Yokohama in a day
A day trip to Yokohama from Tokyo: the old farmhouses and pagoda of Sankeien Garden, lunch in Chinatown, the Marine Tower and the bay at Yamashita Park, the wooden deck of Osanbashi Pier and the Red Brick Warehouse, the CupNoodles Museum, and the night view from the Landmark Tower Sky Garden in Minato Mirai. Every stop has a typical visit length.
How long do you have?
Map: 1 days
Yokohama in 1 day
Day 1
Sankeien Garden
Large landscape garden made by the silk merchant Hara Sankei, with old farmhouses, tea houses and a three-storey pagoda brought from Kyoto.
Yokohama Chinatown
Japan's largest Chinatown, with colourful gates, the Kanteibyo temple and streets of restaurants and steamed-bun stalls.
Yokohama Marine Tower
106 m lattice tower by Yamashita Park, with an observation deck at the top looking over the port and the bay.
Yamashita Park
Waterfront park along the harbour, with rose gardens, benches looking over the bay and the old liner Hikawa Maru moored alongside.
Osanbashi Pier
Yokohama's cruise terminal, whose wave-shaped wooden roof deck is open to all, with views of Minato Mirai and the bay.
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
Two brick customs warehouses from the early 1900s on the waterfront, now shops, cafés and an events square.
CupNoodles Museum Yokohama
Playful museum about Momofuku Ando and the invention of instant noodles, where visitors can design their own cup noodle.
Landmark Tower Sky Garden (Minato Mirai)
Observation deck on the 69th floor of the Landmark Tower, looking over the port, Tokyo Bay and, on clear days, Mount Fuji.
When to go to Yokohama
Spring and autumn are the best seasons, with cherry blossom in late March or early April and autumn colours at Sankeien in late November. The rainy season runs from June to mid-July, and summers are hot and humid, with typhoons possible from August to October. Winter is cool and often clear, and the Red Brick Warehouse holds a Christmas market and ice rink from late November.
Plan the rest of your trip
- Where to stay: hotels in Yokohama on Booking.com or Trip.com
- Skip-the-line tickets: museums and sights in Yokohama on Tiqets
- Tours and day trips: things to do in Yokohama on GetYourGuide
- Data on arrival: an eSIM for Japan from Airalo
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Tips for Yokohama
- The CupNoodles Museum is closed on Tuesdays, and its make-your-own cup noodle workshop has limited places: book it or arrive early at weekends.
- Sankeien is a bus ride from the centre; go first thing, when the garden is quiet, then take the bus back to Chinatown.
- Chinatown is busiest at weekend lunchtimes; walk its side streets and try steamed buns from the street stalls.
- The waterfront from Yamashita Park to Minato Mirai is an easy flat walk; the Sea Bass water bus links some of the piers too.
- Osanbashi Pier's roof deck is free and open late: come back after dark for the lights of Minato Mirai across the water.
Make it your own
Open the guide in Andiamo Places to see every stop on a map with walking directions, move places between days, check opening hours for your dates, and add your own finds. After the trip, your photos become a journal and, if you like, a printed photo book.
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Photo credits
- CupNoodles Museum Yokohama: Rs1421, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Landmark Tower Sky Garden (Minato Mirai): Sunwater~jawiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Osanbashi Pier: Gleam at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sankeien Garden: Arisdp, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yamashita Park: 外国人, CC BY 3.0
- Yokohama Chinatown: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yokohama Marine Tower: Bernd in Japan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse: Alex Brogan, CC BY 3.0
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