Port city of Yokohama grew up with mixture of Western, Chinese culture

Yokohama has developed a unique mixed culture with strong Western and Chinese influences since it became one of the ports Japan opened to the rest of the world in the 19th century.The small fishing village grew into a main hub of international trade in 1859 at the end of two centuries of Japan's isolation from the rest of the world under the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868), seeing an influx of foreign goods and residents. Yokohama is now one of the largest cities in the country with a population of 3.7 million.Yokohama Chinatown is a good place to start your journey into the city's history.T…READ FULL ARTICLE