Main Business Districts
In Yokohama, there are 9 main business districts, each with distinct characteristics andfunctions. Here we will introduce each area, dividing them into two major categories: OfficeDistricts and Industrial Areas.
Office Districts

1 Minato Mirai 21
District

2 Yokohama
Station District

3 Kannai District

4 Shin-Yokohama
Station District

9 Kohoku New
Town District

Industrial Areas
5 Keihin
Waterfront
Area

6 Southern
Waterfront
Industrial Area

7 Southern
Industrial Area

8 Northern
Industrial Area

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in Yokohama
at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March, 2016)
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Office Districts

1. Minato Mirai 21 District•••

The new gateway of Yokohama, Japan's leading international city
Multiple functions, such as business, commerce, culture and entertainment are concentrated
in this district
Construction of many new corporate headquarters and rental office buildings are expected

Minato Mirai 21 (Future Port 21) is the name of a project
launched with the intention to dramatically transform themetropolitan area of Yokohama. This project aims for the
integration of the city's two major business districts (theYokohama Station District and the Kannai District), thecreation of new business and vitalization of the city. Its
final goal is to create a district where 190,000 people
work and 10,000 people live.
This project has 3 visions: "A Round-the-Clock
International Cultural City", "A 21st Century Information
City", and "An Inviting City Offering an Ample Waterfront,
Open Space and Heritage". To achieve these goals, we areendeavoring to create a vibrant district where multiple
functions such as business, commerce, culture,amusement and housing are concentrated, while making
the most of this area's historical legacy.
In this district are the Metropolitan Expressway's ramp and several railway stations, providing excellent transportation
access. It also has a disaster-proof infrastructure such as an earthquake-resistant berth and an emergency undergroundwater tank that meets companies' information security needs. Currently, construction of a number of new corporate
headquarter buildings and rental office buildings are going on in this district.

DATA<Average Monthly Office Rent> 15,680 yen/tsubo (1tsubo: about 3.3sqm)<Average Vacancy Rate> 14.31% (December 2010)<Access>
Car: "Minato Mirai" Ramp, Metropolitan Expressway Yokohane Line
Railway: Minato Mirai Line "Minato Mirai" Station, "Shin-Takashima" Station, JR/Subway "Sakuragi-cho" Station<Example of Companies>
Accenture Japan Ltd., Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., JGC Corporation, Lenovo (Japan) Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nissan Motor Co.,
Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Japan, Ltd., The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Office Districts

2. Yokohama Station District••

Center for business and commerce adjacent to Japan's leading terminal station
Concentration of new office buildings in the Yokohama Portside District (east exit of
Yokohama Station)

Yokohama Station is one of the busiest terminal stations in Japan, with 9 train
lines provided by 6 companies and over 2 million users a day.
In front of Yokohama Station, there is a concentration of commercial andaccommodation facilities, creating a vibrant atmosphere in this area. The
station is also surrounded by a number of large commercial and businessfacilities, whose main tenants are IT solution-related companies, branch officesof major companies, and so forth.
DATA<Average Monthly Office Rent> 12,462 yen/tsubo (1tsubo: about 3.3sqm)<Average Vacancy Rate> 11.39% (December 2010)<Access>
Car: "Yokohama Station West Exit" Ramp, Metropolitan Expressway Yokohane Line
Railway: JR/Keikyu Line/Sotetsu Line/Minato Mirai Line/Yokohama City Subway "Yokohama" Station<Example of Companies>
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Okamura Corporation, Renesas Micro Systems Co., Ltd., Sotetsu Holdings, Inc., Tokyo Electron
Device Ltd.

Portside District
The Portside District is a newly developed town in the waterfront areaadjacent to Yokohama Station. This district, with the concept of a "Town of
Art & Design", is designed to offer multiple functions such as urban housing,offices, commerce, culture and services.
This district is directly connected to Yokohama Station by a pedestrian deck.
Because of this excellent access, the Portside District is attracting attention
as a new business area, and a number of office buildings are currently being
constructed.

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Office Districts

3. Kannai District•

Concentration of government, finance, insurance, logistics, and communication industries

The Kannai District has been developed as a political and economic coreof Yokohama since the opening of its port in 1859. Many historicalbuildings are preserved in this chic district that still maintains theatmosphere of old times. Public offices, finance and insurance industries,
transportation and communication industries, as well as other service
industries are located in this district.

DATA<Average Monthly Office Rent> 10,042 yen/tsubo (1tsubo: about 3.3sqm)<Average Vacancy Rate> 10.60% (December 2010)<Access>
Car: "Yokohama Park" Ramp, Metropolitan Expressway Yokohane Line
Railway: JR Negishi Line/Yokohama City Subway "Kannai Station", Minato Mirai Line "Nihon Odori Station"<Example of Companies>
FANCL Corp., Johnson Company Ltd., MINTH Japan, NISSIN Corporation, Three F Co., Ltd.

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Office Districts

4. Shin-Yokohama Station District
Convenient access to Tokyo, central and western Japan via the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet
train that stops at Shin-Yokohama.
• Concentration of IT companies and foreign-affiliated companies.

•

Shin-Yokohama Station, just 10 minutes from Yokohama station and
30 minutes from Central Tokyo area, has excellent access to different
parts of Japan, including Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, etc., bybeing a stop for the Tokaido Shinkansen Bullet Train. With thisconvenience of transportation and a highly-developed urban
infrastructure, Shin-Yokohama is steadily developing as an "exciting
town" that provides various functions such as offices, commerce,
entertainment, cultural facilities, etc.
This excellent business environment is attracting many businesses,
especially foreign-affiliated companies and IT-related companies
such as semiconductor and software industries that plan to expand
their businesses throughout Japan.

DATA<Average Monthly Office Rent> 10,193 yen/tsubo (1tsubo: about 3.3sqm)<Average Vacancy Rate> 15.69% (December 2010)<Access>
Car: "Kohoku" IC, Daisan Keihin Line
Railway: JR Tokaido Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, Yokohama City Subway "Shin-Yokohama" Station<Example of Companies>
FUJIFILM Software Co., Ltd., FUJITSU Semiconductor Ltd., Lasertec Corporation, NEC Mobiling, Ltd., TRANSTRON Inc.,TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd., ROHM Co., Ltd.

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Office Districts

9. Kohoku New Town District• Excellent transportation access and rich natural environment• Numerous business and commercial facilities, research centers and data centers are located inthis district

Kohoku New Town is developing in the hilly northern partof Yokohama. Its excellent train and expressway networks
enable easy access to the metropolitan area, Narita
Airport and western Japan.
Its convenient access and rich natural environment
attracts many commercial, R&D, housing, educational,
medical and cultural facilities, making it a multi-functional
district. Underground power-lines and a district heating
and cooling system in its central area are attracting offices
and commercial facilities, while its disaster-proof
infrastructures such as solid ground and multiple highlines
also make it an ideal place for data centers.

DATA<Access>
Car: National Road 246 Line, Daisan Keihin Line "Tsuzuki" IC, Tomei Expressway "Yokohama Aoba" IC
Railway: Yokohama City Subway "Center Kita" "Center Minami" Station<Example of Companies>
Bosch Corporation, KYOCERA Corporation, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Ricoh Company, Ltd, Shiseido Company, Ltd.,SAKATA Seed Corp., Suzuki Motor Corporation

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Industrial Areas

5. Keihin Waterfront Area••

Accumulation of Japan's leading manufacturing plants
Research facilities with production functions are also located in this area

The Keihin Waterfront Area (the waterfront area along
Yokohama Tsurumi Ward and Kanagawa Ward), where many
manufacturing plants are clustered, played a major role in thenation's dramatic growth during the post-World War II years.
In recent years, however, changes in the industrial structureand economic globalization have led to a change in its rolefrom a mass-production site into high-tech plants and R&D
centers. The City of Yokohama is moving forward with theindustrial and infrastructure development of this area in orderto strengthen its international competitiveness.

Yokohama Science Frontier
As part of its efforts to turn the city into a life science hub, Yokohama is moving forward with the development of
Yokohama Science Frontier (Suehiro Area, Tsurumi Ward), a research center for advanced R&D. A number of researchorganizations (ex.RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama City University Joint Graduate School, Yokohama Joint ResearchCenter, Leading Venture Plaza) and companies are accumulated in this area, making it into a life schence hub.

DATA
<Access>
Car: "Koyasu" Ramp, Metropolitan Expressway Yokohane Line, "Daikoku Futo" Ramp, Metropolitan Expressway Wangan Line
Railway: JR Keihin Tohoku Line/Tsurumi Line, Kekyu Line<Example of Companies>
ASAHI Glass Co., Ltd., Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., NISSAN Motor Co., Ltd., NTT Electronics Corp., Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., The Tokyo ElectricPower Company, Inc., Toshiba Corp.

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Industrial Areas

6. Southern Waterfront Industrial Area•

Variety of manufactures concentrate in this area

There is a concentration of port facilities and large-scale manufacturing
plants in the waterfront area of Naka and Isogo Ward.
In the waterfront area of Kanazawa Ward, there are two industrial
estates, Kanazawa and Torihama, and approximately 1,200 firms, ranging
from metal, machine, chemical to cutting-edge bio industries are locatedhere. Yokohama Kanazawa High-Tech Center, a facility to provide
comprehensive corporate R&D backup, and Techno-Core, a facility with avariety of laboratories, are also located in this area.

DATA<Access>
Car: "Isogo" Ramp, Metropolitan Expressway Wanngan Line
Railway: JR Negishi Line "Negishi" Station, Kanazawa Seaside Line "Fukuura" Station.
<Example of Companies>
IHI Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.,The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd., The Tokyo ELectric Power Company

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Industrial Areas

7. Southern Industrial Area•

Concentration of various manufacturing plants

Numerous large-scale plants (electric equipment,
precision machines, food manufacturing, etc.) are locatedin the southwestern part of the city.
There is also an accumulation of small and medium-sizedenterprises in the Kamiyabe industrial estates.
Maioka Research Park, the center of R&D functions ofadvanced technology industries, is located in this area.
Expansion of this park is currently under consideration.
This area is easily connected to Yokohama, the midwestern part of Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo by the JR
Tokaido Line, Yokosuka Line and the Yokohama Municipal
Subway. Further improvement of its road network is also
going on.

DATA
<Example of Companies>
Bridgestone Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., NIKON Corporation, Pola Inc., Sumitomo ElectricIndustries, Ltd. , Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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Industrial Areas

8. Northern Industrial Area•

Concentraion of enterprises with unique technologies

In the northern part of Yokohama, along the Tsurumi River,there is a concentration of electrical equipment, printing andmetal industries.
The opening of the Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line in2008 has improved the transportation convenience of thisarea. Hakusan High-tech Park, a research institute complex foradvanced technology industries, is located in this area,
providing an excellent business environment for both domestic
and international enterprises.

DATA<Access>
Car: "Kohoku" IC, Daisan Keihin Route, "Yokohama Aoba" IC, Tomei Expressway
Railway: JR Yokohama Line "Nakayama" "Kamoi" Station, Yokohama Municipal Subway "Kawanacho" Station<Example of Companies>
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Panasonic Mobile
Communications Co., Ltd.

Source : Business Development Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama, “Main Business Districts,” Investing in
Yokohama at http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/keizai/yuchi/sinsyutu-e/districts.html (as of March 2016)
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