{"id":3754,"date":"2019-08-23T12:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2020-09-05T05:38:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T09:38:14","slug":"my-favorite-city-in-japan-yokohama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/my-favorite-city-in-japan-yokohama\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite City in Japan – Yokohama"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m a big fan of Asia, especially Japan, China, and Taiwan. I\u2019ve always found Japan to be a vibrant and exciting country… and Yokohama is my favourite city in Japan. It is difficult to articulate exactly why I love Yokohama, but it\u2019s held a special place in my heart for over 15 years and many trips throughout the region.<\/p>\n
Maybe it\u2019s because Yokohama is so much like my home city of San Diego, California. Both are major ports, both are laidback, and both are tourist meccas. Maybe it is because Yokohama is the adult-sized version of San Diego. Maybe it is my sense that Japan offers a unique culture and I am attracted to anything different\u2026 anything that takes me out of my comfort zone. Maybe it is the fact that the Japanese view the world, and their place in it, so different than us in the Western world. Maybe it is the fact that Yokohama blends all that I like about Japan with the laid back attitude of a tourist city. Maybe I simply don\u2019t have the words to express a feeling I have had for so many years.<\/p>\n
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Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second-largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and the most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kant\u014d region of the main island of Honshu.<\/p>\n