Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Yokosuka (Japan). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Kannonzaki Park, Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, and Kannonzaki Lighthouse. Also, be sure to include Yokosuka Museum of Art in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Yokosuka (Kanagawa).
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Kannonzaki Park
Kannonzaki Park is a prefectural-level combined scenic-city park, located at Cape Kannon, the northeastern tip of the Miura Peninsula, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa, Japan. It is a park that makes the most of the rich nature, such as the laurel forest and the coastal rocky shore of the area.
In its 70.2-hectare area are found: the park management center, the Kannonzaki Lighthouse, the Yokosuka Museum of Art, the Kannonzaki Nature Museum (Japanese: 観音崎自然博物館), a day camp site, the coastal and hill trails, etc.
The visitors to this park can enjoy "Ship watching", as it is located on the Uraga Channel, Japan's busiest sea lane.[1]
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was located at Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture on Tokyo Bay, south of Yokohama.[2]
Kannonzaki Lighthouse
Also known as: 観音埼灯台
White octagonal lighthouse from 1925. Kannonzaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Cape Kannon, on Miura Peninsula, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.[3]
Address: 4-1187 Kamoi, 239-0813 Yokosuka
Yokosuka Museum of Art
Also known as: 横須賀美術館
Museum in Yokosuka, Japan. Yokosuka Museum of Art opened in Kannonzaki Park, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 2007. The collection, numbering some 5,000 pieces, includes works by Fujishima Takeji and Nakamura Tsune.[4]
Japanese battleship Mikasa
Also known as: 三笠
Historic 1900s naval warship and museum. Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. Days after the end of the war, Mikasa's magazine accidentally exploded and sank the ship. She was salvaged and her repairs took over two years to complete. Afterwards, the ship served as a coast-defence ship during World War I and supported Japanese forces during the Siberian Intervention in the Russian Civil War.
After 1922, Mikasa was decommissioned in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty and preserved as a museum ship at Yokosuka. She was badly neglected during the post-World War II Occupation of Japan and required extensive refurbishing in the late 1950s. She has been partially restored, and is now a museum ship located at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka. Mikasa is the last remaining example of a pre-dreadnought battleship anywhere in the world and also the last example of a British-built battleship.[5]
Address: ８２−１９ Inaokachō, Yokosuka-shi, 238-0003 Yokosuka
Mikasa Park
Also known as: 三笠公園
Park in Yokosuka, Japan. Mikasa Park is a park located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.[6]
Address: 82 Inaoka, 238-0003 Yokosuka
Yokosuka Arts Theatre
Also known as: 横須賀芸術劇場
Concert hall in Yokosuka, Japan. Yokosuka Arts Theatre is part of the mixed-use Bay Square complex in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1994. The horseshoe-shaped theatre seats 1,806 and there is a smaller hall, the Yokosuka Bayside Pocket, with a capacity of 600. The Bay Square complex is by Kenzo Tange, with acoustical design of the halls by Nagata Acoustics.[7]
Address: Yokosuka, 3-27 Honmachi
Yokosuka Stadium
Also known as: 横須賀スタジアム
Stadium in Yokosuka, Japan. Yokosuka Stadium is a baseball stadium in Japan, and the home ground of the Yokohama DeNA Baystars Eastern League affiliate. It was opened in 1949 as Oppama Park, and rebuilt in 1997.[8]
Address: 2-2 Natsushimacho, 237-0061 Yokosuka
Hayama
Also known as: 葉山町
Town in Japan. Hayama is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshū, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the town had an estimated population of 32,961 and a population density of 1900 persons per km². The total area of the town is 17.06 square kilometres. Since 1894, the Japanese Imperial Family has maintained a residence in Hayama, the seaside Hayama Imperial Villa.[9]
Marine Park
Umi no Koen is an urban park located in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The facility is owned by Yokohama City and operated and managed by the Yokohama Green Association as the designated manager.
It was developed as part of the Kanazawa land reclamation project. This is the only beach park in Yokohama City that has a bathing beach. Sand from Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture, which is located on the opposite shore, was transported to the beach and temporarily stored on the seabed for about five years. Soil from the Nomi-dai development was used for the reclamation of the park area. Andesite was used for the beach in front of Hakkeijima Station so that visitors can play on the rocky shore.
Tide-pooling is also available, with clams, mate clams, shioufki, and kagami mussels available. They naturally grow on artificial beaches, and no fees are charged. Therefore, fishing for clams for sale to vendors and restaurants has become a problem and is often featured on television.
Heng xu he shi zi ran ren wen bo wu guan
Yokosuka Museum of Nature and Humanities is a municipal museum in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It consists of two museums, the Museum of Nature and Humanities and the Museum of Humanities. The museum exhibits, preserves, and researches materials in the fields of nature and humanities of the Miura Peninsula.