One of the cities which have risen from their own ashes, and one which today is a world-famous port-city, is Yokohama, the main entrance to Japan. Yokohama is so near to Tokyo (only 20 miles) that most visitors landing there hasten on to the capital. Such persons will see nothing of Yokohama. They merely pass, through decorous sort of roads flanked on either side by drab low-lying, godown-like houses, relieved here and there by towering buildings which may be Government offices, schools or clubs, on to the Yokohama or Sakuragichō station.
To them Yokohama is merely a geographical point from which ships are always sailing. You must spend at least a day or two, making your headquarters, say, at the hotel New Grand, one of Yokohama’s social centers, and by wandering about its characteristic places and ruminating upon its short but dramatic history. For this new city of Yokohama is full of interest, fun and amusement.
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