Attractions include Yamashita Park, the fashionable Motomachi Street, and the Yamate area, which was a foreign settlement when Japan first opened to the west. This area is full of the exotic appeal of Yokohama, where western cultural influences were first seen in Japan. This neighborhood was where Japan’s first gas lamp was installed and where ice cream was first served in Japan. The district is famous as a place where old and new cultures intersect.
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