Yokohama's must-see list is a portrait of a port that has always looked outward: its harbour landmark is catalogued as a lighthouse, two of its most moving grounds are a cemetery for non-Japanese citizens and a Korean War cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and its churches complete that record. This twelve refuses to stop at the city line. Kamakura is a separate city in Kanagawa prefecture, home to Ōfuna Kannon Temple and the Great Buddha, while the Enoshima Sea Candle sits in Fujisawa and the Yokosuka Arts Theatre is an opera house worth building an evening around. We've put this together for travellers who want the harbour's history and are happy to ride a train for the rest, not for anyone hunting malls or theme parks. Where our sources are thin, the paragraphs say so rather than pad.
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1 Kamakura
Kamakura, Kanagawa prefectureA separate Kanagawa city that holds two of this list's other sights
Two addresses anchor a day in Kamakura: 4-2-28 Hase, home of the Great Buddha, and 1-5-3 Okamoto, where Ōfuna Kannon Temple stands. Skip the half-day coach loops that treat this place as a Yokohama add-on; Kamakura is a city in its own right in Kanagawa prefecture, and it deserves a full day. Both sights fall within its limits, the temple being a Buddhist temple in Kamakura and the Buddha keeping its Hase address, so they pair naturally. Check the city's own website, city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp, before you set out rather than on the platform. Wear shoes you can walk in all day, and resist the urge to schedule anything else.
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2 Yokohama Marine Tower
神奈川県横浜市中区山下町14番地1 (14-1 Yamashita-chō, Naka Ward)A harbour landmark classed as a lighthouse
Classed as a lighthouse, Yokohama Marine Tower stands at 14-1 Yamashita-chō in Naka Ward, and that classification is the right way to approach it. Forget the city's glossier office-block viewpoints for your harbour photograph: a lighthouse frames the waterfront with more purpose than any corporate observation floor. If a taxi driver needs the address in Japanese, show them 山下町14番地1. Check times and tickets at the official site, marinetower.yokohama, on the day rather than trusting an old guidebook. Come at dusk if you can, when the harbour starts to change its mood.
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3 Ōfuna Kannon Temple
神奈川県鎌倉市岡本1丁目5番3号 (1-5-3 Okamoto, Kamakura)A Buddhist temple in Kamakura that deserves its own morning
Give Ōfuna Kannon Temple a morning of its own rather than squeezing it between trains. It is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, registered at 1-5-3 Okamoto, written 岡本1丁目5番3号 in Japanese, and the scramble to cover every temple in the region inside a single afternoon gains you nothing. Choose this one, walk slowly, and let the place set the pace. Confirm visiting arrangements on the temple's own website, oofuna-kannon.or.jp, before you go. Pair it with the Great Buddha, also in Kamakura, and the day holds together.
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4 Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
street address not recorded in our sourcesA cemetery for non-Japanese citizens
Of the 12 entries here, the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery tells the port's outward-looking story most plainly: it is a cemetery for non-Japanese citizens, and the headstones here say more about a port city than any shopfront can. Skip the souvenir strips and give this ground 60 unhurried minutes. Come quietly and treat it as the burial ground it is, not a photo backdrop. Visiting arrangements can change, so confirm them on the cemetery's official website, yfgc-japan.com, before you walk over. The names and inscriptions are the point, and they reward a slow visit far more than a quick lap.
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5 Yokohama Christ Church
street address not recorded in our sourcesA church in Yokohama that is a place of worship first
Budget 45 minutes for Yokohama Christ Church, a church in Yokohama, and spend the first 5 confirming service times on yokohamachristchurch.org. Skip the wedding-chapel imitations that pad out tourist districts; this is a place of worship first and a sight second, and all it asks is that you arrive dressed and behaving for a church. Of the 12 entries on this list, it pairs most naturally with the Foreign General Cemetery, a cemetery for non-Japanese citizens, for a half-day on the port's foreign community. Our sources do not record the walking route between the two, so map it yourself before you set off.
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6 Enoshima Sea Candle
〒251-0036 神奈川県藤沢市江の島2-3-28 江の島サムエル・コッキング苑内A lighthouse set within the Samuel Cocking Garden grounds
The Enoshima Sea Candle sits inside the Samuel Cocking Garden at 2-3-28 Enoshima, Fujisawa, postal code 251-0036, and because it is classed as a lighthouse it belongs in a different category from a generic rooftop bar. The address puts the tower inside the garden grounds, which means you walk before you climb, and that pairing is worth building time around. Fujisawa is its own municipality, as the address makes clear, so treat this as a dedicated outing rather than a quick detour from the harbour. Check the official site at enoshima-seacandle.com for times and tickets on the day you plan to go.
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7 Yokohama War Cemetery
Yokohama, JapanA Korean War cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Yokohama War Cemetery is recorded as a Korean War cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Come to read the headstones and give the place the silence it asks for, not to fill a camera roll. Our sources place it in Yokohama but record no street address, so plan your route with a map before you leave and allow more time than you think you need. It is the quietest entry on this list, and the one we would least want a reader to skip.
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8 Great Buddha of Kamakura
神奈川県鎌倉市長谷4-2-28 (4-2-28 Hase, Kamakura)The headline of a Kamakura day, at its Hase address
At 4-2-28 Hase in Kamakura, the Great Buddha of Kamakura is the headline of any day spent in the city, and it earns the billing. Cramming it into a same-day loop with Tokyo sightseeing is not worth the rush; stay in Kamakura, pair it with Ōfuna Kannon Temple, and let the day run slower. If you are not walking, give the taxi driver the Japanese form, 長谷4-2-28. Our sources record no opening hours, so confirm them locally before you set out. Arrive early or late rather than at midday; you will want room to stand and look.
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9 Yokohama yubiji kyoukai (横浜指路教会)
Street address not recorded in our sourcesA church building best found by its Japanese name
Type 横浜指路教会 into your map app rather than the romanised Yokohama yubiji kyoukai, and this church building will come up exactly where our sources pin it. No street address is recorded, so if you're taking a taxi, show the driver the characters directly. Of the 12 entries on this list, this one most rewards travellers already drawn to the port's churches, and it rounds out a day that includes Yokohama Christ Church. Give it 30 quiet minutes and keep the visit respectful: a church building is still someone's place of worship.
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10 The Church of Christ in Japan
Street address not recorded in our sourcesA church stop for travellers already following this list's church entries
Of the twelve, The Church of Christ in Japan comes with the thinnest file: our sources pin its location precisely and hold a reference record for it, and little else. If your time is short, skip it; this entry earns its place for travellers already drawn to the church entries on this list, such as Yokohama Christ Church. No street address is recorded, so navigate by the map pin and confirm access locally before you commit an afternoon. We'd rather tell you that plainly than dress it up.
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11 St. Andrew's Cathedral
Street address not recorded in our sourcesThe cathedral church of the Tokyo Diocese of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai
St. Andrew's Cathedral is the Cathedral Church of the Tokyo Diocese of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the Anglican Church in Japan, and the website at st-andrew-tokyo.com carries a Tokyo name that tells you something: its place on a Yokohama list is a stretch, and you should know that before you plan around it. Not worth the detour for a casual sightseer. For anyone following the Anglican story in Japan, though, this is the diocese's own cathedral. Our sources record no street address, so confirm the location and service times on the official site before setting out.
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12 Yokosuka Arts Theatre
Street address not recorded in our sourcesAn opera house worth planning an evening around
The Yokosuka Arts Theatre is what our sources class as an opera house, and a performance night there is worth building your evening around. Skip the dinner-show packages sold to tourists and book a seat for a real production through the theatre's own site, yokosuka-arts.or.jp. The name tells you this is Yokosuka, so sort out transport both ways before the curtain, not after. Read the programme first: the night you pick matters more here than at most places on this list.
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