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The pier promenade, Yokohama

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The pier promenade

Osanbashi calls — the city arranged around your walk. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 30 min door to door5 stopsNeeds a 4.5-hour call
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Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
2 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 4.5-hour call or longer
Osanbashi calls — the city arranged around your walk
Room to spare
None
Fits a 4.5-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
¥0
Osanbashi puts it all on foot.
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 the Osanbashi wooden decks

    The skyline photo is on the roof — you are standing in the sight

    What you will see hereFull guide: Osanbashi
  2. +0:30
    Yamashita Park promenade to the Hikawa Maru

    The 1930 liner at the rose garden’s end (closed Mondays; cash only, ¥300, ¥200 aged 65+; no lift inside)

    What you will see here
    Yamashita Park & Hikawa Maru, Yokohama
    Photo: IketaniDaisei / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:10
    Chinatown: one bun at Edosei, one temple

    Graze, don’t sit

    What you will see hereFull guide: Chukagai
    Chinatown, 600 shops deep, Yokohama
    Photo: Syced / CC0
  4. +2:00
    Kiyoken shumai box for the cabin

    Kiyoken’s Chinatown shop on the main street, 10:00–20:00. The main store is at Yokohama Station, not on this walk

    What you will see here
    Shumai at Kiyoken, Yokohama
    Photo: 経済特区 / CC0
  5. +2:20
    Walk back to Osanbashi

    Flat, signed, margin-proof

    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 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
Sankeien, Yokohama
SankeienPhoto: Mustang Joe / CC0
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 Minato Mirai wanderNeeds a 6.5-hour call · ~4.5hMuseums, malls and noodle history in one arcThe Kamakura returnNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6hLong calls, confident train users — the great Buddha south
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