yokohama的英语介绍

Yokohama (横浜市) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan is Japan's largest incorporated city by area, Japan's largest seaport, and a commercial hub of the Great Tokyo Area.
Only 30 kilometers from Tokyo, Yokohama is the second-largest city of Japan. It's a great, cosmopolitan city and absolutely deserves a visit.
It was in Yokohama that Commodore Matthew Perry landed with his Black ships in 1853 to force Japan to open up to foreign trade. Yokohama soon grew into one of the major ports in Asia and the atmosphere was one of a border town in the wild west. Today Yokohama is still a very international city.
Yokohama is located on a peninsula facing the western side of Tokyo Bay. 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Tokyo, to which it is connected by a half-dozen railway lines as well as expressways and surface streets. Although the city is largely a bedroom community for people commuting to Tokyo, it also has a strong local economic base, especially in t