So summer is finally here in Tokyo

And I've decided to take a one day trip to Yokohama

I say "One Day Trip" and it sounds really far

But actually Yokohama isn't THAT far away from Tokyo

It's around 1.5 hours away from where I live

And you actually get a direct train to Shibuya

And I think it takes around 40 minutes?

A lot of people who live in Tokyo

Actually live in Yokohama

Because the rent is much cheaper

And in my opinion, the environment is SO much better

So since Yokohama is a port city

You get a really international

Or a really western vibe

Around here

You'll see a lot of European looking restaurants

A lot of outdoor cafes

Those are like really rare in Tokyo

Because, you know, air pollution lol

So whenever I come to Yokohama

I kinda feel like

I'm in Europe

Or like I'm in Hawaii,

since it's right by the ocean

So today I'm going to show you guys

Some of the must see spots

in Yokohama in my opinion

And I hope you guys will like it!

My first spot is this

Yamashita Koen (Yamashita Park). So what i usually do,

is get off at

Motomachi-Chukagai Station

Or Chinatown station,

and I walk over to Yamashita Koen

They have all kinds of events here

almost every weekend

They have beer festivals, and in October they have Octoberfest

A lot of alcohol related events lol

And this week just so happens to be

"Dragon Boat Festival" week

So there's a Dragon Boat Race going on

For those who don't know

Dragon boat festival is like this...

Chinese festival, and it's to commemorate

a really famous poet

And on this day, you..

race dragon boats?

And I guess since Chinatown is right over there

They have this annual event at Yamashita Park.

So Yamashita Park stretches around I would guess

1 KM along the Yokohama shoreline,

along the Yokohama port

So what I usually do is to come here and check out if they have any events

Usually there are

alcohol related events,

At least on the weekends that I've been here before, there are almost always alcohol related events

And if there are no events,

I would usually just get a cup of coffee, get some sandwiches, sit down on the grass somewhere

Enjoy my sunny Sunday you know

So after Yamashita Park, what I usually do is take a 10 minute walk

from the park to Akarenga

Which is the Red Brick Warehouse

This is a century old warehouse, and was reconstructed by the government

a while back, and now that it's reconstructed

it's got a lot of restaurants,

cool souvenir shops

hipster stores, or like open house

terrace cafes and stuff like that

and I think it's pretty cool

On this square that you see outside Akarenga

They usually have lots of events here

And this weekend on the other side, they have this beer festival thing

going on

I'm not sure if it's a beer festival, but I saw them giving out free beer

So I'm just gonna assume that

it's another alcohol related festival lol

They have all kinds of Yatai

or food stalls over there, they have street food

It's a whole lotta fun

Akarenga also lights up at night,

so if you have time you can walk over to Yamashita park

And look across the harbor, you'll see the red brick warehouse

just bask in really warm, beautiful yellow lighting

And the big ummm

ferris wheel, the Yokohama landmark in the back

It's I would say, one of the most romantic spots

In this area

It's definitely an awesome date spot

So you know

If you're here with your boyfriend or girlfriend

definitely come here

And of course like most harbors,

Yokohama has like this cruise ship thing going on

So there are like I think, 2 or 3 types of cruise ships that you can go on

The tickets are pretty reasonable, like

2000 for adults and 1000 for kids I think (JPY) Some of these cruising companies also have like

lunch cruises, dinner cruises,

beer parties or beer gardens during Summer,

So that could also be something that you can check out at Yokohama

So one of the main reaasons that I came to Yokohama today

Is not for the beer festival, it's not for the park

it's not for the red brick house, it's actually for CHINATOWN

Because this is one of the few places in Japan where I can

experience food from home

Like, I know it's not "Taiwan Town", but

Taiwanese food, Chinese food, they all taste kinda the same to me

Once you step inside Chinatown, you'll see alot of restaurants

And alot of them are all you can eat

for like 15 USD or 16 USD

It's pretty cheap

There was this one time

when I went to an all you can eat restaurant with no time limit

And it was only 10 USD, so I literally sat there

the whole afternoon stuffing my face

and it was only like, 10 dollars, and plus a beer that I ordered

So food here is generally pretty reasonably priced

and granted, there are a few places here and there

that tastes kinda weird,

and doesn't taste like legit Chinese food

but you know, you just gotta try and see

most of them are really good, especially the street food

like those food stalls selling those little dumplings or little pork buns and stuff

those are really good

There are a couple of Chinatowns in Japan

There's one in Yokohama here

One in Nagasaki, and one in Kobe

These are a few of the larger Chinatowns in Japan

But Yokohama is the largest one

of them all

Yokohama's Chinatown is so legit

they actually have a temple in here

so let's go check it out

For some reason in Chinatown, apart from your usually restaurants

and food stalls, you also get a lot of

thrift shops, or second hand clothes shops

And also a lot of Indian style and

Thai style, or just SouthEast Asian style

accessory shop and clothes shops

Which is pretty cool you know

So apart from good food

you can also do a little bit of shopping here

Get yourself some 10 dollar slippers

scarves, bags, thongs, whatever,

it's actually pretty cool!

Our last spot for today, is the

Osanbashi Pier, which is a wooden made bridge

shaped like a bridge, located right behind Yamashita Koen

So as I mentioned before, you can see all the big landmarks of Yokohama from this bridge

including the Akarenga

the red brick warehouse

The big ferris wheel,

The landmark tower, and just like the whole beautiful shoreline

It's pretty crowded today because there's like this festival going on

And people are waiting on the bridge for the fireworks to go off

but usually it's a pretty chill and secluded place

it's very romantic

it's the perfect date spot

So that's it for today, I hope you guys enjoyed my little tour of Yokohama

If you're also a big fan of Yokohama, or if you think

there are other spots that I should definitely check out, please comment down below

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I'll see you guys in the next video!