Yamashita Park (山下公園, Yamashita Kōen) is a public park in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, famous for its waterfront views of the Port of Yokohama. Much of Yokohama was destroyed on September 1, 1923, by the Great Kantō earthquake.[1] A Scotsman, Marshall Martin, advisor to Mayor Ariyoshi Chuichi, is credited with persuading the city government to use rubble from the Kannai commercial district to reclaim the former waterfront as a park.[2] | ||||||
Location: Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan | ||||||
Created: 1930 | ||||||