Yokohama
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Yokohama is the caipital ceety o Kanagawa Prefectur an the seicont lairgest ceety in Japan efter Tokyo. It lies on Tokyo Bay, sooth o Tokyo, in the Kantō region o the main island o Honshū. It is a major commercial hub o the Greater Tokyo Area.
Yokohama's population o 3.6 million makes it Japan's lairgest incorporated ceety.
Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port ceety follaein the end o Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19t century, an is today ane o its major ports alang wi Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, an Chiba.
[edit] Internaitional relations
See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Japan
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Yokohama haes sister-ceety relationships wi these aicht ceeties worldwide:[1]
[edit] References
- ↑ Eight Cities/Six Ports: Yokohama's Sister Cities/Sister Ports. Yokohama Convention & Visitiors Bureau. Retrieved on 18 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Partner Cities of Lyon and Greater Lyon. © 2008 Mairie de Lyon. Retrieved on 17 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Vancouver Twinning Relationships (PDF). City of Vancouver. Retrieved on 18 Julie 2009. .
