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Yokohama lifestyle

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There are 3.7 million residents (1.6M households) including 75,297 foreigners who live and are employed in Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city.

What many people have no idea is always that Yokohama can be the city of “firsts”. The very first ice cream, the initial soap, the very first English language newspaper (Japan Herald), the initial Japan’s daily newspaper including Japan’s first railway, all were only available in Yokohama.

The city’s close proximity to Tokyo appeals to families. Actually, Japan’s efficient train service may have you at Yokohama station in less than Half an hour from Shibuya and more or fewer the same time frame cruising the Shuto expressway on less congested hours.

Following your city opened its ports around the globe 155 years back, the people’s acculturation to western ways explains what we see today, from rich cuisine to beaux arts.

Read more at http://tokyofamilies.net/2014/04/yokohama-lifestyle/