basic information

After Yokohama's port was opened in 1859, many foreign business people moved to Yokohama. While Chinese traders settled down in Chinatown, Western business people favored the Yamate area just across the Horikawa River for their residence.

The Yamate area is a hill close to the harbor. It remains a calm residential area with a foreign touch. The International School, the Foreigners' Cemetery, the Italian Garden and the former mansions of Western business people can be found in the area today.

The Harbor View Park is a public park located on top of the Yamate hill, offering a nice view of the Bay Bridge. It is a popular dating spot among Yokohama-ites.

Motomachi lies at the foot of the Yamate hill. It features the popular and fashionable Motomachi Shopping Street which used to be a shopping area for the foreign community of Yamate. It still retains a certain European touch and is most pleasant on weekends when the street gets closed to vehicular traffic.

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how to get there

The Motomachi and Yamate districts are a short walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station, the terminal station of the Minato Mirai Line, about five minutes from Yokohama Station.

Note that trains on the Minato Mirai Line continue to run on the Tokyu Toyoko Line to Tokyo's Shibuya Station. Limited express trains take about 35 minutes and 460 yen from Shibuya to Motomachi-Chukagai Station.

The closest JR station is Ishikawacho Station on the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line (Negishi Line).

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Yokohama Cherry Blossom Report April 3, 2009

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