Yamate Bluff Western Houses
横浜山手西洋館
Seven Western-style houses preserved on Yamate, the foreign residential area established after the port opened. Admission is free, and each December they are decorated for Christmas in the styles of different countries.
Yamate was the hillside where foreigners lived after the port opened. Today it still preserves seven Western-style houses: Berrick Hall, Ehrismann House, Yamate 111, the Diplomat's House, Bluff No. 18, Yamate 234 and the British House of Yokohama City. All are free to visit. Most are open from 9:30 to 17:00, and they close on the second Wednesday of each month. Strolling along Yamate-Honmachi, you can also pass the Foreign General Cemetery, which has limited weekend opening, and the Yamate Historical Museum. It is about a 10-minute uphill walk from Ishikawacho Station or Motomachi-Chukagai Station, and it is often combined with Harbor View Park and Motomachi.
Opening hours
09:30–17:00 (closed the second Wednesday of each month)
Nearby sights
- Yamate Catholic Church (Sacred Heart Cathedral)
- Motomachi Shopping Street
- Harbor View Park
- Yokohama Marine Tower
- Yokohama Chinatown
- Yokohama Kanteibyo
- Yamashita Park
- Hikawa Maru