Participants can get sightseeing information at the Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Travel desk in the Conference site during the Conference period.
Yokohama Bay Sightseeing Cruise
You can ride a cruise boat at Yamashita Park sightseeing Boat Terminal, Minato Mirai Pukarisanbashi Pier (MM21), etc. For more information, reference the home page at:
Being the largest Chinese settlement in Japan, Chinatown is always alive with people who come to enjoy Chinese food. It is also a fun place for shopping or just walking around its many streets and alleys lined with colorful restaurants, shops overflowing with Chinese goods and stores that sell exotic ingredient and Chinese medicines.
LANDMARK TOWER
296 meters high with 70 stories above ground and three levels underground, the Japan's tallest skyscraper. A 40-second ride on the world's fastest elevator skyrockets you to the 69th floor's Sky Garden, the highest observatory in Japan. Hours: 10:00-21:00 Admission: 1,000yen Access: 7min. Walk from Sakuragicho station.
SANKEIEN GARDEN
A purely Japanese-style landscape garden. Accenting the main garden is an impressive three-story pagoda and graceful garden bridges. An inner contains several old houses and farm buildings as well as Important Cultural Properties such as Rinshunkaku Villa and Chosukaku House. Hours:9:00-16:00 Admission: 300yen for each garden Access:from Sakuragicho Sta. Take Bus NO.8 or No.125 to Honmoku-Sankeien-mae.
MARINE TOWER
106 meters, the tallest inland lighthouse in the world, with an observatory located 100 meters above ground. Hours: 10:00-21:00 Admission: 700yen Access: 15min. Walk from JR Ishikawacho sta.
NIPPON MARU MEMORIAL PARK & YOKOHAMA MARITIME MUSEUM
The site of the older Nippon Maru, a training ship for Japan's Maritime Defense Force. The Yokohama Maritime Museum, which specializes in ports and ships, is located next to the Nippon Maru. Hours: 10:00-17:00 (Closed Monday) Admission: 600yen Access: 7 min. walk from JR Sakuragicho sta.
JOYPOLIS
An amusement theme park developed by Sega Enterprises, a computer game company. Many games are interactive, and featured attractions are VR-l, the world's first virtual reality motion ride, Ghost Hunters, Astronomicon, AS-l, and Indi Fomula. Hours: 10:00-23:00 Admission: 500yen (1 day pass 3,600yen)