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Yokohama Jazz Promenade turns the city into a jazz stage for one weekend each October, with hall concerts, street live sets and shows in jazz clubs. It began in 1993, draws more than 100,000 visitors a year and has recently used venues such as Kannai Hall and the Red Brick Warehouse. Street performances and local gigs…

Bar Bar Bar is a jazz restaurant in a Kannai basement, a couple of minutes on foot from Kannai Station, with a different artist playing each day. The mood is formal but relaxed, with piano trio sets, whiskey, cocktails and a full food menu. Doors open at six and the first set follows around seven. It is closed on…

The Yokohama Museum of Art reopened in February 2025 after a long renovation, and holds modern and contemporary works by artists such as Cezanne, Picasso and Nara. It is a short walk from Minatomirai Station. It is closed on Thursdays, and when a Thursday is a public holiday it closes the next weekday instead, so…

Yokohama Noh Theater, in the Momijigaoka hills of Nishi Ward, reopened in 2026 after about two and a half years of renovation, and its stage carries 140 years of history. The theater runs an English version of its website, and English guidance material is provided for foreign visitors at performances, which helps a…

Kishamichi is a boardwalk of about 500 meters built on a former railway line that opened in 1911, running toward the Red Brick Warehouse area from Sakuragicho. Old stone masonry and an American-made iron railway bridge give you foreground, with the Minato Mirai towers and Cosmo Clock 21 behind. Come at dusk when the…

Osanbashi is the oldest pier in the Port of Yokohama, rebuilt as a cruise terminal with a curved, wave-shaped roof that is a public square open around the clock. From the upper deck you can frame the sun path on the water, the Cosmo Clock 21 wheel and the skyline as the sky shifts color. Arrive before sunset and stay…

The DeNA BayStars play baseball at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama Park, and a night game is a fun way to join local fans. Game-day tickets are sold only at the ticket office in the park, credit cards are not accepted there, and nothing is sold on the day if the advance tickets have run out. Decide on the game early, buy…

Each December the zelkova trees along Jozenji-dori are wrapped in hundreds of thousands of LED lights for the Pageant of Starlight, a Sendai winter tradition since 1986. Walk the central promenade to stand right under the lights, then warm up in the cafes nearby. Kotodai-Koen Station on the Namboku Line leaves you at…