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Yokohama lifestyle

iam group yokohama - What inspires feelings with regards to a city will be the people that make-up its community.

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

What many people don't know is the fact that Yokohama can also be the city of “firsts”. The first frozen goodies, the very first soap, the first English language newspaper (Japan Herald), the initial Japan’s daily newspaper including Japan’s first railway, all started in Yokohama.

The city’s proximity to Tokyo interests families. In reality, Japan’s efficient train service will have you at Yokohama station within just 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 to the world 155 in years past, the people’s acculturation to western ways explains what we should see today, from rich cuisine to beaux arts.

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