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An archive facility dedicated to broadcast programming, which is being opened on the 8th and 9th floors of the Yokohama Information and Cultural Center. In the eighth-floor viewing hall, a total of 39,000 television and radio programs and commercials can be viewed. Use registration and program search are performed on the touch panel of the viewing booth, and a program is selected. In the ninth-floor exhibition hall, there are corners such as "News Studio" where you can experience the role of announcer and reporter of news programs, "Kimiwa TV Director" which switches relay cameras, and "How Broadcasting Works". There are also planned exhibitions and show screenings from time to time.

The museum opened in Yokohama, the birthplace of the daily newspaper. After a complete renewal in the summer of 2016, a new permanent exhibition room with an expanded history exhibition was completed in the spring of 2019. You can learn while enjoying the development of the information society and the role of newspapers and journalism. You can also experience making original newspapers.

The museum is located near the Great Bridge in Yokohama. The building consists of two floors, one on the first floor and the other on the second floor. On the first floor, you can observe a living "kaiko" or, depending on the time of year, you can see a place where "kaiko" is making a mayu, and you can also have a "threading" experience of taking out a thread from a mayu, and a "hata weaving" experience of weaving a cloth from a thread. In addition, through the first and second floors, materials such as the history of Yokohama and silk, silk products focusing on Japanese clothes such as kimono, and restored period costumes from ancient times to modern times are also exhibited, and can be enjoyed widely from children to adults. Permanent exhibitions throughout the year and special exhibitions for each season are held, as well as workshops such as a demonstration of "Makonozukuri" and "Mayu Doll-zukuri" for children from time to time.

The place that used to be a boat reservoir where ships were anchored by avoiding wind and waves is now used as a flower bed. The rose garden in Yamashita Park is a future rose garden, a symbol garden of Yokohama that passes the flow of the history of roses from the past to the future.

Japan's first Rinkai Park, which runs about 700m from the east side of the Osan Bridge to Yamashita Pier, with Yokohama Port in front of you. In 1930, the park was opened after reclaiming the rubble of the Great Kanto earthquake. It includes a lawn plaza and a sunbed flower bed (a rose garden), as well as a statue of a girl with red shoes, a water patron given to her by her sister city of San Diego, and a monument to Seagull Seasoners. Hikawa Maru is moored in the park, and there are water stairs and stone stages.

The complex is located in Yamashita Park, a famous tourist attraction in Yokohama. There is a cafe where you can enjoy a healthy morning, as well as a spot where you can enjoy BBQ and foot baths. You can also buy souvenirs related to Yokohama.

It is an Indian-style watering hole located at the end of the park. It was donated by the Indian Association in Japan in 1937. The interior is beautifully colored. The water does not come out now.

Guan Yu, who is worshiped, is a famous warlord in the Three Kingdoms, but is also worshiped as a god of business prosperity. The first generation was built in the Meiji period. The current one is the fourth generation that was rebuilt in 1990. The luxurious buildings, which are decorated with traditional architectural craft techniques from the Chinese Qing Dynasty, such as the Beijing Ruri tiles and the Guanyin stone dragon pillars, are worthy of the symbol of the city. To enter the main hall, 500 yen of incense is required. When you light it, give it one by one to the incense burners from 1 to 5, and make a wish to the five gods. What to ask God is posted in the main hall. It is a unique Chinese style in which after drawing a fortune, a crescent-shaped piece of sacred material called Shinbae is dropped on the floor.

A boulevard extending from Yokohama Park to Elephant Nose Park. It is a street that gives you a sense of the opening culture, in harmony with the historical buildings of the surrounding government offices. The ginkgo trees along the street with a 9m central carriageway, a footpath and 13.5m planting zone are also famous for representing Yokohama. It is also used during events such as parades, showing a buzz.

The 106m high symbol of Yokohama, which was constructed in 1961 as a business commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama. From the observation floor of the 29th and 30th floors, which can be seen 360 degrees, you can see not only Yokohama city, but also Mt. Fuji and the Boso Peninsula on a day with good weather conditions. Especially on the 30th floor, which will be developed as a media art gallery, the night view seen along with digital art images is a masterpiece. There are cafes and restaurants on the 1st to 4th floors, wedding ceremony venues and travel library & community lounges, and shops with original goods are also popular. Climb the tower stairs "UP the MARINE TOWER!!" events are also diverse.