Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Kanagawa-ku?

The ward's sights gather along its Minato Mirai waterfront. The Cosmo Clock 21 wheel turns above Yokohama Cosmo World, where the Diving Coaster: Vanish plunges toward the water, and the Yokohama Museum of Art anchors the cultural blocks nearby. Museums do the rest.

The CupNoodles Museum Yokohama, the Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum, the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum, the Yokohama Port Museum, the Hara Model Railway Museum, the Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama, and the Keikyū Museum line the harbour, while Orbi Yokohama and the inland Sannōyama archaeological site round out the ward.

What is the history of Kanagawa-ku?

Kanagawa-ku carries a longer past than its glassy waterfront suggests. The inland Sannōyama archaeological site marks settlement on this ground long before the harbour took its modern shape, and the ward's name reaches back to the old district of Kanagawa on the road that ran through Yokohama. The bayfront came late.

Reclaimed land and redevelopment turned the ward's harbour edge into the museums, towers, and rides of Minato Mirai, where the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum and the Yokohama Port Museum now record the shipbuilding and maritime trades that once worked these same docks along the Yokohama shore.

Where is Kanagawa-ku?

Kanagawa-ku is one of the wards of Yokohama, its harbour edge facing the bay along the Minato Mirai waterfront while the rest of the ward runs inland from the shore.