Sunday, October 26, 2014

Guiding a Canadian Couple around Yokohama



[Date & Time]  Sunday, October 26, at 14:00~18:00
[Spots
]  Zou-no-hana Park, Yokohama Three Towers (The King, The Queen and The Jack), Nohon-odori, Landmark Tower, Yokohama Chinatown, Hotel New Grand, and Yamashita Park
[Visitors]  1 Canadian couple of Hong Kong origin
[Language]
 English
[Attendant]
 1 KSGG member  

They dropped in Japan on the way back to their hometown, Hong Kong.  As I told Vancouver, which they live in now and is a sister city of Yokohama, they said, “Yokohama in Kanagawa resembles Vancouver.  Both of them have a mild climate and are easy to live in for families and safe.  They also got interested in the living environment in Yokohama, and they checked the prices of the dishes in Chinatown or vegetables in a supermarket.  They seemed to enjoy talking with salesclerks in Chinatown in Mandarin.  This time we took the Minatomirai Line as our transportation, so I explained about the meaning of “Minatomirai,” the theme (the design concept) that each station has, the posters of the baseball teams, and so on.  They were impressed to find how convenient and punctual trains in Japan are. and seemed happy to get the postcard attached to their one-day train thickets.