More than five hundred signs in twenty hectares, and almost all of them have a kitchen behind them.
Barely twenty hectares, more than five hundred signs, and almost all of them cook: you go in through one of the painted gates and eat as you walk. The first, the Zenrinmon, dates from 1955 and bears the inscription 親仁善隣, ‘good neighbourliness’. The Kanteibyō Temple has stood there since 1862, the Masobyō since 2006, on the land that was once the Qing consulate.
Yokohama's Chinese quarter.
ℹ️ From 8 to 31 August 2025 Chinatown hosted ‘SAKAMOTO DAYS Chinatown Mission’, a puzzle rally of about 90 minutes through the alleys, organised by Takarush and based at the Canton Club in Yamashita-chō. It was a limited-time event and it is over.
🚉 Ishikawacho · 8 min walk
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Sakamoto opens a temporary shop in the Chinese quarter after his konbini is damaged in an attack.
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The day in Yokohama in the twelfth episode passes through here: the group arrives at Motomachi-Chūkagai Station, 390 m away on the east side, and walks along the main street with its gates. The same sequence also shows Yamashita Park, the Yamashita Rinkō promenade, Ōsanbashi Pier and the Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel.
Sources: prtimes.jp · anitabi.jp · libert.co.jp · seichi-shioricho.com · ajin-movie.com · welcome.city.yokohama.jp · welcome.city.yokohama.jp · ja.wikipedia.org
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Motomachi Shopping Street500 mphoto by hasano_jp · CC BY 3.0
Yamashita Park500 mphoto by jetsun · CC BY-SA 3.0
Harbor View Park900 mphoto by 妖精書士 · CC0
Yokohama Ōsanbashi Pier1.1 kmphoto by Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0