Minato Mirai 21

- Port of Yokohama, Cosmo World Amusement Park, Cosmo Clock, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Queens Square, Yokohama Bay Bridge, World Porters, Navios Hotel

Minato Mirai 21 (MM) is the central business district and modern harbourfront skyline of Yokohama. It attracts numerous tourists each year, and most of Yokohama’s skyscrapers can be found in the MM area. Minato Mira literally means "future harbour". Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan 1993-2014 (296m) stands in Minato Mirai. Since a few year ago there is a taller one in Osaka, but it still exceed the height of all skyscrapers in Tokyo, not counting observation towers. Landmark Tower has 70 floors with an observation deck (Sky Garden), a luxury hotel (Yokohama Royal Park Hotel) and a large shopping mall, Landmark Plaza. Home to the world's second fastest elevators, which travel 750m per minute. Yokohama Grand InterContinental is another skyscraper, a 31-storey hotel from 1991 with a curved shape. Queens Tower A from 1997 is the second tallest building in Yokohama, much shorter then Landmark Tower (height: 172m). If you count masts, Yokohama Media Tower from 1999 is the second tallest, with only 23 floors but a tall mast on top that increases the height to 253m. All these buildings are in MM. In front of the three Queens Towers and the large, futuristic Queens Square shopping mall is Queens Square, where you find a very exciting, large, rollercoaster like sculpture "Moku-Moku Waku-Waku Yokohama Yo-Yo". Marine Tower from 1961 is a famous landmark, one of the tallest lighthouses in the world.

Pacificio is a huge convention center in Minato Mirai. It opened in 1991 and the exhibition hall has an area of 20,000 m2. It is situated right next to Yokohama Grand InterContinental. The main railway station of Yokohama, a large Sogo department store, Yokohama Museum of Art, small canals, shopping malls, cafés can be found in MM and the area to the North of it. A central pedestrian promenade follows the waterfront and leads to the small but beautiful Yamashita Park, known for its flower arrangements and sculptures, facing the waterfront. The Water Guardian Statue is the most central statue and fountain, sitauted in a pond. Next to the park is the famous ship Hikawa Maru, an ocean liner launched in 1929. It ran to Seattle and Vancouver, but today it is a museum ship. In 1940-41 it saved many Jewish refugees from the Nazis. Kano Jigoro, the founder of judo, died on this ship in 1938. Nippon Maru, built in 1930, is another museum ship, but this one is situated next to Landmark Tower. Rinko Park, Unga Park and Takashima Central Park are other waterfront parks, closer to the central station. Nissan Motors, JGC Corporation, Chiyoda Corporation all have headquarters in Minato Mirai. Nissan has a large store with a showroom open for public, part of the Nissan Global Headquarters in Minato Mirai. Nissan Stadium is an important stadium that opened in 1992 and has the highest seating capacity of all stadiums in Japan (72 327). It has been used for football, rugby, athletics, concerts and more. Yokohama Stadium is a large circular stadium in the city center. It opened in 1978 for baseball in the middle of the Yokohama Park and has a capicity of 30 000 people. Cosmo Clock 21 is a high ferris wheel in MM (on the small Shino island), facing the waterfront. It was the world’s tallest ferris wheel 1989-92. In 1997 its height was increased to 112.5m. It is part of the Cosmo World amusement park, that features a landmark rollercoaster, a water ride, a shopping mall and more. Compared to Tokyo, Yokohama’s skyline is not impressive, but it is popular because many buildings with significant shapes form an interesting skyline. Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, also on Shinko island, is a redbrick building complex, reminding of British warehouse buildings, facing the water. It was originally used as a customs building but is now a shopping mall, banquet hall, and event venues. The complex consist of two similar buildings facing each other. They were built in 1911 and 1913. The large postmodern mall Yokohama World Porters with about 200 stores is next to it. Navios Yokohama is a postmodern hotel building with a gate right through the building. Port of Yokohama is the most prominent port in Japan.

Yokohama Bay Bridge is a beautiful white cable stayed bridge. It is 860m long, 172m tall and opened in 1989. Osanbashi Pier is a modern international pier where huge cruise ships dock. It has a futuristic internatinonal passenger terminal.

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