Go to Yokohama's deep culture street "Nihon Odori"!

Yokohama Deep Culture Street
There is a "road" that you want to peep and walk.
Yokohama Deep Culture Street
To the place I've always wanted to go after hearing rumors.
"Yokohama is interesting!" There should be such a discovery here.

LET'S GO Nihon Odori!!
Right from Minatomirai Line "Nihon Odori Station". A 5-minute walk from "Bashamichi Station" and JR Line "Kannai Station"!

There are many historical buildings such as the Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office Building, which is also close to Yokohama Port. Walk along the beautiful “Nihon Odori”, lined with ginkgo trees that change color with the seasons.

At the entrance of Zou-no-hana Park, which overlooks Yokohama Port, there is a small light blue elephant "Perico" that provides information such as no cars allowed. With this perico as the meeting point, the walking starts this time.

First thing in the morning. Our first stop was the Yokohama Port Opening Museum, which is located near both Zou-no-hana Park and Yokohama Port Osanbashi International Passenger Terminal.

First of all, I would like to say hello to the Tamasuku tree in the courtyard, which was drawn in the famous "Picture of Commodore Perry's Landing in Yokohama". As expected of Yokohama, you can feel the history on your skin.

I also saw the inside of the building. The theme of the permanent exhibition room on the 2nd floor is "The City Talks - Enlightenment Yokohama." If you look at your feet, you'll see a map of Yokohama from the 14th year of the Meiji era drawn on the floor. Inside the gondola, there are exhibits related to the place on the map as "Yokohama's beginning". In addition, there is also a special exhibition room and a reading room where you can carefully read the materials. It is a spot unique to Yokohama, an open-port city, where you can feel the long history first-hand from encounters with foreign cultures.

Yokohama Port Opening Museum
[Business] 9:30-17:00, closed on Mondays (closed the next day if Monday is a public holiday) [TEL] 045-201-2100 [URL] http://www.kaikou.city.yokohama.jp

I decided to have breakfast at a cafe on the premises of the Yokohama Port Archives. This is "Eau Jardin de Perry" which is open from 8:00 in the morning. It is a restaurant where you can eat delicious breakfast early in the morning in Yokohama, which is known to those in the know. Even if you don't enter the Yokohama Port Archives, you can enter the shop directly from this entrance.

"Aux Jardins de Perry" has a quiet and comfortable space where you can relax from the morning. I immediately took a seat at the table with the accompanying photographer.

I ordered French toast <Pain Perdu> made with my favorite French bread! It was delicious~♡

By the way, this is what the male photographer sitting in front of me ordered! This is honey toast topped with vanilla ice cream. I'll ask for something cute in the morning~ lol. Thanks to the kindness of the cameraman, I also shared a small portion of the bread, and the bread was also fluffy and delicious. I was able to spend a luxurious time from the morning.

Eau Jardin de Perry
[Business] 8:00 to 17:00 (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays to 18:00), closed on Mondays [TEL] 045-662-8345

Next, we headed to the "Broadcast Library" on the 8th floor of the Yokohama Information and Culture Center.

In the viewing hall on the 8th floor, programs and commercials that have been broadcast in the past are open to the public free of charge. I was surprised to see so many people staring at the monitor in the morning!

Furthermore, when you visit the exhibition hall on the 9th floor, there is a permanent exhibition corner centered on video and a special exhibition corner. In the corner where you can virtually experience the work of a broadcasting station, such as switching cameras for newscasters and baseball broadcasts, you will forget about the interview and get excited!

I got carried away and tried to become a weather reporter, and I also experienced "chromakey composition", which combines other images with a green background and cloth. For 500 yen, there is also a service where you can record your challenges as a newscaster or TV reporter on a DVD. Work experiences for children are popular these days, and this facility is also recommended!

broadcast library
[Business] 10:00-17:00, closed on Mondays (if Monday is a public holiday, closed on the next weekday) [TEL] 045-222-2828 [URL] http://www.bpcj.or.jp

Next, we went to “News Park (Japan Newspaper Museum)” on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Yokohama Information and Culture Center! In addition to permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions, the museum is also popular for its hands-on program of creating your own newspaper.

This is the permanent collection gallery. In addition to exhibiting the Marinoni-type rotary press from the Meiji period, which dramatically improved newspaper printing, there are also exhibits such as Kawaraban, the first issue of newspapers, and old news cameras. The rotary press, big and powerful, was insanely cool!!

There is also an easy-to-understand corner that introduces the process until the newspaper arrives. Among them, the "Newspaper Delivery Game," a hands-on game where you can challenge yourself to deliver newspapers, is very popular. How many newspapers can you distribute in time!?

Newspaper lover "Bunpa-kun" is also waiting~

news park
[Business] 10:00-17:00, closed on Mondays [TEL] 045-661-2040 [URL] https://newspark.jp/newspark/

Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to spend time in Teatum this time, but on the same floor as "News Park", there is a stylish museum cafe called "CAFE de la PRESSE" (cafe・De La Press) is also available.

The sweets look very delicious, but the lunch menu is popular, and it seems to be quite busy with people who work nearby at lunchtime. If you're planning to visit for lunch, it's best to aim for an earlier, less busy time.

CAFE de la PRESSE
[Business] 10:00-20:00 (lunch 11:30-14:00), closed on Mondays [TEL] 045-222-3348

We also decided to have lunch here. We visited "RESTAURANT SCANDIA", a long-established Nordic restaurant located on the back of Nihon Odori in the direction of Osanbashi. I've been walking in front of it many times, but this is the first time I've been inside ♡

From the lunch menu that is available from 11:00 to 16:00, after hesitating, I ordered the "Special Roast Beef" on this day. The mushroom sauce has a refreshing taste that Japanese people like, and you can enjoy the large pieces of meat. The paper luncheon mat was also cute ~.

We recommend the "Garden" on the 1st floor while casually enjoying a meal like a cafe, but it is also wonderful to spend course meals and dinner time in the "Restaurant" space on the 2nd floor, which has a stately atmosphere♡ Menus and prices vary depending on the floor. Please be sure to check before making a reservation!

RESTAURANT SCANDIA
[Sales] 11:00-23:00 [TEL] 045-201-2262

After filling your stomach, return to Nihon Odori again. Greetings to my favorite gallery, which I previously covered in another series. "GALERIE PARIS" was relocated and opened in 2000 in this renovated historical building in Yokohama.

In contrast to the stately feeling of the building, once you step inside, you will find a bright and spacious space. While sticking to the pure white and square “white cube” that is the most popular contemporary art exhibition space, it also features large windows that let in natural light and a high ceiling that prioritizes “volume over square meters”. Ginkgo trees peeking through the window are part of the space

Galerie Paris
[Business hours] 12:00-19:00 (depending on the exhibition), closed on Sundays [TEL] 045-664-3917 [URL]http://www.galerieparis.net

Next, head to “kosha33,” which opened in April 2018 with the keyword “33 numbers that connect people, towns, and homes.” When I stepped in and headed towards the direction where I could hear laughter, the "Sewing Machine Workshop" was being held at the "Life Design Lab" on the first floor.

All the participants are enjoying sewing while chatting with cloth and threads in their hands. Various events such as workshops, seminars, and yoga classes are held here depending on the day, so be sure to check the official website .

A symbolic tent inside the Life Design Lab. It's OK for children to play! I am happy that I can participate with my parents and children.

Ms. Yuka Funamoto, director of "Life Design Lab" also gave us a comment!

"This is a 'laboratory for living that everyone creates.' It's a place where you can come alone, with your family, with friends, and exchange various information while touching on the topic of the city. People with various values. If you have even a little interest in this town, please feel free to drop by!”

On the same first floor, there is also a "studio" that can be used for concerts, theater performances, conferences and presentations.

In addition, there is also a "hall" on the second floor that can be used for various purposes such as events and seminars where a large number of people gather.

There is also a "cafe" on the first floor. The interior of the restaurant is made of wood from Odawara, and there is a table in the back that is said to have been made from a single tree. The “kosha33 blend coffee” that you can taste here is a cup that coffee lovers should definitely drink. How about spending a relaxing time in a natural space while sipping a cup carefully brewed by UCC Coffee Academy certified “coffee professionals”?

The weather was nice and hot on this day, so our reporting team had iced coffee and freshly squeezed orange juice.

In addition, while cooling down with an affogato with a special espresso, we took a break for a while.Thank you for the meal!

kosha33
[TEL] 045-651-1842 [URL] https://www.kosha33.com

kosha33cafe
[Sales] 10:00-17:00

The weather was really nice on the day we visited, and the flowers blooming in the flowerbeds on the street looked nice!

The fence of the flower bed on the sidewalk of Nihon Odori is designed so that it can be used as a bench, so it would be fun to relax under the shade of the trees while watching people pass by.

Yokohama Stadium is in front of you!!

THE BAYS
[URL] https://www.baystars.co.jp/thebays/

This is a base for disseminating new initiatives as a pilot program for the Yokohama Sports Town concept advocated by the Yokohama DeNA Baystars. The 1st floor has a lifestyle shop and cafe, and the 2nd floor has a members-only shared office and core working space called “CREATIVE SPORTS LAB” with the theme of “sports x creativity”.

At "CREATIVE SPORTS LAB", everyone is quietly enjoying themselves in an indoor but outdoor atmosphere. It's used by people from all walks of life who share the common denominator, "I like sports," so it's likely that you'll have a wonderful encounter!

If you have a meeting with your knees together in the tent, you might come up with new ideas that weren't born in the office meeting room!!

Go to the cafe on the 1st floor... "Boulevard Cafe & 9" offers soft drinks such as coffee and juice, as well as the "Ano" that raised many famous players, who are said to be able to eat anytime at the Yokohama DeNA BayStars young player dormitory "Seisei Dormitory" 24 hours a day. You can also taste "Seisei Dormitory Curry".

What's more, the cafe on the 1st floor is a craft beer bar with beer taps using bats and balls!

Since the interview is coming to an end, I drank alone while having "Baystar's Ale"!!

Boulevard Cafe & 9
[Business] 11:30-23:00 (depending on the date of the match), irregular holidays

Finally, I stretched my legs to "Yokohama Park" in front of "Yokohama Stadium" at the end of Nihon Odori. Surrounded by beautiful greenery, it feels great! People gather here to spend their time as they please, sitting on the benches, eating lunch, gazing at the pond, taking pictures, and so on.

Women looking at the pond in the park. “I feel soothed by the sight of turtles swimming in the pond every day!”… After lunch, when the weather is nice, he makes it a daily routine to stop by this park. However, there are really many turtles in the pond of this park!

From healing parks to hands-on cultural facilities, and wonderful restaurants and cafes for citizens to gather. As autumn approaches, the ginkgo trees lining the streets will turn beautiful colors, and then the streets will be covered with a golden carpet. You can use your break time on weekdays to go out for a walk, or you can enjoy a leisurely autumn walk on your days off. Please take a walk along Nihon Odori to find a wonderful encounter.