Yokohama City is the port city of Tokyo. Travelling by the train leaving Shibuya, it took not more than 30 minutes to reach the port. The well-planned expansive and clean waterfront, fringed by parks overlooking the port, was indeed impressive! And Yokohama is also equipped to host major conferences and exhibitions by having built an impressive International Conference and Trade Exhibition Centre.
modern high-rise as we got out of the train station...
the Yokohama Trade Exhibition Centre...
the building on the left is the tallest building in Japan...
the building on the right is the Pan Pacific where the Yokohama International Conference Centre is...
enjoying a chocolate crepe....
the Yokohoma Customs Complex...
part of the Yokohama Port...
the water fountain was donated by the Indian community
school-children on an outing at the water-front park..
Rastam joined pakdokter and partner
Yokohama towards late afternoon..
the Goddess of Water Fountain at the waterfront...
the Yokohama marine Tower....
The old Dutch Warehouse has been given a new life and is now an interesting mall with many craft and food outlets. Droves of domestic tourists came in buses to shop and eat at the Dutch Warehouse. And pakdokter could not help but also noticed busloads of disabled elderlies, recovering from 'strokes' ,being escorted by attendants, if they were on wheel-chairs, or helping each other out if they were ambulant, slowly walking and making their way around at the Dutch Warehouse. It was interesting to see how patient and polite the attendants, the bus drivers and the car-park attendants were to these members of the community. This is a perfect example of a 'Caring Society'.
enjoying a chocolate crepe....The waterfront facing the port is lined by a long stretch of greenery and and scores of people walk their dogs, or jogged to keep fit in clean and fresh surroundings.
the Yokohoma Customs Complex...
part of the Yokohama Port...
the water fountain was donated by the Indian communityin memory of their fellows who died in
the Great Kanto earthquake....
school-children on an outing at the water-front park..
Rastam joined pakdokter and partnerafter the third round of a job interview
( and he was offerred the job to start in November..)
Yokohama towards late afternoon..
the Goddess of Water Fountain at the waterfront...
the Yokohama marine Tower....How pakdokter wished that those folks in Penang or in Port Klang could have had even if only a fraction of these ideas to make our ports as attractive as Yokohama!
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