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Yokohama – يوكوهاما – 横浜市, Japan.

 

“Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Perfecture in Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu.  Yokohama’s population of 3.6 million makes it Japan’s largest incorporated city. It developed rapidly and today it’s one of Japan’s major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo and Chiba.”

 

Yokohama is one of my favourite cities in Japan. I personally liked the Minato Mirai 21, it’s where you can see the Landmark  Tower, Japan’s tallest skyscraper, besides Yokohama Museum of Art,  shops, restaurants and amusement parks. Minato Mirai 21 is one of the few places in the Tokyo-Yokohama area where the seashore is accessible.

 

Unfortunately, in my last visit to Yokohama I’ve missed to see the Yokohama Marine Tower,  the tallest inland lighthouse in the world!!

Shinkansen

 

“Shinkansen is a network of high speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the 210 km/h (130 mph) Tokaido Shinkansen in 1964, the now expanded network is linking to more major cities of Japan at speeds up to 300km/h (186 mph).  Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world-record 581 km/h (361 mph) in 2003.”

Shinkansen literally means “New Trunk Line”, but now in english it’s called “The Bullet Train!”.

 

I had the chance to ride on the Shinkansen in 2003, between Mt. Fuji and Tokyo. It was really super fast, I could barely see the out side! The interior was plane-alike with the passenger seats and the attendants, hehehe! that was lots of  fun and very pleasant, you should try it ;)

2016 Olympic Games

“Tokyo is one of the candidate cities to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, besides Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro.  Tokyo previously hosted the Olympic Games in 1964, becoming the first city outside Europe and the USA to host the event. The olympic committee will reach a final decision on October 2, 2009.

  Therefore, Tokyo is preparing the olympic infrastructure. The sporting avenues are located in two main zones, the Heritage Zone and the Tokyo Bay Zone. The Heritage Zone consists of existing venues, many of which were already used during the 1964 olympic games.  The Tokyo Bay Zone consists of venues on the man made islands of Tokyo Bay, many of which are to be newly constructed.”

I really wish Tokyo to host the 2016 olympic games, as they are very well prepared to organize it in a modern high tech way comparing with the other candidate cities, no offense!

Morioka, Japan.

Yesterday while watching NHK, I had the chance to watch a documentary program about Morioka City in Japan.  Morioka is the capital city of Iwate perfecture in Japan. It’s located on the north-east side of  Honshu.  Morioka has an estimated population of 300,740. The total area is 489.15 km2.  Three rivers flow over Morioka, the Kitakami, the Shizukuishi and the Nakatsu. Although Morioka is a small city but it has 5 stars hotels and restaurants, besides the museums and shops.

Morioka can be reached in a 3 hours ride on the Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo. Sakura trees usually bloom in Morioka by late April, so I guess it’s the best time to visit Morioka. It has been already added to my to do list hehehe!  Inshallah I’m planning to visit Nagoya in late March, Sendai and Morioka in late April and Hokkiado in May to chase the flow of Sakura!

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