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Yokohama lifestyle

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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 many people have no idea is always that Yokohama is also the city of “firsts”. The initial frozen treats, the very first soap, the first English language newspaper (Japan Herald), the very first Japan’s daily newspaper including Japan’s first railway, all entered Yokohama.

The city’s close proximity to Tokyo attracts families. Actually, Japan’s efficient train service may have you at Yokohama station in less than 30 minutes from Shibuya and much more or less once cruising the Shuto expressway on less congested hours.

Following your city opened its ports around the world 155 years ago, 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/