If you plan to visit Yokohama, make sure you go to Yokohama Chinatown. Aside from enjoying the place, there are various food streets that I’m sure you will enjoy while walking on the road. Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown in Japan, more significant than Kobe Chinatown and Nagasaki Chinatown. There are approximately 250 Chinese-ownedContinue reading “Chinatown Yokohama ( 横浜中華街)”
Category Archives: Kanagawa Prefecture
Street Food IN Kamakura (鎌倉)
Komachi Street (小町通り) Komachi Street is also known as a gourmet street – there are so many delis, restaurants, and take-out shops here to enjoy. And also, If you want to see the area in style, why not rent a kimono and get pulled around Kamakura in one of the many rickshaws available for hire.Continue reading “Street Food IN Kamakura (鎌倉)”
Great Buddha in Kamakura (鎌倉)
Giant Bronze Statue The temple shop sells a variation of good-luck charms and other souvenirs, while the commemorative seal service welcomes travelers to stop in and obtain the commemorative red seal (goshuin). Guests to Kotoku-in can also enter inside the Great Buddha statue for a small additional cost. Behind the Great Buddha, you can evenContinue reading “Great Buddha in Kamakura (鎌倉)”
Yokohama (横浜市)
Designated City / City of Yokohama In history, Yokohama was a small fishing village. After Western foreigners entered, it was initially be approved that one of the ports to be opened in 1859 to foreign ships would be the busy town of Kanagawa Prefecture. Yokohama instantly grew from a small fishing village into one ofContinue reading “Yokohama (横浜市)”
IKEA Kohoku
Sweden Store in Japan How did IKEA successfully localize in Japan? Ikea store Founded in Sweden in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad As a well-known Swedish home-furniture company has been the world’s largest furniture retailer since 2008. And now with 461 stores worldwide. IKEA seems like a pro at international expansion.IKEA is now a well-knownContinue reading “IKEA Kohoku”