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Yokohama lifestyle

iam group japan - What inspires feelings with regards to a city is the people who constitute 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 that Yokohama can also be “firsts”. The initial frozen treats, the initial 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 close proximity to Tokyo interests families. In fact, Japan’s efficient train service may have you at Yokohama station within just Half an hour from Shibuya plus more or fewer the same time frame cruising the Shuto expressway on less congested hours.

After the city opened its ports to the world 155 years ago, 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/