http://www.life.com/images/logo.png http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/27672/yo-yokohama http://www.life.com/image/88163345 Yokohama Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan (not counting Tokyo Tower), looms over a bed of flowers. Yokohama, with nearly 4 million residents, is the largest incorporated city in Japan (Tokyo is no longer a single incorporated city.)]]> 88163345 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT Yokohama Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan (not counting Tokyo Tower), looms over a bed of flowers. Yokohama, with nearly 4 million residents, is the largest incorporated city in Japan (Tokyo is no longer a single incorporated city.)]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88163613 Yokohama Landmark Tower reaches into the sky. It stands 970 feet tall, occupies 70 floors, and contains the world's second-fastest elevator.]]> 88163613 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT Yokohama Landmark Tower reaches into the sky. It stands 970 feet tall, occupies 70 floors, and contains the world's second-fastest elevator.]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88163338 A shop assistant prepares steamed buns in Yokohama's Chinatown. It's the largest Chinatown in Asia (not counting China, of course). Not many Chinese people live in the Chinatown nowadays, though. Yokohama also has a museum dedicated to ramen noodles.]]> 88163338 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT A shop assistant prepares steamed buns in Yokohama's Chinatown. It's the largest Chinatown in Asia (not counting China, of course). Not many Chinese people live in the Chinatown nowadays, though. Yokohama also has a museum dedicated to ramen noodles.]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/84485236 Landmark Tower peers over the Minato Mirai development. Minato Mirai's Cosmo Clock 21 was the biggest Ferris wheel in the world when it opened in 1989.]]> 84485236 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:00:00 EST Landmark Tower peers over the Minato Mirai development. Minato Mirai's Cosmo Clock 21 was the biggest Ferris wheel in the world when it opened in 1989.]]> Tom Bonaventure 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88163649 People play at Yamashita Park in Yokohama. The waterfront park, opened in 1930, was created from the rubble of the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, which killed 30,771 in Yokohama. ]]> 88163649 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT People play at Yamashita Park in Yokohama. The waterfront park, opened in 1930, was created from the rubble of the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, which killed 30,771 in Yokohama. ]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88163597 Yokohama Bay Bridge spans Tokyo Bay. The bridge is 1,510 feet long, and is noted for is fantastic views and the street racing that takes place on it at night.]]> 88163597 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT Yokohama Bay Bridge spans Tokyo Bay. The bridge is 1,510 feet long, and is noted for is fantastic views and the street racing that takes place on it at night.]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88163579 People take a walk in Yamashita Park. Yokohama quickly became of Japan's most modern cities in the 19th century, boasting the country's first daily newspaper, gas-powered street lamps, and first railway (connecting Yokohama to Shinagawa and Shinbashi in Tokyo).]]> 88163579 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT People take a walk in Yamashita Park. Yokohama quickly became of Japan's most modern cities in the 19th century, boasting the country's first daily newspaper, gas-powered street lamps, and first railway (connecting Yokohama to Shinagawa and Shinbashi in Tokyo).]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88163716 The Nippon Maru, which was a training ship for Japanese sailors between 1930 and 1984, is displayed at Nippon Maru Memorial Park. Yokohama was a sleep fishing village until it was turned into a port for foreign trade in 1859.]]> 88163716 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT The Nippon Maru, which was a training ship for Japanese sailors between 1930 and 1984, is displayed at Nippon Maru Memorial Park. Yokohama was a sleep fishing village until it was turned into a port for foreign trade in 1859.]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com http://www.life.com/image/88163393 Yokohama Bay Bridge is seen over Tokyo Bay under the light of a moon. This year, Yokohama celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening of its port to foreign traders, and the 120th anniversary of its city government.]]> 88163393 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT Yokohama Bay Bridge is seen over Tokyo Bay under the light of a moon. This year, Yokohama celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening of its port to foreign traders, and the 120th anniversary of its city government.]]> Kiyoshi Ota 2010 gettyImages.com