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The page of "Minato Mirai Area" now has been uploaded:
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Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan, following after Tokyo.
During the Edo Age (1603 - 1868) , Japan was under national isolationism.
In 1853, Japan opened the counry and Yokohama was selected one of five harbors and this was the start of the development of Yokohama.
Yokohama also developed because of foreign trading by ships and also heavy industories.
Minato Mirai Area has been re-developed since 1985.
Minato Mirai Area is located east side of Sakuragi-Cho Station. If you walk to the small artificial inlet of Yokohama Harbor, you will see tall buildings in front of you
The "Landmark Tower" building and the "Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel" are the landmark of Minato Mirai Area.
You will also find a white sailing ship. The name of this beautiful ship is "Nippon-Maru", "Nippon" means Japan in Japanese. The ship was built in 1930 and used as for a navigation training ship. The nick name of the ship is "White Swan on the Pacific Ocean" or a "Her Ladyship of Sea".
The narrow waterway, where "Nippon-Maru" is located, continues to the Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel. The narrow waterway used to be the first dock of Yokohama Dock Company, built in 1898. The dock was built to conduct maintenance of ships visited Yokohama for trading between foreign countries and Japan in the Meiji Age (1868 - 1912) .
If you walk along the waterway towards the Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel, you will find the second dock of Yokohama Dock Company on your left.
I had an opportunity to be at a balcony of the Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu. It was at night and the night view of the "Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel" was magnificent.
In Minato Mirai Area, you will see one of the most modern cities in Japan, but you will also find a couple of sites of Japan under industrialization. Ferry services are available from Minato Mirai Area to Yokohama Station, also to Yamashita Park. You will also see Minato Mirai Area from the sea, as shown in the top picture.
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英語版のサイトに、みなとみらい地区のページをアップデートしました：
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みなとみらい地区は、桜木町駅の東側に広がる横浜の再開発地区です。
ランドマークタワーや貝殻形状のインターコンチネンタルホテルなど、近代的な建物が建ち並ぶお洒落な地区ですが、重要文化財のドック跡、帆船の日本丸など明治以降の工業化の足跡も残っています。
今日アップした "Minato Mirai" のページへどうぞ：
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