[Date & Time] Wednesday, May 27, at 10:00~17:15[Spots] Sakuragicho Station, Landmark Tower’s Observatory, Kishamichi (Railroad Promenade), Cup Noodles Museum, The Port Opening Promenade, Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal (Viewing three towers), The Port Opening Square, Yamashita Park, Yokohama Chinatown, and Seabass to Yokohama Station
[Visitors] 3 Taiwanese family members
[Attendant] 1 KSGG member
[Languages] English, Chinese, and Japanese
From the Landmark Tower’s observatory, the Taiwanese family members first enjoyed the panoramic view of Yokohama Port, Minato-Mirai 21, Yamashita Park, Yamate and the environs. I explained about the history of Yokohama including the relationship between China and Yokohama, where the civilization and enlightenment progressed at the time when Japan opened its door to the Western countries after the days of its National Isolation Policy of the Edo period (from the early 17th to the mid-19th century). Then we visited Cup Noodles Museum where we had a very amazing and coincidental finding that the birthplace of the family’s father was the same as that of Mr. Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen or soup noodles. They enjoyed lunch at Araiya near Bankokubashi, a restaurant specializing Gyunabe (a hot pot in which thinly sliced beef are cooked in Japanese style with soy sauce, sugar and sake). As they did not have enough time after lunch, I took the visitors around Yamashita Park and Chinatown in a short time. We moved to Yokohama Station by seabass, where I saw the three visitors off.