlooking Yamashita Park. It opened in 1927, four years after the Great Kantō earthquake devastated much of the city. The hotel was used as accommodation by American troops during the Occupation of Japan following World War II; one of the hotel suites is set aside and maintained just as it was furnished when General Douglas MacArthur stayed there, his first night in Japan during the Occupation.
Motomachi, Yokohama
Motomachi, Yokohama is a district of Naka Ward in Yokohama, Japan, located immediately west of Yamate and east of Chinatown. It consists mainly of the Motomachi Shopping Street, a five-block long stretch of boutiques and shops, well known in Japan for its cosmopolitan atmosphere, original fashion, and Western influence.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yokohama
Sacred Heart Cathedral is the seat of the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama, Japan. The Yokohama diocese includes Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and Yamanashi prefectures. As it is located at 44 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, the cathedral is commonly known locally as Yamate Catholic Church . The original Yamate Catholic Church, a brick building with two bell towers, was built in the same location in 1906. The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake completely destroyed it.
Port of Yokohama
The Port of Yokohama is operated by the Port and Harbor Bureau of the City of Yokohama in Japan. It opens onto Tokyo Bay. The port is located at a latitude of 35.27. –00°N and a longitude of 139.38–46°E. To the south lies the Port of Yokosuka; to the north, the ports of Kawasaki and Tokyo.
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium is an indoor sports arena, located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and was opened in 1962. It is a five-minute walk from the closest subway station, Kannai Station, on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway. The arena hosted the volleyball events of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Saint Maur International School
Saint Maur International School, established in 1872 in Yokohama, is the oldest international school in Japan. The school, which is co-educational, caters to students of all nationalities and faiths from ages 2½ through High School. According to the Good Schools Guide International, "This is a small school which offers a quality education in a nurturing environment."
Heichinrou
Heichinrou, is a Chinese restaurant located in the Chinatown of Yokohama, Japan. It is privately held and is the oldest operating Chinese restaurant in Japan. The Zhang (張) family first started the restaurant and operated for it for two generations, then the Bao (鮑) family for three generations until Tatsuo Hayashi (林達雄) took over. Today his son, Yasuhiro Hayashi (林康弘) operates as the seventh president.
Yokohama Silk Museum
Yokohama Silk Museum is a museum located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan that covers the silk trade in Japan. The museum displays silk kimonos and covers the importance of Yokohama as a silk port. The objective of the museum is, according to their website: to disseminate an understanding of the science and technology of silk production, display beautiful costumes for people to admire and promote the demand for silk.
Hikawa Maru
is a Japanese ocean liner that was built for the Nippon Yusen KK line by the Yokohama Dock Company. She was launched on 30 September 1929, and made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle on 13 May 1930. She is one of three sister ships. The sister ships were named after important Shinto shrines, Hikawa Shrine being located in Saitama. The other two, both lost in the war, were Heian Maru and Hie Maru.
Museum of Tin Toys
Museum of Tin Toys is a museum in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Ferris University
Ferris University is a private women's college in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded by American Presbyterian missionaries in 1870 with the assistance of James Curtis Hepburn, primarily to teach the English language and western cultural values to women. The male counterpart of the school later became Meiji Gakuin University. It was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1965.
Naval Housing Annex Negishi
The Negishi Housing Complex is an enclave of United States Forces Japan operated by United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Yokohama, Japan. It serves as a residence complex for the U.S. military.