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Eat in Yokohama · #3 of the port's ten

Shumai at Kiyoken

~1h — the round trip from the gangway, with the 60-minute margin kept aside.

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Round trip
1 hr
From the ship and back
Fits
a 2–3 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
Chinatown / station
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Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Why we send people here

The 1908 shumai that every Japanese traveler associates with this city — the main store serves them hot with the famous ceramic soy pot. Boxes travel well.

Why it earns the hours
  • Our number 3 for Yokohama, out of ten. It is the first thing we would spend the hours on.
  • Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr door to door, so even a tender day works.
Before you count on it
  • No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The story

Why Shumai at Kiyoken is famous

Kiyoken has sold shumai at Yokohama Station since 1928, and the boxed version with its ceramic soy-sauce figurine is one of the most recognised train bento in Japan. Around 800,000 shumai are made a day. The original recipe used dried scallop to survive being eaten cold.

Where to have it

Three places, three different answers

The one the queue agrees on, the one people who live here use instead, and the one nearest your ship. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.

The famous oneKiyoken Honten

Selling shumai at Yokohama since 1928. The boxed version with the ceramic soy figurine is the classic train bento.

Open in Google MapsWhere locals goKiyoken stands, Yokohama Station

Where the city actually buys it, hot from the counter rather than boxed.

Open in Google MapsClosest to the berthKiyoken Minato Mirai

Closest to the Osanbashi berth if the station is a detour you cannot afford.

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If you have longer

What fits alongside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare on a 6-hour stop ashore.

Ariake Harbour chestnut boats2 hr for bothBoat-shaped chestnut cakes that Yokohama gives when it visits anyone — soft, not-too-sweet, and boxed like jewelry. The Motomachi flagship bakes all day.Osanbashi decks & Minato Mirai2 hr 30 min for bothYour pier is the sight: a whale-back of wooden decks with the full skyline arranged in front. Walk it at sailaway even if you walk nothing else.Yamashita Park & Hikawa Maru2 hr 30 min for bothThe seaside promenade laid on 1923 earthquake rubble, with a 1930 ocean liner moored at the end. The rose garden frames your ship for free.
The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Each one is a finished day we have walked and timed, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.

The rainy-day YokohamaA wet day · ~4h door to doorWet weather — this port is unusually good in rainThe pier promenade2–3 hours · ~2.5h door to doorOsanbashi calls — the city arranged around your walkThe Minato Mirai wander4–6 hours · ~4.5h door to doorMuseums, malls and noodle history in one arc
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day →
2 hr for both

Ariake Harbour chestnut boats

Boat-shaped chestnut cakes that Yokohama gives when it visits anyone — soft, not-too-sweet, and boxed like jewelry.

See the detail →2 hr 30 min for both

Osanbashi decks & Minato Mirai

Your pier is the sight: a whale-back of wooden decks with the full skyline arranged in front.

See the detail →2 hr 30 min for both

Yamashita Park & Hikawa Maru

The seaside promenade laid on 1923 earthquake rubble, with a 1930 ocean liner moored at the end.

See the detail →
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Yokohama plan page.