Yokohama - Wikipedia Yokohama (横浜) means "horizontal beach" 2 The current area surrounded by Maita Park, the Ōoka River and the Nakamura River have been a gulf divided by a sandbar from the open sea This sandbar was the original Yokohama fishing village
Yokohama Travel Guide - What to do in Yokohama City Yokohama (横浜) is Japan's second largest city with a population of over three million Yokohama is located less than half an hour south of Tokyo by train and is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture