Approx.
3 hours
1: Enjoy MARK IS minatomirai
MARK IS minatomirai is the city’s latest commercial establishment with the concept of “life entertainment mall”, housing 189 shops. Get an English pamphlet at the information counter on the ground floor, and start exploring from the B4 floor up!
*There are over 30 seating spots, both indoor and outdoor, in the complex for visitors to rest and relax. It is easy for Muslim visitors to find space to make a prayer too.
Shop for Made-in-Japan products
The B4 floor of the complex houses the “Ekimae Market” which literally means “station market”, referring to the adjacent Minatomirai station on the Minatomirai Line. Check out “HAMAMONYO”, a Yokohama brand retailing tenugui (handkerchiefs) and traditional Japanese goods, and “WEST END RULE by Maker’s Shirt Kamakura” with its line of quality Made-in-Japan fashion items!
Both shops offer a wide selection of size-free items perfect for unique souvenirs.
HAMAMONYO
http://hamamo.com/english/
WEST END RULE by Maker’s Shirt Kamakura
(Japanese only)
http://www.shirt.co.jp/westendrule/
Try Japanese cuisine at restaurants and food courts
The 4th floor hosts 26 restaurants and a food court covering a variety of foods, including traditional and casual Japanese cuisine like takoyaki, okonomiyaki, sushi, soba and udon. Additionally, there are 3 Japanese sweets shops on the B1 floor selling the likes of dorayaki and taiyaki, which are sure to charm anyone with a sweet tooth!
Experience the super-sensory nature at Orbi Yokohama!
On the 5th floor of MARK IS minatomirai sits the world’s first supercharged nature entertainment facility, Orbi Yokohama. This amusement park fuses beautiful imagery from BBC EARTH with SEGA’s contents development to recreate various natural habitats from around the globe. Feel, hear, smell and experience life on earth, whether you’re ‘interacting’ with life-sized animals or being whipped by the cold winds of the -20℃ frozen tundra.
Orbi Yokohama
http://www.yokohamajapan.com/things-to-do/detail.php?id=96
MARK IS minatomirai
http://www.yokohamajapan.com/things-to-do/detail.php?id=70