This isn't actually in Chinatown. We pass this house on stilts on our way to church every Sunday.
Yokohama Marine Tower. We didn't go inside, but we did sit in the nearby park and eat pastries.
One of Chinatown's smaller gates. The bigger, fancier gates were all being renovated. Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown in the world. It was really busy when we were there.
The Kwan Tai temple, dedicated to the Chinese Imperial General Kwan Tai.
Where else can you get a whole duck for $30?
These and other similar tiles lined much of the sidewalk.
The Mazu Miao temple, dedicated to the Chinese sea goddess Mazu. This is the largest temple in Yokohama Chinatown.
Leaving Chinatown.
Chickadee and Millinophile weren't very impressed with Yokohama Chinatown. Sure, it was big, but it felt very tourist-y, and all of the shops and restaurants seemed to carry the same overpriced things.
fair observation! the gates remind me of the one that they put in the very small Chinatown in Ottawa....
ReplyDeleteThe house on stilts looks funny next to all of that modern architecture. A whole duck...I know where meat comes from, but I prefer not to be reminded of it while I'm eating it. The marine tower looks a bit like the Seattle Space Needle.
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