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The Minato Mirai wander, Yokohama

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The Minato Mirai wander

Museums, malls and noodle history in one arc. Timed from the gangway and back.

4 hr 30 min door to door5 stopsNeeds a 6.5-hour call
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Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
4 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 6.5-hour call or longer
Museums, malls and noodle history in one arc
Room to spare
None
Fits a 6.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
¥1,000
Air Cabin ¥1,000 one way + ¥230 train back from Yokohama Station; Cup Noodles Museum ¥500 (closed Tuesdays); My CUPNOODLES Factory is extra, by numbered ticket on the day.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Walk along the water to the Red Brick Warehouse, then browse the square

    About 20 minutes on foot from Osanbashi; 1911 customs sheds, now markets

    What you will see hereFull guide: Osanbashi
  2. +1:00
    Cup Noodles Museum — design your own cup

    Timed sessions; grab tickets on arrival

  3. +2:30
    Air Cabin gondola to Sakuragicho (¥1,000 one way)

    The Landmark Tower Sky Garden is closed for renovation until 2028 or later

    What you will see here
    Sankeien garden, Yokohama
    Photo: Mustang Joe / CC0
  4. +3:30
    Sanma-men at Gyokusentei or Kiyoken main store

    The local noodle vs the shumai cathedral

    What you will see here
    Shumai at Kiyoken, Yokohama
    Photo: 経済特区 / CC0
  5. +4:15
    Walk/taxi back to Osanbashi

    From the Yokohama Station area: Minatomirai line to Nihon-odori (¥230), then about 5 minutes on foot

    What you will see hereFull guide: Osanbashi
    Osanbashi, Yokohama
    Photo: Reginald Pentinio / CC BY 2.0
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Yokohama, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

A woodblock print of foreign merchants in Yokohama, 1861
A woodblock print of foreign merchants in Yokohama, 1861Photo: Utagawa Sadahide / Public domain
Silk-reeling machinery at the Tomioka Silk Mill, Yokohama
Silk-reeling machinery at the Tomioka Silk MillPhoto: C1815 / CC0
A decorated gate in Yokohama Chinatown
A decorated gate in Yokohama ChinatownPhoto: Syced / CC0
A bowl of Yokohama ie-kei ramen at Yamazakiya
A bowl of Yokohama ie-kei ramen at YamazakiyaPhoto: ウィ貴公子 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Kamakura Great Buddha, Yokohama
Kamakura Great BuddhaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0
Red Brick Warehouses, Yokohama
Red Brick WarehousesPhoto: Kakidai / CC BY-SA
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Yokohama

The rainy-day YokohamaA wet day · ~4hWet weather — this port is unusually good in rainThe pier promenadeNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hOsanbashi calls — the city arranged around your walkThe Kamakura returnNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6hLong calls, confident train users — the great Buddha south
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