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Yokohama lifestyle

iam group limited - What inspires feelings about a city may be the people that make-up its community.

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

What lots of people do not know is the fact that Yokohama can also be the city of “firsts”. The first frozen goodies, the very first soap, the very first English language newspaper (Japan Herald), the very first Japan’s daily newspaper including Japan’s first railway, all were only available in Yokohama.

The city’s proximity to Tokyo attracts families. In reality, Japan’s efficient train service may have you at Yokohama station in less than 30 minutes from Shibuya plus more or fewer the same time frame cruising the Shuto expressway on less congested hours.

After the city opened its ports around the world 155 years back, the people’s acculturation to western ways explains that which you see today, from rich cuisine to beaux arts.

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