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Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama, a sister city to San Diego, Frankfurt and Mumbai, is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. It is a quick 30 minute ride by train or less and is well connected to Tokyo by road. When I heard the story of Yokohama, the famous lines from If by Rudyard Kipling came to mind.
"Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;"

Yokohama was destroyed by an earthquake in 1923 and thousands of lives were lost. The city was rebuilt only to be destroyed again, this time by man, during WWII. On a single morning on May 29, 1945 in what is now known as the Great Yokohama Air Raid, B-29s firebombed the city and in just one hour and nine minutes reduced 42% of it to rubble. Today, Minato Mirai 21, built on reclaimed land in Yokohama is home to some of the biggest corporations in the world, the tallest building in Japan including the tallest Landmark Tower and one of the newest urban business districts, while continuing to be the center for tourism.
Tokyo Bay, Minatomirai, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Tokyo Bay, Minatomirai, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Minatomirai, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Minatomirai, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Nissan headquarters, Fuji-Xerox R&D building, M.M. Towers Foresis, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Nissan headquarters, Fuji-Xerox R&D building, M.M. Towers Foresis, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama stadium, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama stadium, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Tokyo Bay, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Tokyo Bay, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama Bay Bridge, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama Bay Bridge, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel, Queen's Tower A, Minatomirai, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel, Queen's Tower A, Minatomirai, Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan		 Yokohama, view Yokohama Bay Hotel, Japan
Yokohama, view Yokohama Bay Hotel, Japan		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo		 Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo
Yokohama, view from Landmark Tower, Japan, photo of a photo		 Yokohama Landmark Tower, tallest building in Japan, Yokohama
Yokohama Landmark Tower, tallest building in Japan, Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama, Japan		 Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel, Japan
Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel, Japan		 Minatomirai, Ferris Wheel, Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel, Yokohama, Japan
Minatomirai, Ferris Wheel, Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel, Yokohama, Japan		 Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu, Japan
Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu, Japan

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