Travel Photo – Minato Mirai 21 Of Yokohama Skyline At Night By iPhone X
It’s been a while since I last shared my travel photos here. Over a thousand photos I shot on my last vacation trip to Japan, there are still quite some interesting photos I found I should share out. This is one of them. I captured the Minato Mirai 21 skyline at night from the bridge crossing Shinko district which forms a magnificent photo of Yokohama of Japan.
The above Photo is captured with iPhone X. Photographed with iPhone X back dual camera, with Shutter speed 1/4 sec. Aperture f1.8. Focus distance was 4mm. ISO 125. Auto White Balance. No flash fired and no exposure value being compensated with Multi Segment metering. This photo is post processed with Flickr Photo Editor. View the full size photo in my Flickr albums.
Minato Mirai 21 is a seaside urban area in central Yokohama
As Japan-guide.com described,
Minato Mirai 21 is a seaside urban area in central Yokohama whose name means “harbor of the future”. It has many large high-rises, including the Landmark Tower, which was Japan’s tallest building from 1993 until 2014. The area was a large shipyard until the 1980s, when development began to turn it into a new city center.
Minato Mirai is blessed with a great location along the water and has a wealth of attractions. Visitors to the area will be able to find shopping centers, hotels, a convention center, an amusement park, a relaxation center with hot spring baths, museums and park space.
Located along the waterfront, the buildings of the Minato Mirai Chuo district (“central district”) form the distinctive skyline of Yokohama. At 296 meters, the Landmark Tower is the most recognizable feature. The three Queen’s Towers are located beside, each one being a little shorter than the next, followed by the Pan Pacific Hotel and the Pacifico convention center, one of the largest in Japan, which includes the rounded Intercontinental Hotel. The district extends inland, where redevelopment is still ongoing.
Connected to the Chuo district, across from the Pacifico, is a large man made island which constitutes the Minato Mirai Shinko District (“new harbor district”). The most recognizable feature of the island is the Cosmo World Ferris Wheel, which displays the time and was for a period the world’s largest clock.
We had actually underestimate the distance between Minato Mirai Shinko District and Yokohama train station. Unless you are planning to spend a whole day along the Yokohama waterfront, I would advise you take a local train to Minato Mirai station and start wandering from there.
Having said that, you should spare a whole day here. We went to Kamakura in the morning before dropping by Yokohama and when we got to the ferris wheel by walking, the sky already turned dark. – Travel Feeder
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Cecil Lee
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