Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 and third-densest at 3,800 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,800/sq mi). Its geographic area of 2,415 km2 (932 sq mi) makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagawa Prefecture borders Tokyo to the north, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northwest and Shizuoka Prefecture to the west.
Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.
Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Yokohama Football Club is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club currently plays in the J1 League, the first tier of football in the country. The club was formed by fans of Yokohama Flügels as a protest against Flügels' merger with Yokohama Marinos in 1999, becoming the first supporter-owned professional sports team in Japan.
National Route 16 is a national highway in Japan. A beltway around Tokyo, it links the major prefectural capital cities of Yokohama, Saitama, and Chiba as well as Hachiōji. It also serves Yokosuka and Sagamihara, Kasukabe, and Kisarazu. The total length is 241 km.
The NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium is an association football stadium in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It serves as a home ground of Yokohama FC and, on occasion, Yokohama F. Marinos. Until 1999 it had been the home of Yokohama FC's spiritual predecessor, Yokohama Flügels, and also, on occasion, to Kawasaki-based NKK FC. The stadium holds 15,454 people.
Pacifico Yokohama, officially known as Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama, is a convention and exhibition center in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The center located in the western tip of waterfront Minato Mirai 21 district is one of the largest MICE venues in the nation.
FM Yokohama 84.7 FMヨコハマ is a radio station based in Yokohama, Japan owned by the Yokohama FM Broadcasting Company, a joint venture of Nippon Broadcasting System, Kanagawa Prefectural Government and Bank of Yokohama. This station was featured in the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2.
Yokohama Pidgin Japanese, Yokohamese or Japanese Ports Lingo was a Japanese-based pre-pidgin spoken in the Yokohama region during the late 19th century for communication between Japanese and foreigners, mainly English speaking westerners and Chinese traders. Documentation of Yokohama Pidgin Japanese shows that it was not a stable pidgin, as it often varied between individual speakers, often dependent on the first language of the speaker.
The Kanazawa Seaside Line is an automated guideway transit line operated by Yokohama Seaside Line Co., Ltd. which operates between Shin-Sugita in Isogo Ward to Kanazawa-Hakkei in Kanazawa Ward in Yokohama. It opened on July 5, 1989.
National Route 15 is a national highway connecting Tokyo and Yokohama in Japan. It is commonly referred to as Dai-Ichi Keihin (第一京浜).
The Port Service Corporation is a passenger ship operating company in Yokohama.
National Route 133 is a short national highway of Japan connecting the Port of Yokohama and Sakuragichō, Naka-ku, Yokohama in Japan, with a total length of 1.4 km (0.87 mi).
Seiichi Uchikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Typhoon Club is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai.
Sorekara is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, based on the novel by Natsume Sōseki.
The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd. is the largest regional bank in Japan, operating mainly in Kanagawa Prefecture and southwestern Tokyo. It currently operates 610 offices in Japan and five offices overseas.
Yokohama Sports & Culture Club, commonly referred to as simply Y.S.C.C. or Y.S.C.C. Yokohama is a Japanese multisports club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Although they compete in a number of different sports, YSCC is best known for its association football team that currently plays in J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football.
Tomoki Iwata is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Celtic, on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos, and for the Japan national team.
The 2021 J1 League, also known as the 2021 Meiji Yasuda J1 League for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. The league began on 26 February and ended on 4 December 2021.
