Motomachi
Motomachi is a district in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan. It is situated immediately west of Yamate and east of Chinatown. The area features the Motomachi Shopping Street, which is a five-block-long stretch of boutiques and shops.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Naka-ku, Yokohama
- Also known as: “Motomachi, Yokohama”
Places of Interest
Highlights include America-yama Park and Motomachi-Chūkagai Station.
Motomachi-Chūkagai Station
Railway station
Photo: RGB256, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Motomachi-Chukagai Station is an underground railway station on the Minatomirai Line subway in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company.
Yokohama Marine Tower
Lighthouse
Photo: Los688, Public domain.
Yokohama Marine Tower is a 106 metres high lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 100 metres in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan. The light characteristic is marked by a flash every twenty seconds, whereby the light's colour is alternating red and green.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uchidacho and Minami-ku.
Minami-ku
Suburb
Photo: ウェルワィ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minami-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 197,019 and a density of 15,550 persons per km².
Miharudai
Neighborhood
Photo: Hiroyuki0904, Public domain.
Miharudai is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km west of Motomachi.
Motomachi
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Motomachi” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “元町”
- Dutch: “Motomachi”
- Japanese: “チャーミングセール”
- Japanese: “もとまち”
- Japanese: “モトマチ”
- Japanese: “元町”
- Japanese: “元町クラフトマンシップ・ストリート”
- Japanese: “元町ショッピングストリート”
- Japanese: “元町ライトフェニックス”
- Japanese: “元町商店街”
- Japanese: “横浜元町”
- Polish: “Motomachi, Jokohama”
- Polish: “Motomachi”
- Turkish: “Moto-machi”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yamashitachō and Yamatecho.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery and Yokohama Ningyō no Ie.
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