Naka ward

Few urban districts in Kanagawa Prefecture have a history as closely tied to Yokohama Port’s international trade as Naka Ward. The port opened to foreign trade in 1859, and the ward remains central to Yokohama’s waterfront identity. Yamashita Park follows the harbor, while Ōsanbashi Pier and the brick warehouses of Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse recall the port’s commercial transformation. Inland, Yokohama Chinatown, Japan’s largest, grew from the Chinese community that settled here after the port opened. Motomachi shopping street and the Yamate hillside add another layer, shaped by the foreign residential district of the treaty-port era. See how Naka Ward fits within the broader Yokohama area by browsing webcams nearby.

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