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| [[File:Yokohama-dome.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze dome on the roof of the former Yokohama Specie Bank headquarters in Yokohama]] | | [[File:Yokohama-dome.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze dome on the roof of the former Yokohama Specie Bank headquarters in Yokohama]] |
| [[File:Akarenga.jpg|right|thumb|400px|One of the two red brick warehouses (''[[Akarenga soko|Akarenga sôko]]'') at Yokohama Port]] | | [[File:Akarenga.jpg|right|thumb|400px|One of the two red brick warehouses (''[[Akarenga soko|Akarenga sôko]]'') at Yokohama Port]] |
| + | [[Image:Diplomat-house-yamate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A former residence of diplomat [[Uchida Sadatsuchi]], re-erected in the 1990s on the 1880s site of the Italian consulate in Yokohama's Yamate Bluff neighborhood.]] |
| + | [[File:Chukagai-motomachi.jpg|right|thumb|400px|One of the gates of Yokohama Chinatown, with the European-influenced neighborhood of Motomachi just beyond]] |
| *''Japanese'': 横浜 ''(Yokohama)'' | | *''Japanese'': 横浜 ''(Yokohama)'' |
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| ==Notable Sites== | | ==Notable Sites== |
− | [[File:Tenkogu-gate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Gate to [[Yokohama Tenko-gu|Tenkô-gû]] (Tenpi Shrine) in [[Yokohama]] [[Yokohama Chinatown|Chinatown]].]]
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| *[[Akarenga soko|Akarenga sôko]] ("Red Brick Warehouses") - a pair of long red-brick warehouses in the Minato Mirai port area, built in [[1911]]-1913 and used for a time as customs houses for the port. Today, home to shopping and events center. | | *[[Akarenga soko|Akarenga sôko]] ("Red Brick Warehouses") - a pair of long red-brick warehouses in the Minato Mirai port area, built in [[1911]]-1913 and used for a time as customs houses for the port. Today, home to shopping and events center. |
| + | *Landmark Tower - skyscraper in Minato Mirai; at 273 meters, it was the tallest building in Japan from 1993-2012, until it was surpassed by Abeno Harukas tower in Osaka. |
| *[[Motomachi (Yokohama)|Motomachi]] and [[Yamate]] - an area retaining a Western/European character, home to many Western schools, churches, and businesses, neighboring Yokohama's Chinatown. | | *[[Motomachi (Yokohama)|Motomachi]] and [[Yamate]] - an area retaining a Western/European character, home to many Western schools, churches, and businesses, neighboring Yokohama's Chinatown. |
| + | *Negishi Racetrack - the first Western-style horse-racing track in Japan. Today a public park, home to the Equine Museum of Japan. |
| *[[Sankeien]] - a Japanese garden built by silk magnate [[Hara Tomitaro|Hara Tomitarô]]. Home to many notable historical buildings re-erected there from across Japan. | | *[[Sankeien]] - a Japanese garden built by silk magnate [[Hara Tomitaro|Hara Tomitarô]]. Home to many notable historical buildings re-erected there from across Japan. |
| *[[Yokohama Chinatown]] - the largest Chinatown in Japan. | | *[[Yokohama Chinatown]] - the largest Chinatown in Japan. |