After a twenty or twenty five minute walk from Sakuragicho Station on "Kisha Michi" avenue in the "Minato Mirai" Area, you will arrive at the "Yokohama Red Brick Warehouses", known as "Akarenga" in Japanese,

In Japan, a couple of red brick warehouses are well known for example in Hakodate, Otaru and Maizuru. However, red brick warehouses in Yokohama are the most well-known among other red brick warehouses.

"Akarenga", the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouses, were built in 1910s. The red brick warehouses used to be bonded warehouses until 1989. Currently, two red brick warehouses remain. The shorter one is building #1. The longer one is building #2.

Now, they have been renovated as a fashionable shopping mall, restaurants and a cultural facility. They are now named the Yokohama Red Brick Park. The Yokohama Red Brick Park is always crowded.

To the north of the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouses, is the site of the Custom House.

It was built in 1914. But, the building was destroyed by the Kanto Earthquake, which happened in 1923 and the destroyed building was buried. When the Yokohama Red Brick Park was renovated, the foundations of the Custom House were discovered.

Further north, there are abandoned railway tracks.

This is the site of "Yokohama Minato" Station. "Minato" means "Port" in Japanese. It was opened in 1911 for freight handling of the Custom House. In 1920, passenger trains were operated when outbound ships arrived and left at Yokohama Port.

In 1928, the platform was built. Until World War II began, intercontinental passenger ships arrived at Yokohama Port. Yokohama Minato Station was crowded with the ship passengers.

To the south of Yokohama Red Brick Warehouses, there is another abandoned railway track.

This track site was the freight railway line from Yokohama Minato Station to Yamashita Wharf. This line opened in 1965 and became abandoned in 1986. Currently, the site of the freight railway track is renovated as a promenade. A promenade is a long, open, level area usually next to a river or large body of water where people may walk. You will be able to go to Yamashita Park in Yokohama Bay Area by the promenade.

How to get there
From Tokyo, you will take a JR Tokaido, Yokosuka Line train to Yokohama and take a JR Negishi Line to Sakuragi-Cho.
From Shibuya, take a Tokyu Toyoko Line. Limited Express and Express trains directly go to Minato-Mirai Station.

Official English Website:
https://www.yokohama-akarenga.jp

Other Historical Sites near by:
Minato Mirai Area
Yokohama Landmark Tower
"Kisha Michi" Avenue
Yokohama Harbor