yokohama.chukagai.横.浜.中.華.街

this is the story of chinatown as promised.

 

hopping on your train to yokohama from shibuya station. yokohama chinatown is just a good 25 min away if you hop on to the limited or limited express train.  that's what you did.

the chukagai of yokohama, in reality the biggest and the largest among the three chinatowns in japan.  perhaps is during chinese new year, perhaps it is just weekends, there are lot of people, japanese and foreign tourists...

everyone congregate at the square to watch the special lunar new year program such as lion dance.  you hardly get any closer because it is so crowded, so you leave for something else.
you walk around the side streets, encounter many gates

that mark the boundaries of chinatown. there are probably more but you didn't bother to check out further, the crowds and human traffic is a little too much to bear...

there are two temples in the chinatown and everyone is going to the temple except you. you just stroll around and see if there is anything interest you...

some of the street food and there are plenty of restaurants too but they failed to entice you or even get you in for lunch. 

that's chinese new year in japan.