Sakae Ward
The wooded hills of southern Yokohama define the setting of Sakae Ward — residential streets and green slopes give this part of Kanagawa Prefecture a quieter, more suburban character than Yokohama’s harbour districts. The ward occupies the city’s southern interior, where low ridges and small valleys break up the urban fabric rather than opening onto Tokyo Bay. It remains fully part of Yokohama, the port city that opened to foreign trade in 1859 and grew into one of Japan’s largest urban centres. Sakae Ward itself was created in 1986 from the former Totsuka Ward, bringing together neighbourhoods shaped by housing, local services and wooded open land. Its position also places it between central Yokohama and the historic city of Kamakura.
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The Itachi River defines the setting of Sakae Ward — its low valley threads between wooded hills in southern Yokohama, shaping a largely residential district on the edge of the Miura Hills. One of Yokohama’s quieter wards, Sakae combines local life around Hongōdai with parks and green corridors that soften the urban fabric. Taya Caves, a Buddhist cave complex carved into a hillside, preserves a tangible link to the area’s religious past. The Yokohama Nature Observation Forest adds protected woodland and walking routes close to built-up neighbourhoods. Browse additional webcams from Yokohama and Kanagawa Prefecture to extend your view of the Tokyo Bay region.
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