Yokohama City Hall, Municipal administrative building in Honchō district, Japan.
Yokohama City Hall is a 155-meter-tall municipal building with 32 floors above ground and 2 basement levels in central Yokohama. The structure combines administrative offices with public spaces that open toward the nearby river.
Yokohama's city hall has moved eight times. The first, from 1889, reused a brick telegraph office in Honchō; the second burned in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. The seventh, designed by Tange Kenzō's contemporary Murano Tōgo for the 1959 port centenary, stood by Kannai Station until 2020, when the present tower opened in Honchō 6-chōme.
The ground floors hold the commercial complex Laxis Front, run by Keikyu Electric Railway with 19 restaurants and shops, and an atrium linked directly to Bashamichi Station that doubles as an event venue. The third-floor citizens' lounge looks over the Ōoka River toward the Minato Mirai 21 district. The council chamber has two parent-child viewing rooms with soundproofing and baby beds.
Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:45 to 17:15, closed on weekends, holidays and the year-end and New Year period. The building connects directly to Bashamichi Station exit 1c and is about three minutes on foot from Sakuragicho Station; a pedestrian deck, Sakura Mirai Bridge, links it toward JR Sakuragicho. Floors 1 to 3 stay open on closed days, with the Laxis Front shops and the east atrium.
The low-rise floors stay open on Sundays and holidays, when the offices are closed. The atrium on the east side links directly to Bashamichi Station and doubles as an event venue, and the citizens' lounge on the third floor looks over the Ōoka River toward the Minato Mirai 21 district.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 93,593 contributors worldwide.
