Yokohama skylines

- Landmark Tower, Minato Mirai 21, Station area, KAWASAKI

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. 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 (Tokyo Skytree and Tokyo Tower are much taller, but are not counted as buildings). 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. Landmark Tower has 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 (part of the three Queens Towers) 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. Marine Tower from 1961 is a famous landmark, one of the tallest lighthouses in the world. It is situated right between he waterfront and Chinatown. It is 106m tall and has an observation deck. The lights are flashing red and green at dark, every 20 seconds. The circular Shin-Yokohama Prince Hotel (42 floors) is situated in another district, Shin-Yokohama west of the city center.

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.

Kawasaki. In the end of this page, you see a few skyline pictures of Kawasaki, a large city (population 1.5 million) between Tokyo and Kanazawa/Yokohama. Since 2008, skyscrapers have been constructed in Kawaasaki, most in quite impersonal modernist style. The tallest building in Kawasaki is Park Tower from 2009 (59 floors, 204m).

 

YOKOHAMA:

Minato Mirai 21 skyline Yokohama Grand InterContinental Yokohama Bay Bridge Views from Landmark Tower 03 Views from Landmark Tower 04 Views from Landmark Tower 05 Yokohama Stadium from Landmark Tower Views from Landmark Tower 07 Views from Landmark Tower 08 Views from Landmark Tower 09 Views from Landmark Tower 10 Views from Landmark Tower 11 Views from Landmark Tower 12 Views from Landmark Tower 13 Views from Landmark Tower 14 Views from Landmark Tower 15 Yokohama Media Tower Yokohama Media Tower Views from Landmark Tower 18

Yokohama skyline 04 Yokohama skyline 05 Landmark Tower Yokohama skyline 07 Yokohama Media Tower and more Yokohama skyline 09 Yokohama skyline 10 Yokohama skyline 11 Yokohama skyline 12 Media Tower and more Yokohama skyline 14 Yokohama Media Tower and more Yokohama skyline 16 Yokohama skyline 17 Yokohama skyline 18 Yokohama skyline 19 Queens Towers Yokohama skyline 21 Yokohama skyline 22 Minato Mirai 21 Minato Mirai 21 Yokohama skyline 43 Cosmo World Cosmo World Yokohama skyline 46 Yokohama Grand InterContinental Yokohama skyline 48 Landmark Tower, Queens Towers Yokohama skyline 50 Yokohama skyline 51 Yokohama skyline 52 Port Building Osanbashi Pier Terminal Minato Mirai 21 skyline Marine Tower Yokohama skyline 57 Yokohama skyline 58 Marine Tower

Yokohama skyline at night 1 Yokohama skyline at night 2 Yokohama skyline at night 3 Yokohama skyline at night 4 Yokohama skyline at night 5 Yokohama skyline at night 6 Yokohama skyline at night 7 Yokohama skyline at night 8

KAWASAKI:

Kawasaki skyline 01 Kawasaki skyline 02