Each of the eight western style buildings will decide on a country theme and introduce their country of choices' Christmas decorations and culture. During the event, Yamate 234 will feature holiday lights and Yamate Italia-Yama Garden will host a candlelight garden. Other Christmas-related events (some with fees) will be held at each building.

Constructed around 1927 (Showa 2) using a design by Kichizo Asaka, this communal residence was built for foreign residents. Originally, there were four identical apartments in the building, with the apartments on either side of the central entrance porch mirroring each other. Currently, the second floor is used for gallery exhibitions, meetings, etc.

Please visit the facility's website for the latest information.This museum has information of Kanagawa related and/or born writers and literature. It is used both as a library of Japanese modern literature and event site. They have more than 1.2 million collections. Some of them are entitled famous writers' names, such as Yasushi Inoue library, Shohei Ooka library and Soseki Natsume special collection. They usually exhibit Kanagawa literature. The museum also displays personal exhibitions of Sosuke Natsume, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and other Kanagawa related writers.

From the observatory, you can enjoy the night view of Yokohama Bay Bridge, Marine Tower, and Honmoku Pier. Bench seating makes it an ideal meeting place.The Yokohama Bay Bridge is lit blue from 40 meters to the top of the main tower for 10 minutes every 20 to 30 minutes and every 50 minutes until midnight.

It started as a cemetery for sailors of Commodore Perry's squadron. Now, more than 5,000 foreigners from about 40 countries are buried here. The tombs of some famous contributors to the modernization of Japan are here. It is also an important cemetery from a historical point of view.