Yokohama is the capital and largest city of Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of three million people. It is the second-largest city in Japan and is one of seventeen designated cities. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo Metropolis to the north and is part of the Greater Tokyo Area. Kanagawa is historically notable for being the landing site of Commodore Matthew C. Perry in 1854, and Yokohama itself became Japan's major port city after Japan opened its ports. The City of Yokohama has a major foreign population and includes many buildings with Western architecture and the biggest Chinatown in Asia.
Sites in Yokohama and other locations in Kanagawa covered by this blog:
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