Tokyo Bay

As if I hadn ' t written it often enough in the short while this site has been up, Yokohama is a port city. Of course, it can ' t be narrowed down to only that, but living so close to the harbor, it takes a big part of my life. I have walked it countless times and am starting to get used to the sights. So I did what one does when something becomes too familiar: I did a 180 to destabilize myself in order to view the port แบบ a different angle. Or does one? …and by 180 I mean seeing the port แบบ where my gaze would usually fall upon. In layman ' s terms, I took a boat ride and looked back toward the city. หน้า This update will be more a photo album than an informative

There are different เป็นไปได้ tours around the bay. The one I boarded was the Marine Shuttle in Yamashita Park, close to Yamashita Pier.

Yamashita Pier focuses on conventional cargo. Right across แบบ it is the permanently anchored Hikawa Maru, named after Hikawa Shrine, an important Shinto shrine. It served as a hospital ship during WW2 but is now a floating museum.

Leaving the pier, the ship headed inward toward the ศูนย์กลาง of the port. Shinko Pier, " shinko" meaning " new port" เป็น it is where was built the new development Minato Mirai 21 as well as where are located the Red-Brick Warehouses, which I will most likely introduce in later articles.

From there, the shuttle headed for Bay Bridge.

Now, for Bay Bridge, I could posts hundreds of pictures แบบ all sorts of angles, but I think the picture above, seen แบบ the other side, looking in to Yokohama, speaks without words!

Next การหยุด was Honmoku Pier, the core pier. berths. A total of 25 And Yokohama is currently enhancing its installations. Across would be Daikoku Pier, but I unfortunately couldn ' t get good pictures…

Finally, before returning, we passed next to Mizuho Pier which is one of the piers requisitioned by the U.S. ทหาร since WW2. However, the real reason why people know about Mizuho Pier is the huge wind turbine that has been installed on it. ญี่ปุ่น In fact, Yokohama is a viewed as the สภาพแวดล้อม model city of a leader in taking environmental action, and the wind turbine stands as a symbol of this.

บก Upon our return to Hotel New Grand could be seen ด้านขวา in front of us. It is one of the more historical buildings in Yokohama. Commodore Perry actually signed some documents within its walls!

And here ' s a last picture and a little bit of trivia:

The Port of Yokohama received 37,359 vessels in 2010 and that there is 3.28 million TEU of container throughout. The Port is also linked by 102 sea routes. Yokohama is even planning a 20m deep high มาตรฐาน terminal for 2013 Also worth mention is the การส่งออก of finished vehicle handled by Daikoku Pier: in 2009 600,000 Lastly, the Port of Yokohama has been the highest ranking cruise ship port in ญี่ปุ่น for 8 years running, with 122 visits in 2010 !

(Cette หน้า en français)