Place names・Yokohama

Yokohama ChinatownYokohama Chukagai

Also known as: 横浜中華街・中華街

One of the world's largest Chinatowns, formed after the 1859 port opening when Chinese merchants gathered in a corner of the foreign settlement. Some 600 shops crowd its streets, which are laid out with feng-shui gates and temples of worship.

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