Looking out over Minatomirai from its hillside location, Nogeyama Zoo celebrates its 60-year anniversary this month! It is currently hosting a photography exhibition until the 17th that looks back on its history. The photographs will make you read more »
Honmoku Sancho Park
by Ry Beville
Honmoku Sancho Park is a huge oasis of flora and quiet in the west of Naka-ku. Comprised of several connecting hilltops with ample trees and grassy lawns, the park explodes with color in the Spring. Also, numerous parts of the park, including read more »
Zô-no-Hana Park 象の鼻パーク
by David Ellis
Zô-no-Hana (Elephant’s Trunk) Park is a fine new park near Yokohama port that connects Yamashita Park with the Red Brick Warehouse (Akarenga). In the center of the park, there is a café, as well as art and event space, named Zô-no-Hana read more »
Sankeien Garden 三溪園
by Vincent Trivett
With so much to do in Yokohama’s city proper, it’s easy to forget that there are other equally interesting places to visit in the suburban outskirts. Take, for example, Sankeien Garden in Honmoku. I had been living in Yokohama for over two read more »