Yokohama

Yokohama is the second-most populated city in Japan and the most populous municipality in the country, according to the population. It is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the most populous city in the prefecture, with a projected population of 3.8 million in 2020. It is located on the main island of Honshu, in the Kant region, on Tokyo Bay, south of the capital city of Tokyo. It is also considered to be the main economic, cultural, and commercial centre of the Greater Tokyo Area because of its location next to the Keihin Industrial Zone.

Following the end of the policy of isolation in 1859, Yokohama was one of the first places to open for commerce with the West, and it has since been recognised as a cosmopolitan port city, following the opening of Kobe in 1853 as well. Numerous firsts occurred in Yokohama during the Meiji period, including Japan's first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), an English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), a daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), a railway station (1872), and a power plant (1874). (1882). When Japanese relative isolation ended in the mid-19th century, Yokohama grew quickly as the country's most important port city, and it is now one of the country's main ports, with Kobe, Osaka and Nagoya. It is also one of the country's most important industrial centres.

It is the most populous port city in the Greater Tokyo Area and the Kant region, with a population of 1.6 million people. Nissan, JVCKenwood, Keikyu, Koei Tecmo, Sotetsu, and Bank of Yokohama are just a few of the companies with their headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. Minato Mirai 21, Nippon Maru Memorial Park, Yokohama Chinatown, Motomachi Shopping Street, Yokohama Marine Tower, Yamashita Park, and Sanbashi Pier are just a few of the city's most notable monuments.