Yokohama [city] - Yokohama

Japanese: 横浜[市] - よこはま

A city in the eastern part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It is the prefectural capital. It was incorporated as a city in 1889 and became a government-designated city in 1956. It was originally a deserted village on a sandbar in the waterfront of the Tama Hills, but it has developed rapidly since the opening of Yokohama Port under the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan in 1859. Along with Kobe, it is one of Japan's leading international port cities. It consists of 18 wards, including 10 wards (Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Nishi, Naka, Minami, Hodogaya, Isogo, Kanazawa, Kohoku, and Totsuka), as well as the newly established wards of Konan, Asahi, Midori, and Seya in 1969, Sakae and Izumi in 1986, and Aoba and Tsuzuki in 1994. The center of the city is the Kannai district, where government offices and companies are concentrated. Isezakicho, Motomachi, and Chinatown are famous as downtown areas. The coastal reclaimed land near Kawasaki City is home to large factories for steel, shipbuilding, chemicals, oil refineries, etc., and forms the center of the Keihin Industrial Zone. Large petrochemical factories have been established on the reclaimed land along Negishi Bay in the south, and Tsuzuki and Kohoku wards along the Tsurumi River have also become inland industrial areas with the establishment of large automobile and electronics companies. The city's total manufacturing shipment value was 4.103 trillion yen (2003), ranking first in the prefecture. The Minato Mirai 21 (MM21) project for the new 21st century city center has been underway since 1983 on the reclaimed land in the waterfront of Nishi-ku and Naka-ku, and in 1993 the Yokohama Landmark Tower and Nippon Maru Memorial Park were completed. The waterfront has also undergone major changes, with the opening of the Yokohama Bay Bridge between Daikoku and Honmoku Pier in 1989, Yokohama New Transit, Yokohama Minatomirai Line, and the Metropolitan Expressway. The city is served by the Tokaido Main Line, Shinkansen, Keihin Tohoku Line, Negishi Line, Yokohama Line, Keikyu Corporation, Tokyu Toyoko Line, Sagami Railway, and Tomei Expressway. The inland hilly areas have become Tokyo commuter towns due to the development of Kohoku and Konan New Towns, which have been undertaken by the Urban Development Corporation since 1965. Sojiji Temple, Shomyoji Temple, Kanazawa Bunko, Sankeien Garden, Nogeyama, Yamashita Park, Kodomo-no-Kuni, Yokohama National University, and Yokohama City University are among the attractions. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. ^{437.49 km2} . 3,688,773 people (2010).
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神奈川県東部の市。県庁所在地。1889年市制。1956年政令指定都市となる。もと多摩丘陵の臨海部の砂州上の一寒村であったが，1859年日米修好通商条約に基づく横浜港の開港以来急速に発展。神戸市と並んで日本を代表する国際港湾都市。鶴見，神奈川，西，中，南，保土ヶ谷，磯子，金沢，港北，戸塚の10区と1969年新設の港南，旭，緑，瀬谷各区と1986年新設の栄区，泉区，1994年新設の青葉区，都筑区(つづき)，あわせて18の区からなる。市街の中心は関内(かんない)地区で，官庁，会社などが集中。伊勢佐木町，元町，中華街が繁華街として有名。川崎市寄りの海岸埋立地には鉄鋼，造船，化学，石油精製などの大工場が集中し，京浜工業地帯の一中心をなす。南部の根岸湾岸の埋立地には，石油化学などの大工場が進出，また鶴見川沿いの都筑・港北両区も自動車，電器などの大企業の進出によって内陸工業地域をなす。市全体の製造品出荷額では４兆1030億円（2003）を上げ，県内１位を占めている。西区・中区の臨海部埋立地には21世紀の新都心のための，みなとみらい21（MM21）計画が1983年から進められており，1993年横浜ランドマークタワー，日本丸メモリアルパークなどが完成した。また臨海部は大黒〜本牧埠頭間に1989年横浜ベイブリッジ，横浜新交通，横浜高速鉄道みなとみらい線，首都高速道路各線が開通するなど大きく変化している。東海道本線・新幹線，京浜東北線，根岸線，横浜線，京浜急行電鉄，東急東横線，相模鉄道，東名高速道路が通じる。内陸の丘陵地帯は1965年から都市・整備公団によって進められている港北・港南ニュータウンなどの造成により，東京のベッドタウンとなっている。総持寺，称名寺，金沢文庫，三渓園，野毛山，山下公園，こどもの国，横浜国立大学，横浜市立大学などがある。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。437.49km²。368万8773人（2010）。
→関連項目神奈川［県］｜神奈川大学｜神奈川奉行｜横浜［駅］

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