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

The city’s proximity to Tokyo appeals to families. In fact, Japan’s efficient train service will have you at Yokohama station in under 30 minutes from Shibuya plus more or less the same time cruising the Shuto expressway on less congested hours.

Following the city opened its ports around the globe 155 in years past, 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/