YOKOHAMA by Yokohama

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

pforteza — 2017-02-17 12:54:39 UTC

Yokohama is in Japon.

It is the nearest city than Tokyo, the most important city in Japan.

In Yokohama lives approximately 3'4 millions of habitants

Her surface is 437 Km squared

It is in Kanto's region

There are a lo of cherry tree's flowers

You can find the country side next to the builders

It is very roomy to rice's cultivate

FOOD AND LANGUAGES

pforteza — 2017-02-17 13:09:30 UTC

The typical food in Yokohama is:

-Starters:

.Yakitori: type of skewered chicken

.Takoyaki:

Small fritter made with a dough of flour, egg and water with a slice of octopus inside and prepared in a special plate for cooking takoyaki

-Sushi:

Maguro: raw tuna on the rice.

Makizu: vegetables and sea food rolled with rice and seaweed.

Sweet sushi: Fruit covered with rice pudding rolled with crêpes.

-Hot dishes

-Oyakadon: Sauteed chicken cooked in Japanese broth with egg and served over rice.

Sukiyaki: Sweet broth stew, tofu, vegetables, mushrooms, noodles and beef.

Sanmamen: thin noodles with chinese soup stock prepared with bean sprouts, cabbage, mushrooms, fish cake, and thinly-sliced pork.

Ramen: The soup is prepared with pork bones boiled over a long period of time, combined with soy sauce flavor (including chicken parts), noodles, three pieces of dried seaweed, spinach, and char-siu (Chinese roasted pork slices).

-Drinks

Yokohama beer: is originated in 1995, local homemade beer is prepared with select water and malt.

Sake: Japanese alcoholic drink.

-Desserts:

Anpan: Sweet red beans paste inside a soft bread.

The official language of Yokohama is Japanese, there are also other dialects like Ainu and Ryukyuense but these are not official.
Other languages spoken are: Chinese, Korean and English

Some expressions in Japanese:

· Hello → こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

· Goodbye → さようなら (Sayōnara)

· Please → お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

· Thank you → ありがとうございました (Arigatōgozaimashita)

· You are welcome → どういたしまして (Dōitashimashite)

FESTIVITIES, CUSTOMS, COSTUMES

pforteza — 2017-02-17 13:10:04 UTC

FESTIVITIES:

- Kaiko Kinenbi : Annual celebration of the opening of Yokohama port with boat races, parades, music and markets

- Chinese New Year : It is the most important traditional holiday of the Chinese calendar year, also held in other countries of East Asia.
The year 4715 according to the Chinese calendar begins on January 28, 2017.

- Hanami : During this festival thousands of local tourists meet the cities with more cherry trees as part of a tradition to remember the beauty, perfection and fragility of life.

- Yokohama Dragon Boat Race : A competition for the port that has as peculiar the form of dragons of the boats.

- Kanagawa Fireworks Festival : One of the most spectacular and multitudinous in the country.

- Great Japan Beer Festival : The largest festival of its kind in Japan has a variety of over 150 craft beers from around the world.

- World Party Yokohama : Event to know the culture and gastronomy of other countries.

CUSTOMS:
- Family reunions

- Deep cleaning of houses

- Eat dishes specially prepared for the celebration

- The new year gets used to spending time playing: a kind of badminton with pen and wooden palettes that oneself decorates, cards, board games, etc.

- Sweet mochi : It's very sticky and people often get stuck

"Mochitsuki" is the traditional mochi grinding ceremony in Japan. The rice is soaked overnight and cooked. It is then milled with large wooden mallets in a mortar. Two people alternate the work, one grinding and the other flipping and wetting the mochi. They must carry a constant rhythm to avoid injuring the hand with the club.

- "Murgas" : House by house and business by business are Japanese or Chinese "murgas" of New Year. They offer music, dancing with masks and good omens.

COSTUMES:
- Female kimonos:
Uchikake : It is a long-sleeved kimono adorned very brightly colored and patterned usually cranes, water and flowers. It's made the best silk.
Furisode : It's the more formal kimono that used young women, in particular single women. It ankles. These charasteristic are to attract potential suitors.

- Male kimonos:

Hakama : a wide pants that is sometimes used in martial arts and holds up to seven folds, each represents the virtues of the tradicional warrior. It stands on top of the kimono.
Yukata : is a kimono made of cotton, which, in turn, is divided into two types: more elaborate one which is used for festivals and typical festivals and simpler one, which the Japanese used to sleep.

- Current costume:

"Ganguro", which is a women's fashion characterized by wear desingners, having tanned skin and the excessive use of accessories is characteristic.

CELEBRITIES

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MUST-SEE VISITS

pforteza — 2017-02-17 13:10:48 UTC

-The Museum of Art of Yokohama is located in Minato Mirai 21, the most futurisctic district of the city.

-Yamashita Koen is a park by the sea, across from Yokohama Bay.

-Yokohama Chinatown is a perfect place to experience another culture.

-Harbor View Park, a perfect place to see the Yokohama Bay Bridge.

-Silk Museum, presents the silk production line.

-The Ramen Museum, it is an amusement park centered on ramen.

-Nippon maru; Its a museum, build in Kobe 1930

-Tokyo Tower is a communicatios and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo.

-Sōji-ji is one of two "head temples"of the Soto school of Zen Buddihism.

murrayshei089 — 2017-03-09 19:37:52 UTC