What's in Minatomirai? My little stay at Minatomirai

 If you come Tokyo, みなとみらい(minatomirai) district is one of the area you will be recommended to visit. Minatomirai district is in Yokohama.

Actually some guidebook for tourist sold at bookstore in Japan talked about Yokohama and Minatomirai area.

I didn't dare to go sightseeing in Yokohama, because I live near Yokohama.

But I dared to go sightseeing Yokohma.

In this post, I will talk about sightseeing in Yokohama and Minatomirai.

Summary

The Minatomirai area is the waterfront between Yokohama(横浜) station and Sakuragicho(桜木町) station.

The area has fashionable atmosphere and just right for a walk.

Shoping mall, museum, ship, small amusement park and ferris wheel, many restaurant, and there are many other facilities.

This time I ate lunch in Minatomirai and got on a boat and went shopping.

Large pier

There is large pier in Minatomirai. Yokohama is one of the big port.

However, not only in Yokohama, but the coast of Tokyo bay is full of ports. Many of them is for cargo, but Yokohama port is for people to get on ship.

Because of the reason, large pier is in Yokohama port(Minatomirai area).

Large pier is called 大さん橋(o-sanbashi), the pier has some restaurant and immigration gate for overseas travelers.

We ate lunch there.

Entrance of large pier.

Isn't it the best luxury to drink alcohol from noon?

Lunch looking at the sea.

I ate steak dish. Mustard add flesh flavor.

This is chicken dish. It's delicious too.

When I looked up, there was a ship.

We ate pancake at desert.

Seaside walk

We walked around after lunch.

There were many walking people in 山下公園(Yamashita Kouen, Yamashita Park).

There is Chinatown on the land side of Yamashita Park, which is famous as Yokohama Chinatown.

But we didn't went Chinatown then. Because we were full.

White building is historical port institution.

Yamashita park.

Pacifico Yokohama was seen. It is the place international event held.

Half moon building is symbol of Minatomirai.

This is 赤レンガ倉庫(Aka-renga-souko, red brick warehouse). It was built in 1911. The warehouse has a small museum for history of Yokohama port and shop and restaurant and event space. 

We went pingu event last year. 

Sea bass

After walking, we got on small ship シーバス(sea bass, it may mean sea bus).

I have known the ship since little age, but I haven't got. Because I didn't think I have to got ship there.

 I dared to go sightseeing Yokohama, it is opportunity to get sea bus.

Small pier for Sea bass.

The board say next time to leave.

Right ship isn't sea bass. It is marine rouge.

Sea bass is small ship.

They are few waves in Tokyo bay. It was comfortable cruise.

It took about 30 minutes from large pier to Yokohama station.

This flat ship is sea bass. I forgot taking a sea bass picture and to do in a hurry.

01(Marui) the shoping mall

We went shoping after getting off the ship.

They are many shop around Yokohama station. We went Marui becaus the mall has miffy shop. My girlfriend like her.

Marui is one of the big shopping mall.

Of course, they are many many Miffy.

After Miffiy exbition, more miffy goods wearing towles and pretending to be ghosts.

It is appeared in early episodes.

Big.

They are one of Japanese character, すみっコぐらし（Sumikko-grashi).

I like green one, ざっそう(Zasso, it means weed). He or she is positive and cute.

My girl friend like ほこり(Hokori, it means dust). She said they are cute without thinking about anything.

There is a Pokemon Center. I like Chinchou and Lanturn.

Lanturn picture is rare.

At last, we went 3COINS. The shop sell thigs for 300yen. 100yen shop is popular in Japan, but 3COINS is becoming more popular targeting women.

I dared to go sightseeing Yokohama, it is nice to visit.

Park in Japan

I sometime go to park.

I do nothing there, I don't have purpose then.

Fortunately, Japan has many park and I don't have problem to my destination. I like them because they are free to use.

In this post, I will talk about park in Japan.

Summary

Japan has many maintained park. Many of them are small and located in city.

Japanese law makes municipality to build a large park in living area too.

Because of the reason, small or large parks are there in Japan.

Their are popular space to people.

Recently I went to Mitsuike Park and Komatsugaike Park.

Coincidently, both parks have ponds. The name of both parks have ike(池), the word means ponds.

Mitsuike Park

Mitsuike Park is written 三ツ池公園 in Japanese. 

三(mi) is three, ツ(tsu) is about ”of”, 池(ike) is pond, and 公園(kouen) is park. 

Then, mitsuike park means three ponds park. The name is simple and easy to understand.

Actually mitsuike park has three ponds and many playset. The large park is popular to family and neighborhood.

The park has long slide. It is very slippey. But my unskilled photo don't make us to understand their length and slippery.

The park has parking. The parking is often full. It said the popularity of the Mitsuike park.

When I visited the park, many people play or act as their please at the park. There was a old women who played a musical instrument very well.

Many vending machines prevent people from dehydration.

Kitchen cars came. Ice cream and coffee are sold.

Mitsuike park has many green. It's a feature of the park.

Jumping spider said hello. But focus of the picture isn't good.

The bulletin board talked about biological protection activity.

Green and pond are there.

Under pond. Maybe upper pond and middle pond is others.

There is a pool. It is opened in summer.

Korean totem pole for preventing boundary from devil was. The pole is sometime equipped grilled meat store(culture of grilled meat is come to Japan from Korea). I don't know why this pole is at the place.

We are visited for an hour. It was nice walking.

Komatsugaike Park

Another day, I went 小松ヶ池公園(komatsugaike kouen). 

小(ko) means small, 松(matsu) means pine, ヶ(ga) means about ”of”, 池(ike) and 公園(kouen) means pond and park too.

Then, Komatsugaike park means small pine tree and pond park.

Maybe I visit there was early March I remembered.

The reason why I went to the park is to see Sakura.

A kind of cherry blossom called Someiyoshino is mainly planted in Japan.

They are clone of a tree and bloom at once about late March.

But Kawazu-zakura(Sakura) is planted at Komatsugaike park and neighborhood. We can see cherry blossom early there.

Many people visited to see Kawazu-zakura.

Komatsugaike park is also big, though not as big as Mitsuike park.

The pole said Komatsugaike Park.

There was a big land improve monument.

Great cormorant was. He was not afraid of humans.

Beautiful cherry blossom and pond.

I talked about two park with pond. They are big park.

Most park is smaller than.

Kamikoyamada-mitsuya-seseragi-park is average park.

The park equipped small chair and playset. 

Not interesting, but this is normal park. But not bad, it is nice park.