Hotels in Yokohama - A port city with plenty of natural attractions and traditional buildings, Yokohama is a major commercial hub for Greater Tokyo Area and visited by waves of local and foreign visitors annually. This vast movement has resulted in establishment of plenty of Yokohama Japan hotels ranging from budget-friendly hotels up to luxury hotels. Vast commercial growth since after World War II has attracted plenty of luxury hotels especially because Yokohama has plenty of expatriates and foreign nationalities staying here. Most of the luxury hotels in Yokohama can be found in Nishi-ku district, the main business and regional commercial district in Yokohama.Read More

Luxury Yokohama hotels in Nishi-ku district offer nothing less than grandeur while preserving the pride of tradition. Most hotels are designed in modern architectural concepts with excellent blending of traditional aspects inside the hotel, in the rooms, restaurants and other amenities, giving their guests the most complete Yokohama experience. Most of the hotels are built such so the rooms would have the best view of Yokohama, either facing the Pacific Sea from the harbour or the view of the picturesque snow clad slopes of Mount Fuji and beyond. Since Nishi-ku district is very near to the harbour and the city centre, attractions within the city is just a walk away.

Being the administration centre with substantially huge residential area, Naka-ku district is famous for the Kannai area which houses the old districts of Bashamichi, Chinatown, and Yamashita Park. These attractions also have attracted opening of plenty budget ryokan in Yokohama Japan here, making Naka-ku district with the highest budget-friendly hotels in entire Yokohama. Albeit classified as cheap Yokohama hotels, but you can be sure that the service and amenities are far above the international ratings for budget hotels. Most of the hotels carries Japanese architectural signatures and Japanese styled furnishings, in coherent to Naka-ku's fame, the old towns.

Koho-ku district however, has a balanced amount of budget friendly hotels and luxury hotels. as the district with the largest population in entire Yokohama, Koho-ku district can be summed up as residence and industrial district with second highest work space in Yokohama. The residential aspect and its properties have drawn plenty of cheap hotels while the industrial part of Koho-ku has caused the opening of numerous luxury hotels to cater for business travellers. The biggest Chinatown in Japan is located here, drawing torrents of visitors yearly and since this is the top attraction of Koho-ku, most hotels are located at its surrounding, or at most a distance of a few minutes of travelling. Apart from that, the Yamashita Park is just a few minutes of walk away from Chinatown, making it easy for visitors to have a good round before coming back to hotel. The picturesque scenery of Yokohama port from the park in evening is surely an unforgettable view.

Yokohama - Having long history of foreign interventions, Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, the second largest city in Japan and one of the most populated by foreigners since its annexation. Started as a trade port and the first port in Japan to open up to foreign trade, Yokohama has always been known as the busiest maritime city, until a devastating earthquake, the Great Kanto Earthquake destroyed almost half of the city in 1923. Again the city was left in ruined after American planes bombed half the city down during World War II. Although Yokohama never fully regained its prominence during its heyday but since then, Yokohama has grown tremendously by making full use of its harbour and tourist attractions.

There are plenty of tourist attractions in Yokohama, including the Yokohama Port and harbour which has been one of local and foreign photographers favourite location for shooting stills and videos. The Marine Tower, located in Naka-ku district is the largest inland lighthouse in the world, standing at 106 meters tall. It has an observation deck at 100 meters from the ground and in clear sky, you can get full view of Mount Fuji, and a panorama view of entire Yokohama city.

If you have deep interest in Japanese culture and traditional costumes, Sankei-en Park in Naka-ku district is a good place to visit. Opened to public in 1906, it's a traditional park known as Teien or 'set park', featuring many Japanese traditional buildings and structures. Thirteen buildings in the park have been designated as national heritages. There are plenty other attractions scattered all over Yokohama city, all you have to do is go around and explore.