Personalized Star Map of Yokohama
35.4437°N, 139.6380°E
Japan's first international port, Yokohama weds maritime elegance to the gleaming modernity of Minato Mirai 21. From the Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel lighting up the bay to the country's liveliest Chinatown, the city offers a sky where the urban horizon meets the sea. Gift a Yokohama star map — a present as open as its cosmopolitan bay.
Famous Landmarks
Minato Mirai 21
35.4437°N, 139.6380°E
Minato Mirai 21 is Yokohama's futuristic district, born in the 1980s on former shipyards. The 296-metre Landmark Tower, long Japan's tallest, dominates a panorama where skyscrapers, marina and red-brick warehouses sit side by side. At night, the whole skyline lights up and is reflected in the bay.
Yokohama Chinatown
35.4437°N, 139.6380°E
Yokohama Chinatown is Japan's largest and one of the world's biggest, with more than 600 shops packed into a handful of blocks. Born in 1859 with the opening of the port, it features colourful paifang gates and the Kanteibyo Temple dedicated to Guan Yu. Restaurants, dim-sum stalls and red lanterns plunge visitors into perpetual effervescence.
Yamashita Park
35.4437°N, 139.6380°E
Yamashita Park, opened in 1930, runs along Yokohama Bay for nearly a kilometre. Built on the rubble of the Great Kantō earthquake, it became a symbol of the city's rebirth. The ocean liner Hikawa Maru sits moored as a floating museum, alongside the famous statue of the "little girl with red shoes".
Why gift a star map of Yokohama?
Gifting a star map of Yokohama means capturing the magic of a night where stars sparkle above the illuminated bay and red-brick warehouses. Whether for a proposal atop the Landmark Tower or an anniversary facing the Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel, this map immortalises a moment by Japan's greatest port. A gift as elegant as the Minato Mirai skyline.
The sky of Yokohama
At 35.4° north latitude, Yokohama shares Tokyo's northern sky, but its open maritime front reduces light pollution towards the east. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, based in Mitaka about 30 km away, serves as the regional reference for the sky. Dry, clear winter nights are the best for stargazing.