Introduction to the world-famous international port tourist attractions in Yokohama, Japan

Introduction to the world-famous international port tourist attractions in Yokohama, Japan

1. Yamashita Park

Yamashita Park is a tourist viewpoint in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

After passing through Japan Street from JR Kannai Station, you will reach Yamashita Park on the coast to the east. Yamashita Park faces Yokohama Port and is about 1 kilometer along the coast. It was completed and opened in 1930. It is the earliest seaside park in Japan and has now become a place for citizens to relax. The "Hikawa Maru", a ship once known as the Queen of the Pacific, is moored on the shore of the park and attracts visitors all year round. Here you can see one of the symbols of Yokohama, Yokohama Baybridge. The night view of Yokohama Harbor Bridge is particularly beautiful.

In addition, on the west side of JR Kannai Station, there is a stone road that was once paved for the passage of horse-drawn carriages, and the carriage street with classical architectural style shops on both sides creating a calm atmosphere. There is a constant flow of people here all day long. ,Crowded.

2. Yokohama Chinatown

The Chinatown in Yokohama, Japan is located in Yamashita Town, Naka District, Yokohama City. The Japanese used to call it "Chinatown", but in 1912 it was renamed "Nanjing Street". Later it was renamed "Chinatown". When the Port of Yokohama opened in 1859, a foreign settlement (similar to a concession) was established in Yokohama City. Some Chinese who served European and American trading companies and banks traveled between China and Japan together with Europeans and Americans.

After regular ship flights were opened between Yokohama, Shanghai and Hong Kong, some Chinese traders also began to travel between China and Japan, and built Guandi temples and temples around the Yamashita town of their residence. Chung Hwa Association, Chung Hwa School, etc. These were the first developments of Yokohama Chinatown. There are tall archways erected at the east, west, south and north gates of China Street. At the west entrance is a 15-meter-high archway with red pillars and green tiles. The three characters "China Street" are written in the middle of the archway. The entire building shines with the Chinese tradition of carved beams and painted buildings. Art. Chinatown is more than 300 meters long and is home to about 4,000 Chinese.

Yokohama Chinatown is known as the "Chinese Restaurant Street". There are about a hundred Chinese restaurants here. The restaurants are divided into Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Sichuan cuisines, each maintaining the original flavor of the cuisine. Guangdong restaurants account for about half, as well as Jiangsu, Sichuan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other restaurants.

In addition to eating, Chinatown also has grocery stores, pharmacies, clothing stores, handicraft shops, etc. Because there are many restaurants, Chinatown is known as the "food paradise", and Japanese people often support it. Young and old come here to eat and explore. The Cantonese food there is praised for its lightness and deliciousness. Children happily eat the Cantonese barbecued pork buns they just bought while shopping. Cantonese siomai is also very popular. For the Japanese who are "fish-eating people", they like Shanghai cuisine very much. Most of the menus in Shanghai restaurants are fish. Sichuan Mapo Tofu has become a household name in Yokohama as "Sichuan cuisine". The Yokohama Hotel, Chongqing Hotel, and Taihu Hotel in Chinatown each have famous dishes, and their pasta and snacks are quite famous. The snack bars in Chinatown are also famous all over the world, such as Xie Tianji Porridge Shop, which is very popular among the crowds.

3. Mount Fuji Fifth Station

As one of the symbols of Japan, Mount Fuji enjoys a high reputation around the world. It is also often called "Hibiscus Peak" or "Fugaku" and the "Fuji High Mountain". Since ancient times, the name of this mountain has often appeared in the traditional Japanese poem "Waka". The name Fuji originates from the Ezo language and now means "eternal life". The original pronunciation comes from the language of the Ainu minority in Japan, which means "mountain of fire" or "god of fire". The beautiful conical shape of the mountain is world-famous and is a sacred symbol of Japan.

Today, Mount Fuji is known as the "Holy Mountain" by the Japanese people and is a symbol of pride for the Japanese nation. Mount Fuji towers into the clouds, and the top of the mountain is covered with white snow. Looking at it, it looks like a fan hanging upside down in the air, so it is also known as the "Jade Fan".

The fifth station is equivalent to a leisure platform located halfway up the mountain. It has a large parking lot, restaurant, multiple tourist souvenir shops, and a post office. The beautiful Mount Fuji is a symbol of Japan, with an altitude of 3,776 meters. It is the highest mountain in Japan. The Japanese regard it as a sacred mountain and Mount Fuji. It has been the subject of praise by Japanese writers and artists for many years. In Japan, people think that climbing to the top of Mount Fuji is a hero, which echoes the Chinese saying that if you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero. Mount Fuji is divided into ten stations from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Starting from the foot of the mountain to halfway up the mountain is called the fifth station. Climbing up from the fifth station is the sixth station, the seventh station, and the tenth station at the top of the mountain. Many people are proud to climb Mount Fuji.

4. Owakudani

Owakudani, a tourist attraction in Japan, is the remains of a volcanic crater formed by a major volcanic eruption on the northern flank of Mt. Kamiyama at the end of the Hakone volcanic activity about 400,000 years ago. Also known as "The Great Hell". Most of the springs in Owakudani are poisonous. It was originally called Oojigoku, which was formed by the eruption of Mount Hakone three thousand years ago. It was renamed Owakudani in 1876 when Emperor Meiji visited there.

Owakudani is the most famous tourist attraction in Hakone. Among the green trees in Hakone, this is the only exposed mountain rock. The geothermal steam sprayed out from the cracks in the rock is steaming. From the cracks in the earth's crust, a large amount of sulfur steam is sprayed out, burning the spring water.