Yokohama Port Museum
Maritime museum in Yokohama, Japan
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Yokohama Port Museum (横浜みなと博物館, Yokohama Minato Myūjiamu), formerly known as Yokohama Maritime Museum is a museum in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located are located in the Nippon Maru Memorial Park, which is found in the Minato Mirai 21 District Nishi-ku ward of the central business district.
Overview
Juxtaposed with the 1989 Yokohama Expo, celebrating 150 years of the port,[1] the Yokohama Maritime Museum which focuses on the harbor and vessels in Nihon Maru Memorial Park, was renovated and re-opened in the spring of 2009.[2][3] At that time, the Yokohama Maritime Museum was rebranded at the "Yokohama Port Museum".[4]
