Japan 2025, July 24

The same breakfast again, then off for a longer 10.75 kilometre run as I'm getting to know the paths a bit better now.

For the trip to Yokohama I had to walk to the furthest of the many Asakusa stations, which has at least three different stations servicing four major train lines. The train I boarded was only two stops from the end of the line but was already standing room only. The same train changed service and continued all the way to Yokohama, so I got a seat later on once the Tokyo locals departed.

From Yokohama station it was straight into an underground mall, but I had a better idea of my orientation and the right direction to head in. Soon I found the entrance to the Nissan global headquarters gallery, which had a free showroom on the ground floor. I figured you couldn't touch any of the cars but then people were getting in most of them to try it out, even the Skyline GTR and such. They had quite a lot of things in the gift shop including a Datsun range but nothing I found worth buying.

Instead of continuing to walk I got the train for one stop to Minato Mirai, although it was so far underground it was almost the same effort. It was already nearly lunch time so I stopped at another Shack Shake. On my way out I was able to get some photos of the tallest building in the city, Yokohama landmark tower.

My next stop was a combined ticket for Yokohama port museum and Nippon Maru museum ship. I went to the port museum first, but you aren't allowed to take photos inside for most sections, for whatever reason. There was some interesting history of the port with English translations included - dealing with an earthquake, a war, and land reclamation projects.

There was a fun little gantry simulator game, but the best part was a five minute video in a room with a 180 screen, including a bit of the side wall, floor and ceiling. On the way out I got the best available magnet at the gift shop. The second part of my ticket was a walk around the ship next, it was alright but pretty standard.

Back out in the sun I walked along Kishamichi Promenade to Yokohama World Porters, which is a three level shopping building. There was some cable cars going overheard to the same destination, but the trip was only about 500 metres. I decided to run to be able to record a Yokohama exercise activity on my watch, but was already sweating by the end, so needed to quickly get inside with air conditioning.

There was a lot of character merchandise yet again, including a Marvel pop up store but it had nothing good, mostly the new Fantastic Four stuff. Outside one exit of the building was the Cosmo World amusement park. It's free to enter but then you have to pay for rides individually, however I didn't think I had time to spend there.

On the opposite side was a short walk to the old red brick warehouse building. This building has some historical significance with the port, but now has a lot of craft and souvenir shops, however I didn't find a better magnet. Continuing along I got some photos outside of the Osanbashi pier and the Yokohama bay bridge in the distance.

My feet were getting sore so I only kept walking a bit further, but ended at a good spot. I made it to Yamashita park which had a good view of the Yokohama marine tower in the background. There was also another ship named Hikawa Maru docked in the water.

I also had Nogeyama zoological gardens left on the list for the day. It is a free small zoo, but there wasn't a good public transport route there from my current location. A bit more time could have also been spent around the Chinatown area where I ended up at, but I had nothing to specific to see there. Instead of any of that I got the subway back to Yokohama station and then a train all the way back to Asakusa, the reverse of the morning journey. Since Yokohama was close to the start of the journey I actually got a seat for the whole trip for once.

Finally I had a bit more time in the afternoon to have a look along Nakamise shopping street and at Senso-ji temple when I got back to Asakusa There was a great selection of magnets in the shops but I didn't think I needed any more, although perhaps an overall Japan one.

It was about 5pm but I didn't have any good ideas for dinner, I looked at the Denny's menu but the only real option was grilled cheese and a bowl of rice. They had better options in the dessert menu though, like French toast, but I wasn't sure if they'd serve everything at once. I actually had a decent sized lunch so wasn't that hungry anyway, mostly just thirsty as per usual.

Yokohama - 6 out of 10

• Good
• Not as busy as Tokyo
• Bad
• Only spent half a day there
• Some other activities were further from the city centre
• Missed Out
• Chinatown - Hakurankan market
• Chinatown - Motomachi shopping street
• Cup Noodles museum - not much use for vegetarians
• Mitsui outlet park
• Nogeyama zoological gardens

Public transport = 1655 yen (620 Yokohama each way)

Steps = 25,205 with 11.25 kilometres running