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150 years of Yokohama at our grand exposition celebrating the past and the future. Yokohama (Yokohama-shi?) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kant? region of the main island of Honsh?. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Yokohama’s population of 3.6 million makes it Japan’s largest incorporated city.
Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan’s prominent port city following the end of Japan’s relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba.
Yokohama’s foreign population of nearly 75,000 includes Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, and Brazilians. Among the attractions are festivals and events
