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The rainy-day Yokohama

Wet weather — this port is unusually good in rain. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Kakidai / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~4h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — this port is unusually good in rain
What it costs
~¥600 pp
Transport spend: ~¥600 pp. Museums ¥500–1,000.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
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 or shuttle to Chinatown

    From Osanbashi it is ~20 minutes; from Daikoku take the shuttle

    What you will see here →Full guide: Chukagai →
  2. +0:30
    Eat your way down Chinatown under the awnings

    Butaman, shumai, tanghulu — the whole street is covered enough

    What you will see here →Full guide: Chukagai →
    Photo: Jorge Láscar from Australia / CC BY
  3. +1:30
    The Red Brick Warehouse, indoors

    Two customs buildings of 1911–13, now shops and cafés

    What you will see here →Full guide: Osanbashi →
  4. +2:30
    Napolitan at the Hotel New Grand

    Invented in this building; harbour outside the window

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Nesnad / CC BY 4.0
  5. +3:30
    Back to the pier
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
The wooden rooftop deck of Osanbashi Pier, Yokohama
The wooden rooftop deck of Osanbashi Pier, YokohamaPhoto: Uploader; Vantey / Public domain
Silk-reeling machinery at the Tomioka Silk Mill
Silk-reeling machinery at the Tomioka Silk MillPhoto: C1815 / CC0
A bowl of ie-kei ramen with spinach, nori and chashu
A bowl of ie-kei ramen with spinach, nori and chashuPhoto: avlxyz / CC BY-SA
Osanbashi
OsanbashiPhoto: Ymblanter / CC BY-SA 4.0
Sankeien
SankeienPhoto: Arisdp / CC BY-SA 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Yokohama

The pier promenade2–3 hours · ~2.5hOsanbashi calls — the city arranged around your walkThe Minato Mirai wander4–6 hours · ~4.5hMuseums, malls and noodle history in one arcThe Kamakura return8 hours or more · ~7hLong calls, confident train users — the great Buddha south
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