Definition of yokohama Yokohama

/jowˌkʌhɑˈmʌ/ - [yowkuhamu] - Yo•ko•ha•ma

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What does yokohama mean?

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yokohama - port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan
		hondo, honshu the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland

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yokohama
The capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area. (source: Wikipedia)

Yokohama (横浜) is the second largest city in Japan. It is the capital of prefecture Kanagawa in the Kanto region. Yokohama is a neighbor city of Tokyo and has been the second largest city of Japan since 1980s.

Yokohama has an international trade seaport. The Yokohama port was created in the middle of the 19th century for foreigners. It was five ports opened to foreign countries who demanded Japan to open ports. And Yokohama was the nearest port to Tokyo which was called then "Edo". Still today Yokohama port is the largest port. Many cars and machinery are exported from the port.

Around the port the downtown is located. Today the area of Yokohama city includes its former suburb areas like Hodogaya or Totsuka.

Yokohama was an entrance for foreign cultures for a long time. Still today Yokohama has the largest China town in Japan.

Because Yokohama is very near to Tokyo, it has no airport. Tokyo international airport known as Haneda airport in Tokyo and Narita international airport in Chiba prefecure serve it.

Many educational institutes locate in Yokohama including Yokohama National University and Yokohama City University.