4 May 2025 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General , Bon appétit , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Shin-Yokohama R?men Museum (
Shin-Yokohama R?men Hakubutsukan ) contains ground-floor exhibits on the history of ramen, and a ramen-themed
food court on its basement levels. The museum opened in 1994, and is located in the
Shin-Yokohama district of
K?hoku-ku, Yokohama , Japan.
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1 February 2024 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General , House of the Month
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Nippon Maru tallship in front of the Yokohama Landmark Tower © flickr.com – ken H/cc-by-sa-2.0
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The Yokohama Landmark Tower (
Yokohama Random?ku Taw? ) is the
third tallest building and
fifth tallest structure in
Japan , standing 296.3 m (972 ft) high. Until surpassed by
Abeno Harukas in 2014, it stood as the tallest building in Japan. It is located in the
Minato Mirai 21 district of
Yokohama city, next to the
Yokohama Museum of Art .
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19 February 2019 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General
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Yokohama is the second
largest city in Japan by population, after
Tokyo , and the most populous
municipality of Japan . It is the capital
city of
Kanagawa Prefecture . It lies on
Tokyo Bay , south of Tokyo, in the
Kant? region of the main island of
Honshu . It is a major commercial hub of the
Greater Tokyo Area .
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1 June 2018 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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Nippon Maru is a Japanese
museum ship and former
training vessel . She is permanently docked in
Yokohama harbor, in
Nippon Maru Memorial Park . She was built by
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation in
Kobe , and was launched on 27 January 1930 alongside her sister ship
Kaiwo Maru .
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