To Soco, having a Chinatown in Japan is redundant... well that was what she thought right before entering the little island of color, beauty and aromas of freshly prepared cakes and various culinary delights. Japan has a strange monotonously boring feeling in most places. Even in all the bright neon lights of Akahabara can't dazzle me enough, because the excitement is counteracted by the outrageous pricetags on everything. Chinatown was really unique. Now that I know how to get there, I plan on visiting this place during Chinese New Year in the future. Me and Soco was pretty happy to see that Chinese and Vietnamese ingredents were available for sale here. We stopped by a few restaurants and did some shopping. It was just strange to me that unlike the Chinatowns I've been to in the states, the vendors all speak Japanese. So bringing our friend, Lee (who speak Contonese), didn't help much. Except once when we asked someone how to get back to the train station. Even that one lady, couldn't really speak Chinese. Strange. Chinatown was really big and it is very easy to get lost. Expect to spend a whole day there. I still haven't seen it all (it's too big). I would say that the area spans around 10 city blocks.
Guan Yu, Legendary Chinese General who helped unite China around 180 - 210 A.D.
Market Street Chinatown, Yokohama, Japan
1 comment:
yes !
this is Chinatown
good pictures
thank you
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