Just 30 minutesonthetrainfromTokyolandsyouinthishugelyvariedmetropoliswheretraditionalhousesandstrollingpathsmeetmajesticcityviewsonthelargestChinatowninJapan.
MynameisMattEvans, staffwriterforJapanguydotcom, andtoday I'llbereportingonsomeofthebestattractionsyouconfinedon a onedaytriptoYokohama.
Shestationfromherewilltake a localbuson a shortwalktoourfirststopofthedaythatsank.
A andgardenwillthenjumpon a citybustotheChinatownareaforsometastystreetfoodandfromtheremakeourwaytotheurbancenterofMinatoMiraifor a beautifulviewofTokyoBayarea.
A 35 minutebusridebringsustotheentranceofYokohama's famousChinatownortook a guyinJapaneseChinesecommunityherebeganwiththeopeningofYokohamaPortin 18 59 whentradersfromChinawereallowedtosettleAzizlongastheyremainedinthisarea.
Today, it's a famoussightseeinganddiningspotfortouristsonthetownboastofvastvariationofbothstreetfoodondifferenttypesofChinesecuisines.
So I'm hearingChinatowninYokohamaonit's lunchtimething.
Theseareshrimp.
Shumailooksreally, reallygood.
After a quickvisittotheuniqueCantabeneTemple, weheadtowardsthenewcitycentreofMinatoMirai.