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Yokohama lifestyle

iam group ltd yokohama - What inspires feelings about a city will be the individuals who 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 many individuals do not know is always that Yokohama is also the city of “firsts”. The first ice cream, the first soap, the very first English language newspaper (Japan Herald), the very first Japan’s daily newspaper including Japan’s first railway, all entered Yokohama.

The city’s closeness to Tokyo interests families. Actually, Japan’s efficient train service will have you at Yokohama station in less than 30 minutes from Shibuya and much 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 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/