The Yokohama Bay Area

Yokohama is the second populous city with 3.7 millions of people after Tokyo. The population of Tokyo Metropolis is 13.1 millions and that of 23 special wards of Tokyo is about 9 millions.

The tall building in the center is 'Yokohama Landmark Tower'. Construction of this building was completed in July 1993.It had been the tallest building(296.33m) in Japan until it was surpassed by another building 'Abeno Harukas' of Osaka(300m) in 2014.

This is the old ocean liner 'Hikawa-maru' that has been anchoring here for the purpose of exhibition only.'Hikawa-maru' was built in 1930 and mainly used to carry passengers between Yokohama and Seattle until it was decommissioned in 1960.

Yokohama Bay Bridge is a suspension bridge which connects Naka and Tsurumi wards within Yokohama City. Its length is 860 meters.Construction of this bridge was completed in September 1989.

This picture shows Red Brick Warehouses which were built in 1911 and 1913 for the use of Customs and had been used for that purpose until 1989. Since then they had not been used for a long while until they were renovated to use as cultural and commercial facilities in 2002.
Another sightseeing spot in this picture is a breakwater nicknamed 'Elephant's Trunk' which you will be able to recognise by its shape. 

In the center of this photo there is Yokohama Customs with a tower which has a blue cap. This was nicknamed as Queen's Tower'. The Customs was built in 1934.